Uncle Zhang Chinese Cuisine

Read carefully before considering eating at this place as soon as I walked in, a woman asked me how many people I said one and she gave me a dirty look. ordered beef with scallions, which are green onions they served it to me with regular white onions. could not even chew the beef had to spit it out would not even feed it to my dog! the rice was cold.they did not give me silverware. gave me a pitcher of water with no glass had to ask for it. worst Chinese food I have ever had in my entire life. I would give it zero stars if I had the option.

They changed the fried shrimp for the worse. I took the shrimp out of the breading so you can see how much smaller the shrimp are. They also taste different. I used to enjoy taking these apart and sharing them with my cat but now they're not worth buying. Aside from that this is my go-to in town for Chinese. The rice here is really wonderful. Even after it's refrigerated it's still moist and delicious even when it's cold, kind of like sticky rice. I've ordered beef fried rice, eggplant in garlic sauce, which is very spicy as it has jalapeno slices in it. The jalapeno tastes fresh and not like the slices you'd get in nachos. I also get the seafood combo. The seafood is so tender. All their meats feel tender. My favorite is braised eggplant. It's fall apart in your mouth creamy and awesome. I liked the beef and cilantro. Nobody else in my family did. The shrimp rice noodle (A26) was awful. It tasted like they just used ginger and soy sauce. Such a waste. We threw it away. Their walnut mayo shrimp is not that great. It's watery and not creamy. The green onion pancake was a hit at my house. I thought it was too starchy and dry. Last thing I'll say is that I've tried a lot of dishes here from pork stomach to intestines and kidney. I'm pretty open as to what I'll try but I have to say I was disappointed for the most part. I think it's mostly cause the dishes weren't saucy enough but maybe it's just not my thing, or not westernized enough for me? Probably... But I assure you once you find something you love you'll always come back. Update: We got orange chicken because it's my son's fave. It has way too much orange peel. I added a picture so you can see.... and that was just my serving.

Food: The best northern Chinese food in the city. Love coming here for breakfast / brunch on the weekend. The youtiao are freshly fried and doujiang is not sweet (you can add your own sugar). Also love the beef pancakes - the pancake part is perfectly crispy. My favorite thing to get here to end the meal is basidigua (the sugar spun sweet potato). It’s a fun and delicious way to end the meal! Service: Pretty basic as is standard in Chinese restaurants Atmosphere: Clean, recently updated with Chinese decor and furniture. There is paid parking on the street outside

Do not “judge” ⚖️The Cinderblock-Exterior- it’s what they serve INSIDE- that count’s!💥 The food is pure DONGBEI-Style💯 ( a region in the N. E. of China) Chinese Cuisine. IMHO-THE BEST “LAMB-on-Bone-with-Cumin” sold in Chicago. Try it! Also try the Scallion Pancake stuffed w/ smoked Pork & a dab of Hoisin Sauce appetizer! Jack ( former owner) has hosted several 🎂-Birthday-🎂 Celebrations for my Father (RIP-Pops😔) and made menu-planning and Event Planning/prep so easy! Northern City (now called Uncle Zhang’s Place) = Bridgeport’s best Dông Bei-style Restaurant !

Great northern Chinese food I would highly recommend, the staff is nice and the prices are good. I would recommend getting the cold noodle dishes and the soups.