Joe Foodie
Gim Ling: Modern Chinese Bistro
Gim Ling Restaurant has been a St. Clair Shores mainstay for a number of years. Their mix of familiar dishes with assertive flavors is a welcome addition to a cuisine that is not usually known for its assertiveness.
Chinese restaurants usually take one of two forms. Either they are specifically interested in catering to American tastes i.e. almond boneless chicken, crab Rangoon, and cloyingly sweet fortune cookies; or they are a "bistro" that still caters to American tastes but charge more per dish because they have added "bistro" to the name. Sure, there are a few authentic Chinese restaurants around, but they are few and far between. Gim Ling Restaurant attempts to straddle the line between Chinese-American and bistro, but seems stuck in purgatory rather than blossoming in paradise. It had been years since I last visited Gim Ling and my how things have changed. If memory serves me right, the space used to be decorated in gaudy reds and gold. Now …
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Mandalynn
5:25 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I dont know how far you travel to do reviews but there is a small family owned chinese restaurant in Howell MI that has fried rice that is out of this world. I have gone to many chinese restaurants and have yet to taste anything that even compares to Golden House. If you are ever out this way, you should try it. It is worth the drive. more ›