As far as I know, the best Cantonese place around here is still Ka Mei (which is run by the Tasty people). But it’s not where you want to have a banquet.

So, it’s not Cantonese, but it’s good enough (for the Pittsburgh area) that we’re considering it for our wedding banquet (although we will keep looking for a good Cantonese place).

Since I was going to Borders, I stopped in to test run a lunch special. While those that are hard core price centric bottom feeders will be turned off by a lunch special includes either a egg roll, or soup. From the first spoonful of hot and sour, it was clear this place payed attention to even the commonplace. The soup was not the usual corn starch laden, cooked to death, soy sauce heavy glop that darkens most surplus crockware. There was actually al dente vegetables in it. I decided to spring for an extra eggroll. The usual abundance of cabbage, but with a sprinkling of ground pork, and even a tiny salad shrimp or two. The shrimp with garlic sauce was another good surprise. The shrimp looked to be 16-20′s, and there was at least 1/2 dozen of them.

Their “other” menu with the Cantonese stuff is also on the web. Interesting, the Canton menu web counter has only one half the hits the main page does.

This place only opened about 2 or 3 years ago up North. They replaced a place that had been in the same space.

They have an extensive menu of Cantonese stuff. It’s good.

I will double check Tasty, but Chopstick Inn? Ick. Unless they have a special double secret menu … When I stopped in 6 years ago, after I unfortunately had to move back to Pittsburgh, there was not much interesting. Ya, I got some take out. Sigh.

I am one of these old time Pittsburgh food hacks that remembers when Peking Royal Kitchen was open, and had dim sum. Kung Pao mussels for sunday brunch.

Previously I had said the place was closing, but Carol said today that the place will remain, just under new management.