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November 11th, 2009

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LAS VEGAS RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATION OF THE MOMENT. 10:00 pm China Mama 3420 S. Jones I'd been looking for a good dumpling place for a while, and had been unsuccessful in googling and asking around. So for a while I'd been reading all the little restaurant writeups in the Las Vegas Weekly. And several months ago I found a glowing review of this place. I cut it out and stuck it in my wallet, so I'd remember when I got the chance to try it. Was errand day with the girlperson today, and so for lunch we decided to go find China Mama and give them a try. BEST.IDEA.EVER. The foods we tried were a little spicer than I've been able to handle lately, but being recently reuped on medication it worked out ok. I startled one tonsil with a too hot, temperature-wise, bit of food but other than that the spicy didn't irritate my throat. I did drink a lot of water right after and gargled, so that probably did the trick. Which was yay, I've been missing spicy foods like crazy lately. The menu was full of fabulous engrish, the staff barely spoke English, so we ended up pointing for most of the ordering. What We Got. Tentale Rape Soup. Some sort of spicy chili broth soup with cilantro and transparent jelloy tentacle noodles. Really fabulous orange chicken, with skin still on and little blackened bits of orange peel. Possibly not quite as healthy as the Panda Express version, but so much tastier. The beef wrap thingy that was suggested in the Weekly blurb as the Must Order menu item. They didn't lie, this was amazing. It was meat, veggies, cilantro and I think more rice noodles. Tube of heaven. THE DUMPLINGS. We got a pork variety, and they were fabulous like everything else. Like more substantial and tastier potstickers. So cute, couldn't resist this picture. Just pretend I'm doing this for scale. Or draw eyes on it and pretend it's a tasty dumpling creature. They automatically bring you hot tea as soon as you sit down, and there's the little tea cups waiting on the table. The place was pretty, cozy, comfortable seats, very clean, the bathrooms were very clean. The waitstaff was very friendly and attentive despite the poor grasp of English. Overall 5/5 stars. They were so helpful that the language barrier was more quaint than a hinderance. If you like Chinese food, especially if you like dumplings, YOU MUST TRY THIS PLACE. The menu is extensive, and there was even a whole section of desert slush type drinks, which we did not try this time but they looked intriguing. A++++ Will go again, am telling all my friends. China Mama, Fabulousity. And of course, plenty of leftovers, this is my plate of leftovers I just had a bit ago. And I've still got a thing of the tentacle rape soup in the fridge. Leave a comment Link