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BIG T z House of Soul Soul Food Restaurant
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5 Reviews on “BIG T z House of Soul Soul Food Restaurant”
I love Hu’s House. This is my go to for Asian food because everything is so authentic and delicious. I get the wonton soup and steamed pork dumplings every time. There is so much flavor in both of these dishes and they are great appetizers. For the main dish I get the chicken Lao Mian noodles as my entree which is delicious!! I have eaten here many many times and have never been disappointed. The prices are great for the big portions you are given. Definitely one of the best places to eat in the capital region!!
I check out Hu’s House’s menu online and when I saw tripe and intestines and jellyfish I was in! When I see all the “parts” on a Chinese food menu I know they’re not catering to the non-authentic diners. And I’ve been wanting to try jellyfish for a while now. Hu’s specializes in Shanghainese cuisine. But the menu is, honesty, ENORMOUS. Page after page after page. Something for everyone, IMO. You can eat vegetarian or vegan if you prefer.
I do have to mention the atmosphere/physical setting because we restaurant folk DO need to make an effort and I felt a distinct “lack of effort” when I entered. To whit: there are 2 fish tanks in the restaurant. One right at the door as you enter and one beside the bar. Both contain just a few inches of dirty water and dangling fishtanks heaters. They’re giving “abandoned.” Also just, basically gross in a dining space. I mean fine, have fish tanks or don’t. And it you’ve gone over to “don’t” you need to empty those babies out and get rid of them. They do not belong inside a restaurant in their current state.
The second thing is the bar itself. They’re clearly not using it/sitting it and have the entire surface covered with piles of napkins or paperwork or just “work stuff.” Also not a good look. Again, if you won’t want to seat your bar, then don’t. But clear it off, don’t have piles of random stuff all over the place. Put in the effort to tidy your spot up.
I was there mid/late afternoon, so it was quiet with one person handling the front. Unfortunately I had completely lost my voice and do nothing but whisper to communicate. But the ginormous menu also has pictures of every dish. So I was able to point! I have to give my waiter snap for refusing to let me order the spicy Szechuan Fish Stew because he said it was too spicy for my already struggling throat situation. I’m pretty sure he was right. He also felt duty bound to tell me he thought I had ordered “more than enough” food. Again, he was right. But I wasn’t trying to finish everything. Just try everything. And he was down with that. LOL
I started with:
Cold Cucumber with Garlic – DELICIOUS, fresh, I feel like garlic is particularly important when you’re sick!;
Steamed Shrimp Dumplings – served in the stacked, bamboo steaming baskets with delicious dipping sauce, excellent;
Steamed Vegetable Buns – REALLY GOOD. I never had anything like this before. Basically a dumpling made with the same dough you’d use for steamed buns. They were filled with spinach and mushrooms. Very good in the dipping sauce;
Jellyfish with Soy Sauce – Pro Tip: Jellyfish turns out to be pretty challenging to eat. It’s cut into really, really long strips. Like noodles. Only they’re not as easy to bite into pieces as noodles. So you wind up hanging over your plate with a mouthful of jellyfish strips trying to chew off the part that is hanging out of your mouth. I mean it was pretty good. But that was kind of too much effort for me!;
Vegetarian Duck. Yes, Vegetarian Duck. I was like, “I have no idea what that could be. I must have it!” I have no idea why it’s called Duck. But it’s really good. It is baked/cooked Tofu skin layered with a mushroom filling. Think something like lasagne only with extremely thin Tofu instead of pasta sheets and a chopped mushroom filling.
I was CHALLENGED by the Jellyfish and the Vegetarian Duck. And the challenge was entirely me trying to get the food into my mouth…
Then, after my waiter told me I was NOT up to Szechuan Fish Soup I ordered Singapore Noodles and Vegetarian General Tso’s Chicken.
Sinapore Noodles are very thin vermicelli stir fried with onions, peppers, egg, shrimp, chicken and ham and PLENTY of curry. I requested no chicken or ham and so got Singapore Noodles with only shrimp. They were delicious. Plenty of curry. I think next time I might request it a little spicy…
The Vegetarian Chicken was actually big chunks of fried tofu tossed in the General Tso’s sauce. DELICIOUS. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Perfect comfort food for someone who doesn’t eat beef, pork or poultry but loves the General Tso’s flavors…
This was our first visit and it certainly will not be our last. We had a fantastic dinner overall. We ordered Pan friend pork dumplings, fried whole sea bass, beef with green beans, and Shanghai lei mein. The green beans were perfectly crisp tender with velvety beef slices. We were warned the dumplings would take 15 minutes and asked if we wanted them first or later. We didn’t care about the order. That just tells us how fresh they are made. They were so crispy on the outside and filled with juicy pork. The dipping sauce was delicious with a bit of a peppery bite to it. The noodles have such a great chew to it. Not too thick of a noodle and perfectly al dente. When they put it in the table we immediately got a good whiff of garlic 🤤 Now, the sea bass… Super delicious! Sure I will get a few bones from trying to scrape off the flesh from the skeleton, but it was manageable. $30 for a whole fish and it was excellent. We focused on eating all of the fish since that is the least desirable for leftovers. It looks unassuming from the outside and you’ve probably driven by a million times. This place is definitely worth a try !
Underrated in my opinion. As soon as I saw the menu I knew I was in the right place. Menu format
and offerings gave me flashbacks from eating in various places throughout Asia. The food was absolutely excellent. I would love to come here again and try more of the menu out.
We enjoyed our first time visiting. Comfortable and warmly inviting family run restaurant featuring many varied authentic Shanghai style dishes. Our dishes were very well prepared and did not skimp on portions, all at a reasonable price. This is not your American style take-out restaurant with seating. We will be back to share with friends.