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Finally a Five-Star Chinese Chef comes to Long Island !

Good news to us Long Islanders, now you don’t have to travel to the city to enjoy the best Chinese food. If you’ve never tasted Shanghai-Style Chinese Cuisine, then you definitely must try this newly opened Zong’s Shanghai at 558 Stewart Avenue in King Kullen Shopping Center, Bethpage. Unlike the ordinary Chinese cooking that many of us grew up and are familiar with, usually either Cantonese or Szechuan, Shanghai-Style Cuisine strives for a balance between heavy and light, with an emphasis on delicacy and freshness that stands out.

The magic of this marvelous Chinese restaurant which everyone has been longing for is its Five-Star Master Chef / Co-Owner – Mr. Zong Xing Tu. This world renowned master chef had previously headed many of the best Chinese restaurants in New York and Texas, including Joe’s Shanghai in Flushing ( Queens ) where Mr. Zong’s earned a two-star rating with New York Times ( April 26, 1996 ). His dishes are so wonderful that countless newspapers and magazines highly recommended his cooking repeatedly.

 * Zagat Survey ( 1997, 1999 ) – Best Restaurant in Queens.

 * Daily News ( 2000 ) - Recommended dishes: juicy dumplings, crab& pork soup dumplings.

* The New York Times( 2001) - Recommended dishes: seafood soup, chicken soup, Shanghai-Style braised giant prawns, chopped scallops wrapped in a wafer of chicken, triple cooked pork ribs, vegetarian monk, silk squash with shrimp, duck with pickled turnip.

* The New York Times ( 1996, 2000 & 2004 ) - Recommended dishes: crab & pork juicy dumplings; pork juicy dumplings; bean curd with crab sauce; bean curd with chef’s special sauce;  beggar’s chicken; eight treasures duck; lion’s head casserole; bamboo’s dual delight; red- cooked carp’s belly; seaweed with tangerine peel.

* Asian Food Journal ( 2004 ) - Recommended dishes: an entrée of Tsing Tao lobster; Peking duck; turnip shortcakes; jellyfish with radish slivers

* Time Out New York  ( 2005 ) - The essential guide to the city’s best restaurants : Recommended dishes: lion’s head huge meatballs in a thick, savory sauce; fried soup

* Adam Platt’s Where To Eat ( 2005 ) - The best restaurants for every taste and the best single meal in New York, Recommended dishes: beggar’s chicken; juicy dumplings ; fried soup for dessert.

* New York Magazine ( 2005 ) – Recommended dishes : Dumplings, crispy-fried baby chicken, and the best dessert – Fried Soup which is made with cubes of jellied water chesternuts, looks like candy but turns into liquid as they resolve in your mouth.

“ The most delicious food is sometimes the simplest ”, chef Zong said. So come to Zong’s Shanghai and try something different, you just might experience a brand new sensation in Chinese Cuisine.