XO dishes, ambiance give restaurant flying start (Honolulu

XO dishes, ambiance give restaurant flying start (Honolulu Advertiser)
Unlike prodigiously flexible Chinese acrobats, Chinese restaurants aren't known for bending over backward or even stretching a little to provide hospitable service. I've dim-sum dined in Hong Kong and San Francisco, indulged in Peking duck in London and Beijing and sucked on crab in Shanghai. And while they were some of my most memorable meals, service occasionally seesawed downward with a

Dining Guide (The Charlotte Observer)
THE FOLLOWING are among the best in their categories, chosen by restaurant writer Helen Schwab.UPDATE a listing: jsheats@charlotteobserver.com.

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