Great Eastern

Frommer's Review

If you like seafood and Chinese food and have an adventurous palate, you're going to love Great Eastern, which is well known among serious foodies for serving hard-to-find seafood pulled straight from the myriad of tanks that line the walls. Rock cod, steelhead, sea conch, sea bass, shrimp, frogs, soft-shell turtle, abalone -- if it's even remotely aquatic and edible, it's on the menu at this popular Hong Kong-style dinner house that's mostly frequented by Chinese locals (so you know its good). The day's catch, sold by the pound, is listed on a board. Both upper- and lower-level dining rooms are stylish in a Chinatown sort of way, with shiny black and emerald furnishings. The dim sum is excellent here as well -- some say it's even better than the venerable Yank Sing -- so give it a try as well. Tip: Unless you can translate an authentic Hong Kong menu, order a set dinner (the crab version is fantastic) or point to another table and say, "I want that."

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