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April 19, 2006
crab rangoon, crab rangoon! Petition your local chinese take-out!
I have a friend in college who when you were ordering chinese food would run into the room and yell, crab rangoon, crab rangoon! could there be a better word on earth than RANGOON! I didn't even know what the crab rangoon was until college, but quickly became attached to this fried wonton-philly cream cheese wonder. The beauty of this delicious starter is that it was one of the earliest forms of chinese-american fusion, combining american cream cheese, fake crab meat and the fried wonton. Wikipedia states the crab rangoon was first served in the us in the early 1950's at Trader Vic's in California. It made it's way across the united states, tearing up wisconsin take out, hit middle america, 2 types in chi-town, upstate new york and made it as a staple on the boston area chinese food menu. Go check your appetizer section of your chinese food menu is it on your menu? please comment below! If you are on the west coast or in New York metro area chances are slim to none - no rangoon for you! Why? Some blogs who have tackled this thread on the web state it is due to the fact it is not really chinese food. Ok, I can buy that for a minute until i get to the chicken wing and bbq spareribs section of the menu. Also, chinese food take out in NYC have started to spin off mexican take out since they have mastered the art of quick quality food to your door in rain, sleet, snow or hail. So I still don't get it. Are they made fresh and require extra orders of philly cream cheese that can't be used in other dishes? I know new yorkers love fake crab and anything fried or random.I guess that leaves conspiracy. I found a handful of restuarants out of the 10 zillion in nyc that offer the dish, none in Brooklyn. I have listed them below. In the city where you can get anything at any time of the day or night, you can not get a crab rangoon and that is a shame, a real travesty. Any rangoons on the menu in jersey? I may have to move there sooner than later.
Tribeca
Fulton Chef
64 Fulton St | At Gold St
Lower East Side
China Town
250 E Houston St | Btwn Ave A & Ave B
China Wok
199 E 3rd St | At Ave B
Our Kitchen
520 E 14th St | Btwn Ave A & Ave B
Six Happy Kitchen
213 E Broadway | Btwn Jefferson & Clinton St
Gramercy
Galaxy Global Eatery
Noodles on 28
394 3rd Ave | At 28th St
Hell's Kitchen
Gourmet Wok
597 10th Ave | Btwn 43rd & 44th St
Xing
785 9th Ave | At 52nd St
Brooklyn 0
Upper West Side
Wok City
153 Amsterdam Ave | Btwn 66th & 67th St
Upper East Side
Noodles 28
1643 2nd Ave | At 85th St
Wang's
1217 1st Ave | Btwn 65th & 66th St
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Posted by Patrick at April 19, 2006 09:35 PM
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Posted by: Kate Tschudy at April 20, 2006 02:45 PM
Wow. Food. Fried food! They ought to have crab rangoons out on the boardwalk. I've seen these things masked as other foods. I think I might've had only one crab rangoon ever. The other stuff is made with a real crab leg. Try that too!
Posted by: shoespleaz at April 21, 2006 09:43 AM
Crab Rangoons are plentiful out in Colorado. Come visit! We have a few favorites we can introduce you to!
Posted by: Karen at April 21, 2006 12:10 PM