Shangri-la
2026 Irving St. (22 Ave), 731-2548
11:30am-9:30pm, 7 days
This attractive Chinese restaurant is already an old-timer, serving the freshest vegetarian food available at very affordable prices for as long as I can remember.
Lunch Special, with soup & rice, $4.50, with choice of 8 entrees, e.g., sweet & sour walnuts, mixed vegetables, spicy eggplant, curried bean curd & vegetable, spicy bean curd, almond or cashew gluten & vegetable, or choice of noodle soup.
Family dinners for 2-5 persons, $7.95 per person. For 2 — hot & sour soup, crispy spring rolls, combination vegetables, vegetal chicken with cashew nuts, rice, & banana. For 3 persons, add mu shu with pancake, for 4, add sweet & sour “pork”, for 5, add choice of one more item.
Appetizers, e.g., crispy spring rolls (2) $1.80, fried won ton (4) $1.80, West Lake lotus fruit $2.75, pot stickers (4) $3, fresh salad $2.75, vegetal goose $3.50, 3-combination plate $7.90 (suitable for sharing). Vegetable buns (4) $2.25, steam dumplings (10) $4.25, soup of the day $1.25. Steamed brown or white rice, 75 cents a portion.
Soup. Choice of 11, e.g., sizzling rice (2-person minimum) $1.75, Shanghai-style won ton $1.75, corn with mushroom $1.75, spinach or seaweed with tofu $1.75, assorted vegetable (for 3-4 persons) $4.75, hot & sour $1.75, black moss (for 3-4 persons) $5.95, veggi shark’s fin (for 2 persons) $6.95.
Vegetables. Choice of some 40 items, e.g., Mongolian vegetal beef $6.75, vegetal chicken with hot sauce $6.75, smoked veggi duck $6.75, vegetal shrimp with spicy sauce $6.95, veggi abalone with black mushroom $8.50, Shark’s fin vegetable plate $8.75, mu shu sliced vegetable with pancakes $5.75, sauteed mushrooms & snow peas $5.75, eggplant with sweet basil $5.75, bamboo shoot with asparagus $5.95, black mushroom with tender green $6.75, combination vegetable clay pot $8.50.
Chow mein & soup noodle, choice of 8, e.g., spicy Szechuan-style (cold) $3.95, fried tofu with clear noodle ($4.25), won-ton Shanghai-style $4.25. vegetable noodle soup $4.50, black mushroom noodle soup $4.75.
Fried rice, e.g., mixed vegetables fried rice $4.25, curried fried rice $4.25, vegetal ham fried rice $4.95.
Tofu, bean curd, choice of 11 dishes, e.g., crispy fried tofu $5.25, spicy bean curd $5.25, assorted vegetable with tofu $5.25, tofu with 2 kinds of mushrooms $5.95, tofu balls with broccoli $6.50.
Dessert, e.g., West Lake Sweet Lotus cake $2.75, fried banana balls $2.24, almond jello $2, chilled lichee nut $2.
Shangri la reviewed 8/15/02 by Louis Madison
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