Originally Posted by
moondog
Which of those 8 cuisines can lay claim to 核桃虾? It's my favorite Chinese dish that I used to get when I lived in the Bay Area. A lot of the Chinese places in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Cupertino offer it. I've seen rough approximations of it in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but poor execution compared to NorCal.
It has to be Cantonese, right? LOL...when it comes to anything great from Chinese cuisine, I'll always just revert to, "it's Cantonese." In my experience, while it varies slightly, just about any Cantonese restaurant in SF's Chinatown, the Peninsula, Palo Alto, Monterey Park and probably along the CA coast will prepare this dish wonderfully.
PS - This and Peking Duck are two of the dishes I always order taking folks to enjoy Cantonese (Chinese) cuisine. I've yet to run into anyone who didn't love these two dishes.