Changsho

WENDY AND TOM DINE OUT

Buffet's can be generic and boring, but not at Changsho! This charming restaurant offers a wide variety of items that are carefully prepared, nicely displayed, and frequently replenished. A variety of delicately flavored, dim sum items are available on the buffet along with many other luncheon treats. The entrees are displayed on a steam table followed by the dim sum, most of which were available inside woven steam baskets. We have been to places where the dim sum had heavy, doughy, wrappings, but this is certainly not the case at Changsho. Each piece was distinctly different from the next and each was light and tasty. Also included in the price of the buffet ($12.95) is a choice of Hot and Sour Soup or Egg Drop Soup. This is probably our favorite Chinese restaurant, although we are also very fond of Gourmet Wok. It is definitely our favorite buffet and dim sum restaurant.

RESTAURANT:

CHANGSHO

LOCATION:

1712 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA (Between Harvard Square and Porter Square)

DATE:

April 18, 1999

DECOR:

Very attractive, modern Chinese with rosewood colored wall panels and tables.

MEAL:

Sunday Buffet Lunch

BREAD:

SALAD:

APPETIZER:

Hot and Sour Soup (included in the price of the buffet) - mildly spiced and very good

ENTREE:

Some (there were a few other entrees and several other dim sum offerings) of the items on the buffet table on this date were: Pineapple Fried Rice, Singapore Rice Noodles with Vegetables, Beef with Scallions, Seafood Delight, Sautéed String Beans, Fried Scallops, Mussels, Seafood Dumplings, Vegetable Spring Rolls, Drunken Chicken, Duck, 5-Spice Beef, California Rolls, Braised Mushrooms, Shrimp Balls, Maki Rolls, Steamed Bean Curd, Bean Sheet Rolls

DESSERT:

Peach and Coconut Jello, Jello with Whipped Cream, Small Cream Puffs, Sliced Oranges, Sliced Cantaloupe and Honey Dew Melon, Red Bean Paste Balls

OTHER:

Exceptionally clean, upscale restaurant

Service is excellent - empty plates removed swiftly

There is a free parking lot for the restaurant directly across the street - this is an important consideration since parking around Harvard Square is not an easy task

OVERALL:

A

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RESTAURANT:	CHANGSHO
LOCATION:	1712 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA (Between Harvard Square and Porter Square)
DATE:	April 18, 1999
DECOR:	Very attractive, modern Chinese with rosewood colored wall panels and tables.
MEAL:	Sunday Buffet Lunch
BREAD:
SALAD:
APPETIZER:	Hot and Sour Soup (included in the price of the buffet) - mildly spiced and very good
ENTREE:	Some (there were a few other entrees and several other dim sum offerings) of the items on the buffet table on this date were: Pineapple Fried Rice, Singapore Rice Noodles with Vegetables, Beef with Scallions, Seafood Delight, Sautéed String Beans, Fried Scallops, Mussels, Seafood Dumplings, Vegetable Spring Rolls, Drunken Chicken, Duck, 5-Spice Beef, California Rolls, Braised Mushrooms, Shrimp Balls, Maki Rolls, Steamed Bean Curd, Bean Sheet Rolls
DESSERT:	Peach and Coconut Jello, Jello with Whipped Cream, Small Cream Puffs, Sliced Oranges, Sliced Cantaloupe and Honey Dew Melon, Red Bean Paste Balls
OTHER:	Exceptionally clean, upscale restaurant
	Service is excellent - empty plates removed swiftly
	There is a free parking lot for the restaurant directly across the street - this is an important consideration since parking around Harvard Square is not an easy task
OVERALL:	A