About our restaurant: ... a classy dining experience ... in the distinct minority of upscale Chinese restaurants ... contemporary and sleek ... high end Chinese with an intensive and inventive menu ... decor that puts it at the pinnacle of Asian restaurants in the area ... wide selection ... sophisticated presentation....  

About specific dishes:

"Tangerine beef ... was crispy and tangy... It should be a mandatory selection for those dining at Mandarin Gourmet...." -- Palo Alto Weekly

"One fine vegetarian choice is black mushrooms with Chinese greens, a wheel-like arrangement of bok choy around an orb of mushrooms -- all in a delicate sauce that lets the flavor of the vegetables emerge." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Many hot and sour soups overdo the thickener, but Mandarin Gourmet uses a clean, savory broth that is mildly hot, gently sour and lets the textures of the various vegetables stand out...." -- San Jose Mercury News

"Most notable were the cloud ears, a dark brown, semi-translucent mushroom common in much Chinese food, but almost always reconstituted from dried. If you have cooked with fresh cloud ears, you know the crispiness and delicacy of their texture when they are fresh, and you will recognize this same texture in the soup at Mandarin Gourmet...." -- San Jose Mercury News

"Another good choice is the Mandarin tofu ..., a stir-fry with garlic and scallions in black bean sauce that puts to rest any notion of tofu as bland." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"But the absolutely-not-to-be-missed, bet-you-can't stop eating it vegetable dish here is the crispy fried eggplant...." -- San Francisco Chronicle

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