Maple Yip Seafood Restaurant does some of their dishes really well but not all of them are good. So the trick is to know what to order.
I was lucky to be with a big group (thanks NYC Yelpers) which is kind of unusual and got to try out quite a few of the dishes
Excellent:
- Wintermelon Soup
- Fried Chicken Stuffed with Sticky Rice
- Garlic Pea Sprouts
- Sizzling Eggplant with Shrimps
A-OK to Meh
- Steam Oyster with Black Bean (too much black bean sauce)
- Lobster in Spicy Meat Sauce (overcooked)
- Steamed Green Bass (overcooked)
Avoid
- Sweet and Sour Pork (worse than the one I had at food court)
- Deep Fried Pigeon (dried and bland)
Compare to the other Chinese restaurants I been to, Maple Yip is one of those that practice healthy cooking: easy on the oil and the salt/msg.
Make sure to make a reservation and if not there will be a long long wait for a table. Services can be spotty but if you are a regular, you find the waitresses really friendly!