Night Owl Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Pras' post this morning prompted me to post this, a question I've been wondering for a while now: Where in area can we find excellent three-cup chicken (or eggplant), particularly MD (and DC, tho doubtful of course)? A lot of places carry it, but few places do it well. The last time I had a tasty three-cup chicken it was at Michael's Noodles, but that was quite a while ago, haven't been back. Interestingly and new to me, as I was checking out background info on the dish, according to Wikipedia, it doesn't originate in Taiwan and it's not supposed to have sauce. For me, perhaps the best part is the sauce (and basil) -- I love to smother it over rice and nom nom it up. Any suggestions for places with tasty, well-prepared three-cup chicken/sanbeiji -- and contrary to Wikipedia, enough delicious sauce to pour over rice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 It's not always consistent, but when it's on, the version at Sichuan Jin River is great. Pras' post this morning prompted me to post this, a question I've been wondering for a while now: Where in area can we find excellent three-cup chicken (or eggplant), particularly MD (and DC, tho doubtful of course)? A lot of places carry it, but few places do it well. The last time I had a tasty three-cup chicken it was at Michael's Noodles, but that was quite a while ago, haven't been back. Interestingly and new to me, as I was checking out background info on the dish, according to Wikipedia, it doesn't originate in Taiwan and it's not supposed to have sauce. For me, perhaps the best part is the sauce (and basil) -- I love to smother it over rice and nom nom it up. Any suggestions for places with tasty, well-prepared three-cup chicken/sanbeiji -- and contrary to Wikipedia, enough delicious sauce to pour over rice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pras Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Bob's Noodle house is a bone in version. Very tasty! Sorry, meant Bob's Noodle 66 on N. Washington in Rockville. If you go out looking for Bob's Noodle House, you will never find it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thank you both! As it turns out, today I ordered from Fushing Cafe (behind Montgomery Mall in Bethesda) at my dad's request to bring over to my parents for lunch; among other things he said their 3-cup chicken was pretty good and he'd like us to get it. Hesitant to second-guess my Chinese foodie dad, I went with it even though the menu said it was made with chicken breast. Was pleasantly surprised -- the chicken was very tender, the sauce had good flavor and there was plenty of basil in it. One note: I ordered extra sauce (listed as an add-on option on the online menu), which was a bust -- not nearly as good in flavor as the sauce in the dish itself. The dish itself, I would order again if going to/carrying out from Fushing Cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm not recommending this because I've never had it here, but I noticed that Tony Lin's in Rockville has Sanbeiji (I figured as long as we were discussing Cantonese Roast Chicken and Cantonese Fried Chicken, we shouldn't ignore Taiwan in the conversation). "Three-Cup Chicken" by Sam Sifton on nytimes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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