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Yao's Downtown China Bistro - Memphis
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Chef's Specialties

  • Golden Sesame Chicken

    Chicken chunk deep fried with sophisticated brown sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds

  • Happy Family hot

    Beef, prawns, pork, and chicken sauteed in Chef's garlic sauce and surrounded by fresh broccoli.

  • Perfect Match hot

    Sliced shrimp and white chicken meat seared and quickly sauteed with snow peas in a delicious sauce.

  • Triple Harvest hot

    Sliced shrimp, chicken, and beef sauteed with baby corn, broccoli, and carrots in gourmet hot pepper sauce.

  • Triple Delight

    Chinese culinary tradition is revived in this splendid combination of scallops, sliced prawns, and sliced chicken breast precisely balanced with green scallions.

  • Scallops and Shrimp with Special Garlic Sauce hot

    Spicy Hot! Large deep sea scallops and jumbo shrimp sauteed with fresh ginger in Chef's special garlic sauce.

  • House Special Prawns (Crisp Prawn with Walnuts) hot

    Shrimp lightly fried in watercress flower then sauteed in Chef's sauce topping a dash of hot oil and crisp walnuts.

  • Imperial Noodles (Pan Fried Noodles)

    This version of Chinese pasta is made from noodles. The recipe if more than 1000 years old accentuates the balance of simple combination of shredded vegetables and meat sauteed in light sauce.

  • Yang-Tze River Shrimp hot

    Fresh jumbo shrimp with hot peppers, bamboo shoots, snow peas, baby corns, carrots, and black mushrooms in a rich hot sauce.

  • Tangerine Prawns hot

    Fresh jumbo shrimp sauteed with green peppers, winter bamboo, and baby corns in our gourmet orange flavor sauce.

  • Crispy Orange Flavor Beef hot

    Tender filets of marinated beef delicately sauteed and seasoned with imported orange peels.

  • General Tso's Shrimp hot

    Jumbo shrimp lightly breaded with hot bean sauce. This plate was devised by a private chef of General Tso who was famous in the Szechuan army.

  • Mandarin Flower Basket

    Sliced shrimp, fresh scallops, white chicken meat, and assorted Chinese vegetables sauteed with Chef's special sauce served in an intricate noodle basket.

  • Dragon and Phoenix hot

    Half spicy hot! A combination presentation of lightly sauteed jumbo shrimp and large chunks of boneless crispy, spicy chicken.

  • Steam or Crisp Whole Fish

    Whole red snapper coated with light batter is deep fried until crispy. The sauce served on the side with a choice of sweet and sour or hot and spicy

  • Peking Duck

    Genuine Long Island duck prepared in the traditional way: carved at your table and served with Chinese pancakes, scallions, and special made plum sauce

  • Beijing Pork Chops

    Pork tenderloin marinated in a special house tomato sauce, lightly pan-fried, then cooked with yellow onions and pineapple.

  • Wang's Lettuce Wrap (Gar Soun)

    Choice of chopped chicken breast or shrimp, cooked with pine nuts, then wrapped with green leaf lettuce

  • Shrimp w. Spice Salt hot

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