Restaurant Peek: Spice China
| 06 March 2010 |
269 McCaslin Blvd, Louisville, CO 80027 HOURS: Sun - Thur: 11:30am to 9:30pm, Fri - Sat: 11:30am to 10:30pm
With well over 100 items on its menu, Spice China has become a Chinese lunch and dinner favorite for those living in the North Denver and Boulder area. The contemporary-looking restaurant opened in July 2000 and is located on McCaslin Boulevard just off of Highway 36. Over a decade ago, owner David Fan said good-bye to his computer science background and began working in the restaurant industry. His mother opened China Gourmet in Boulder and soon after, he had an itch to create his own establishment. Although Fan was cooking at the time, since Spice China opened, he has been busy taking care of the business tasks and rarely gets behind the stove. Luckily, Head Chef Jack Mok is a super star in the kitchen. In Shanghai, Mok was already a skilled and reputable chef working banquet weddings and other large-scale events. He has brought an assorted menu to Spice China, with both Americanized and authentic Shanghainese tastes. When we visited Spice China last month, the restaurant was serving Chinese New Year Specials. We started with the Steamed Pork Buns as an appetizer and found them to be a delicious rarity in Denver. The juicy, hot pork buns are served straight from the bamboo steamer they are cooked in. The buns are entirely home-made, including the soft flour peel which is hand-wrapped around the pork ball. This dish, as well as the Chinese Roast Pork and Peking Duck (we had for entrees), is not currently available on the restaurant menu. If there’s high interest for a weekly special, you can expect the dish to soon join the everyday selection on the restaurant’s already extravagant menu. On June 1st, Spice China will be adding a sushi bar and launching it’s new summer menu, which will be consolidated and include the new sushi selection. “I like to personally ask my customers what they like and if they are adventurous, they should try the back of the menu,” said Fan. The prices may be a bit steep for Chinese food, but Fan prides his restaurant in providing high quality Chinese dishes that are tough to find elsewhere. Starters House Specialties Hot Off the Grill Seafood |
