Comments on New York Knife & Fork: Nuevo Jardin de China: Not Worth the Trip

Its chinese food, but they also have sweet plantai...

2008-11-07T20:11:00.000-08:00

Its chinese food, but they also have sweet plantains (plantanos maduros, or maduros). As far as I could tell that and the bilingual menu were the only latin influences in the place. I expected fusion... but its not. Its chinese.

I've never dined inside Nueva, but I've ordered de...

2008-11-07T15:04:00.000-08:00

I've never dined inside Nueva, but I've ordered delivery on several occasions. You're right, they're certainly more "China" than "Nueva Jardin".

I had their sweet and sour chicken last week and was really disappointed with the sweet and sour goo--ended up tossing it out. However, their ropa viejo and the carne asada are both quite good.

The portions are huge, so I tend to save half for the following day's lunch. Thanks for the review, Marissa!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this- "plastic...

2008-11-07T12:26:00.000-08:00

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this- "plastic, Playskool quality on the page and, in person, there's little evidence to the contrary." I've never been there- so it's chinese and latin food "fushion"?

So much promise and so much disappointment. Maybe...

2008-11-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

So much promise and so much disappointment. Maybe I'm just not much for trashy chinese places and thats all that this place is, a trashy chinese joint with a face-lift.