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Suan Long

When I first arrived in Zürich, I always went to Suan Long when I needed an asian food fix. Suan Long is probably the most visible Chinese restaurant in Zürich. They have branches everywhere. I stopped going after a year or so, I don't know why. Yesterday, we tried Suan Long again because I was craving for dimsum. Yes, it's true, they serve dimsum in the Enge and the Langstrasse branches. In the Langstrasse branch, we decided to drown ourselves in dimsum Zürich style (meaning we ordered 4 different kinds and felt decadent). They were not the best dimsum I have tried but it fixed my cravings. Suan Long didn't offer much variety, about 5-6 items only but it was good enough for me because they have the char sui bao! The best thing was the food was cheap. We payed 5.50 chf for 3 pieces of dimsum, 19 chf for a shrimp course and 17 chf for the beef course. The servings were reasonable. So, the place is quite good value. The food itself was on the greasy side but not annoying so. All in all, we had a good meal.
Food: average
Price: cheap
Ambiance: okay
Service: fast
Cleanliness: good
Parking: no (blue and white zones only)

Suan Long, Langstrasse 11, 8004 Zürich Kreis 4 (Langstrasse)

Desperado Mexican Restaurant and Bar is a popular chain with 5 branches in Switzerland. If you don't think of the food as "Mexican" , you will find that the food is quite good served in honest portions. It could be more appropriately called Swiss-Mex instead of Tex-Mex. I had shrimp tacos and my husband had beef fajitas. I would have enjoyed my tacos better if they chose to use soft tacos instead of the hard-shell ones and if they didn't omit to add a dash of coriander. The shrimps themselves were very good which saved the dish entirely. I even forgave the salad with cocktail sauce served with the tacos. My husband's fajitas looked very good actually. I guess if I had not eaten really good Mexican food in San Diego, I would have been happy with what I got at Desperado. As it is, well, I guess I really need to be desperate for Mexican food to eat again at Desperado.

Summary:

Food: okay
Price: reasonable
Ambiance: very good
Service: fast
Cleanliness: very good
Parking: yes

DESPERADO, Limmattalstrasse 215, 8049 Zürich-Höngg
Fon 044 341 70 40
Fax 044 341 70 44
hoengg@desperado.ch