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Kowloon: The movie

By adamg on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 9:19am

Kowloon!

Mona Xia and Erin Ramirez take us into the kitchen and the history of the largest Chinese restaurant in the country, which serves 100,000 pounds of spare ribs and 55,000 orders of crab rangoon a year.

Neighborhoods: 
Saugus
Topics: 
Dining
Free tagging: 
Rte. 1
Chinese food
Kowloon


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Comments

By Ari O on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 11:08am.

Weylu, the movie.

They tried, and failed, to out-Kowloon Kowloon.

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By John Costello on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 11:29am.

People who have been in the area more than 25 years will remember when Weylu's tried to go head to head with the Kowloon by placing a Forbidden City replica building up on the hill after you drove by Kappy's.

What a spectacular crash and burn.

This is a great place. A cultural and culinary landmark which warms people up like the Wursthaus or the Tasty did for the people of Cambridge.

Get there if you can before its gone. The Wongs have started preliminary plans with the town for some changes. They are not going anywhere but someday they will.

Is the food great, yes and no depending on your expectations but it is a fun place.

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By Dan Kennedy on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 11:44am.

Lots of fun, and we decided we need to have a family get-together there soon.

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By Sock_Puppet on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 1:56pm.

It's a really nice story.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 2:34pm.

Beautiful short documentary. Gives the warm feels.

Going to have to visit again, soon.

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By lbb on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 3:29pm.

I've never been, but now I have to go.

(the menu isn't impressive, but I get it, that's not the point. Still, anything not to miss?)

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By Suldog on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 4:38pm.

I love Americanized Chinese, and Kowloon often has some of the best. I particularly enjoy their egg rolls. They are huge, of the New England variety (much dried chopped celery as well as cabbage) with both pork and tiny shrimp. When fresh and crispy, they are a delight. I also love their pork fried rice and lobster sauce. They complement each other quite well.

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By Kaz on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 4:45pm.

Went recently. Food was pretty bad (egg roll had a very weird flavor) and didn't get to sit in the large dining room (got redirected on the way in to sit in the sushi bar dining area...which was vastly less interesting and gross itself).

Kowloon is going to be one of those places you remember fondly, but only because of the haze of time.

By cybah on Wed, 12/11/2024 - 11:57am.

Pretty much my experience with them in the past 10 or so years.

Local friends who grew up here in the 70s and 80s rave about this place. I've been numerous times and I just do not see the draw there.

The food is greasy and tastes strange. I find the smell when you walk into the place to be revolting (heavy seafood smell will drive me out of any restaurant). The interior is very dated.. feels like a movie set from MASH (just that 1960s-era 'asian theme' would look like).

I've never had a meal there that was worth going back for. But I go b/c local friends swear by it.

By Anonymous2023 on Tue, 12/10/2024 - 6:39pm.

(pun intended) of this documentary. I grew up here, but I still laugh when I hear that Boston accent. I used to try to fix my own, but not any more. Now it's a source of pride.

By Rob on Wed, 12/11/2024 - 12:52pm.

A Kowloon movie? That's great news!

Who are they getting to play the Howie Carr part? I'm hoping for Alex Newell!