Margaret Kuo's Akari

best of philly

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finely textured white meat chicken balls with heart of bamboo & chinese dates.

* shiitake mushrooms, tofu, cloud ear & bamboo shoots cooked in a delicious tangy broth. a margaret duo's specialty.

special shrimp & pork wontons in a thin skin served with chicken, pork and vegetables in a delightful chicken broth.

crabmeat, scallops, shrimp & tofu in a velvety broth.

* chunks of crabmeat, scallops, shrimp and tofu in a tasty hot & sour broth.

a royal treat! young, succulent fresh long island duck, specially roasted to bring you all the dining pleasures of the imperial court of peking. served with home-made spring pancakes and authentic trimmings.

* sliced white meat chicken lightly crispy and sauteed with red pepper & garlic in a tasty, tangy sauce.

sliced chicken breast, lightly crisped and sauteed with red pepper & garlic in a tangy sauce.

succulent duck meat sauteed with scallions and wrapped in home-made spring pancakes.

red-cooked to perfect tenderness and served with shanghai cabbage.

tender filet seared over high to seal in the black pepper seasoned sauce. mildly spicy.

tender filet pan-seared with shiitake mushrooms, leek & snow pea pods in a tasty brown sauce.

pork shoulder simmered in a brown sauce until tender and served in its natural juices on a bed of shanghai greens.

rack of lamb tenderly prepared with black pepper over selected vegetables.

* leg of lamb chunks slowly cooked with vegetables in spicy szechuan seasoning.

a mandarin specialty! sliced pork tenderloin cooked with fresh garlic in a mandarin sweet & sour sauce.

every mother in the yangtze delta will boast of her own recipe for this meatball-like comfort food braised in a brown sauce.

* sauteed with szechuan hot peppers, peanuts & scallion.

lobster tail, jumbo shrimp, crabmeat and scallops sauteed with assorted chinese vegetables in a light mild sauce.

* jumbo shrimp, scallop & chunks of chicken lightly crisped and uniquely flavored in a spicy tangerine sauce.

jumbo shrimp sauteed with fresh scallion and garlic. a true northern specialty.

filet of fish pan-seared and topped with a plum wine sauce.

choice minced flounder wok braised in egg white sauce.

* jumbo shrimp lightly crispy and cooked in a tangy, spicy ginger & tomato sauce.

lightly crispy jumbo shrimp flavored in a tangy sauce and nestled on a bed of shredded snow pea pods, carrots & shiitake mushrooms.

* jumbo shrimp lightly browned & toss-fried in our unique tingly, tangy & spicy sauce.

* tender filet of tilapia sauteed with spicy szechuan seasonings and served over mandarin noodles.

* jumbo shrimp & sliced tender beef flavored with our special hot & spicy seasonings and served with fresh chinese spinach.

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* chicken or squid

jumbo shrimp, scallop & chunks of chicken lightly crisped and uniquely flavored in a spicy tangerine sauce.

a traditional northern delicacy. steak or lamb & scallion wrapped tableside in home-made pancakes.

served with home-made pancakes wrapped tableside.

sauteed with shrimp, chicken, beef & vegetables.

with orange flavor

* jumbo shrimp & sliced tender beef flavored with special hot spicy seasonings and served with chinese spinach

with soft noodles

premium jasmine rice

with wide noodles

singapore style - spicy curry flavor with roast pork, chicken, shrimp & egg.

taiwan style - shredded pork with scallion.

lily bulb & lotus root

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with soy beans

with garden greens

with anchovies

a royal treat! young, succulent fresh long island duck, specially roasted in a custom built roasting pit to bring you all the dining pleasures of the imperial court of peking. served with home-made spring pancakes and authentic trimmings.

a succulent half duck browned to perfection and served on a bed of chinese spinach.

* medallions of chicken breast sauteed in a unique garlic & pepper sauce

* sliced chicken breast, lightly crisped and sauteed with red pepper & garlic in a tasty, tangy sauce.

in black pepper sauce or chinese bourbon-wine sauce.

red-cooked to perfect tenderness and served with shanghai cabbage

a true shanghai delight, served with home-made mandarin bun

every mother in the yangtze delta will boast of her own recipe for this meatball-like comfort food braised in a brown sauce.

* served at the james bread house, new york, 2008

* served at the james beard house, new york, 2008

tender tofu mixed with seafood and braised with heart of bamboo & crabmeat

lightly crisped jumbo shrimp flavored in a tangy sauce and nestled on a bed of shredded snow pea pods, carrots & shiitake mushrooms.

jumbo shrimp, head on, in shanghai style sauce.

* sauteed with szechuan hot peppers, peanuts & scallion.

choice minced flounder wok braised in egg white sauce

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* tender filet of flounder sauteed with spicy szechuan seasonings and served over mandarin noodles.

* filet of fish with szechuan pickled peppers

with ginger & scallion

* fish style

with pine nuts

* szechuan style

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sauteed with shrimp, chicken, beef & vegetables

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with ginger & scallion

* hunan style

with pine nuts

* szechuan style

stewed soy beans

steamed or pan-fried pork dumplings

steamed shrimp dumplings

fried tofu in special sauce

spicy pork dumplings

chilled japanese spinach

with kani anakake sauce

deep-fried eggplant

with cream cheese

crispy scallops

in spicy sauce

deep-fried jumbo shrimp

with quail egg & black caviar

with ginger dressing

on field greens

on field greens

in wasabi dressing

breaded pork chop

yellowtail scallion, tuna & california rolls. spicy tuna, salmon avocado & eel cucumber rolls.

peppered tuna with spicy sauce

inside: cucumber, avocado scallion & sprout. outside: whitefish, mint leaf & lime.

inside: crabstick & cucumber. outside: tuna, striped bass, salmon & avocado.

crabstick, caviar, tuna, avocado, salmon & yellowtail wrapped in cucumber with ponzu sauce

eel, shrimp, crabstick, smoked salmon, cucumber, avocado & egg with caviar

shrimp tempura, eel , smoked salmon, avocado, cucumber & spicy sauce.

inside: shrimp tempura & cucumber. outside: eel & caviar.

inside: spicy salmon & cucumber. outside: shrimp & avocado

salmon, tuna, whitefish, avocado, cucumber, caviar, scallion & spicy sauce - tempura style.

lobster tail tempura, cucumber & spicy sauce with caviar

inside: crabstick & asparagus. outside: spicy tuna or salmon, scallion & tempura crunch.

tuna, salmon, white tuna, apple, scallion & spicy sauce.

inside: spicy crunchy tuna & cucumber. outside: salmon, avocado & mango.

inside: shrimp tempura, crabstick & cucumber. middle: spicy tuna & crunch. outside: mango & avocado.

inside: spicy tuna, cucumber & radish sprout. outside: avocado.

broiled eel

cooked shrimp

crabstick

egg

flying fish roe

king crab

mackerel

octopus

salmon

salmon roe

scallop

sea urchin

smoked salmon

spanish mackerel

squid

striped bass

surf clam

sweet shrimp

lrg sweet shrimp

tofu

fatty tuna

tuna

white tuna

yellowtail

tuna roll

cucumber roll

pickle roll

squash roll