Beautiful South by Kwei Fei
Chinese restaurant · Charleston ·
Cantonese-inspired fare, classic mains, inventive cocktails
Cantonese-inspired fare, classic mains, inventive cocktails
"Chinese restaurant Beautiful South now offers a dim sum menu on Sundays. With items like Hong Kong-style French toast, it can be considered brunch. There’s also mushroom congee, dry-rubbed pork ribs, scallion pancakes, pork dumplings, Taiwanese chicken wings, and much more." - Erin Perkins
"The team behind Sichuan restaurant Kwei Fei opened Beautiful South to serve Cantonese and Chinese-American takeout classics. At lunch, diners will find Hainanese chicken rice, sweet and sour pork, bourbon chicken, golden fried rice, spicy noodles, and more." - Erin Perkins
"Chinese spot offering free ham and bourbon from Lady Edison Pork and Virgil Kaine between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m." - Erin Perkins
"Owners David Schuttenberg and Tina Heath-Schuttenberg — the team behind James Island’s Kwei Fei — opened a modern industrial downtown venue that is design-forward and also sells merch, including tote bags and caps. Schuttenberg acknowledges that he’s “as white as they come,” and says he fell hard for Asian cooking while working under Zakary Pelaccio in New York City at the Malaysian-inspired gastropub Fatty Crab. He says he found the parallels between the foods of the American Southeast and southeastern China “were too great to ignore,” and he experiments freely with them (think vegetable bao with collards in place of Chinese greens). Don’t miss the Cantonese-style roast duck; it requires a day’s advance order, but the succulent meat and crunchy skin make the planning worth it." - Lauren Mowery
"The team behind Sichuan restaurant Kwei Fei has a new downtown spot serving Cantonese and Chinese-American takeout classics. Beautiful South is a fun new space to explore menu items like crab rangoon, pork dumplings, and XO clams for lunch and dinner." - Erin Perkins