Blue Giant Chinese
Chinese restaurant · Lower Garden District ·
Classic Chinese-American dishes like egg rolls and shrimp wontons
Classic Chinese-American dishes like egg rolls and shrimp wontons
"Once a beloved Chinese-American restaurant in the Lower Garden District, Blue Giant is now closed; one of its owners is reportedly assisting with Rosella's menu development." - Clair Lorell
"The long-awaited Blue Giant in the Lower Garden District serves reinvented Chinese takeout standards with an extensive menu of American-Chinese dishes—peking duck (whole for $65), fried rice, egg foo young, shrimp wontons, blue crab rangoon, dan dan noodles, and blanched bok choy finished with a sauce made from Louisiana oysters—priced with appetizers around $3–$10 and entrees generally $14–$18." - Clair Lorell
"Dumplings must be comfort food worldwide — there are versions of the dish everywhere, from Poland (pierogi) to Japan (gyoza) to Italy (ravioli). At Blue Giant, the Chinese version is shrimp wontons (their special soup dumplings don’t travel well), tender dough stuffed with ground shrimp and swabbed with spicy chile crunch. Get the egg roll too; best in town. Call to order; follow social for hours." - Beth D’Addono
"At 1300 Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District, I visited the long-anticipated American-Chinese restaurant from Cochonalums Bill Jones and Richard Horner, which is now serving lunch and dinner. Calling it “straightforward American-Chinese food with the best ingredients we can find,” they offer an extensive menu including peking duck, fried rice, egg foo young, shrimp wontons, blue crab rangoon, dan dan noodles, and blanched bok choy with a sauce made from Louisiana oysters; appetizers range from $3 to $10, most noodle and entrée dishes are $14 to $18, and a whole peking duck is $65. The idea for the restaurant was hatched over drinks at neighboring Barrel Proof, and the pair did pop-ups at spots like Blue Oak BBQ and Turkey and the Wolf; Horner will run the bar and dining room while Jones runs the kitchen, drawing on his experience at Cochon and Cochon Butcher and time in Chicago, and Jones notes he grew up on the North Shore eating at Trey Yuen. They acknowledge the dishes aren’t what you’d find in China but represent the comfort food many Americans grew up eating. Blue Giant is open for lunch Wednesday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner 5:30 to 10 p.m., and closed on Tuesday." - Clair Lorell
"Bill Jones and Richard Horner are set to open a straightforward Chinese-American restaurant in the Lower Garden District with a menu that includes peking duck, fried rice, egg foo young, shrimp wontons, blue crab rangoon, and dan dan noodles. Horner will run the bar and dining room while Jones will run the kitchen." - Clair Lorell