China Poblano
Restaurant · The Strip ·
Creative fusion of Chinese & Mexican street food, bold flavors
Creative fusion of Chinese & Mexican street food, bold flavors
"A creatively cross-cultural restaurant concept from a prominent chef that mixes Chinese and Mexican flavors in a lively, design-forward setting within a major resort complex." - Matt Villano
"At the Cosmopolitan I found China Poblano, one of the property's busiest restaurants since opening in 2010; it specializes in both Chinese and Mexican cuisines with a dual menu that pairs noodles, dim sum, wok-roasted vegetables, and fried rice alongside tacos, guacamole, and coconut ceviches. Its Vegas chefs flew to D.C. to show off casino hits like steamed Chinese eggplant flanked with fresno and shishito peppers, ginger, shallots, black vinegar, and garlic chile oil ($14), and fried Gan Pung Ji wings ($16) tossed in a homemade chile sauce and served with cucumbers and fresno chiles." - Claudia Rosenbaum
"José Andrés' playful fusion concept that blends Chinese and Mexican street-food traditions, presenting hybrid dishes that celebrate bold flavors and culinary crossovers." - Kat Kinsman
"For Lunar New Year, China Poblano will serve specialty dishes like Dragon and Pearls, a salt egg-fried whole lobster with black forbidden fried rice, egg, lime cured trout roe, and green onions. Other dishes include a boneless pork loin and prawns, simmered in Superior stock with wheat noodles, seasonal vegetables, and shiitake mushroom ($24.88) and crisp lotus root tossed with snow peas, mandarin orange segments, spicy chili oil, Chinkiang vinegar, topped with fried lotus chips, pea shoots, and rose petals ($14)." - Janna Karel
"I first encountered the Salt Air Margarita—a satiny blend of tequila, orange liqueur, lime, and a salty foam—about a decade ago at China Poblano, Andrés’s dumpling-and-taco parlor in Las Vegas, which I view as a notably successful and audacious exercise in culinary exchange." - Helen Rosner