Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant
Address: 2646 University Blvd. W., Wheaton, MD 20902
Phone: 301-929-8818
Neighborhood:
Wheaton
Cuisines:
Chinese, Cantonese, Dim Sum
Opening Hours: Mon through Friday 11:30 to 10; Saturday and Sunday 11 to midnight
Nearby Metro Stops: Wheaton
Price Range: Inexpensive
Dress: Informal
Noise Level: Chatty
Reservations: Not Needed
Best Dishes Shark-fin dumplings; roast-pork buns; eight-treasure sweet rice in lotus leaves; pan-fried pork and chive dumplings; beef shu mai; rice-noodle crepes with shrimp or beef; chicken feet with black-bean sauce; squab in soy sauce; oysters with ginger and scal
From June 2005 Cheap Eats
Heaven may well be a dim sum cart laden with shark-fin dumplings, roast-pork buns, and eight-treasure sweet rice in lotus leaves. This divine fare is served up every Saturday and Sunday from a fleet of dim sum carts that make their way around Good Fortune's two dining rooms; during the week you can order off a menu.On weekends, the earlier you arrive the better, or you might miss out on the pan-fried pork and chive dumplings, chicken feet with black-bean sauce, or sweet fried sesame-seed dumplings, China's answer to carnival-style fried dough. You'd still have the vast Cantonese menu to dabble in. Make a meal of succulent squab in dark-brown soy sauce, oysters with ginger and scallions, Hong Kong style chow mein, and Chinese watercress with garlic. Heaven, after all, takes many forms.
