supercheesewiz

T K WU's on Liberty has some of the best chinese food in the state (which may not be saying much). Some of my favs include salt and pepper pork, eggplant, the dragon and phoneix soup, and of course bubble tea. My chinese parents make us go there every time they visit.

A very good mexican place is mi pueblo. Some very good authentic mexican fare including great soups and carnita's to die for. The pork just melts into your mouth. Eve's is another great place, where you can buy "oooh so good" tamalies for about 5 dollars a dozen. www.mipueblorestaurant.com http://www.metrotimes.com/metropolis/resta...ace.asp?id=2591

This is just my opinion, is that all the chicago pizza i've ever eaten has had way too high proportion of cheese to everything else. That's why I like this place, because it's a good balance. Anyway, like I said before this is more like pizza pot pie, than real chicago pizza. So maybe it's something entirely different.

Ok, i'm not so much a chicago pizza fan, but this weekend I went to the Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder company. Boy was I impressed. They're pizza is more of a pot pie, and it has a good balance of sause and cheese. Their salads a great too, with two different dressings. http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/default.htm check out the site, they have great photos! Any other fav. chicago pizza joints out there?

Oh, who can forget Laffayette Coney Island. That place is an institution! Twingo's is downtown too, but i'm not sure if it's still any good. When I was a student down there, their quiche was always a treat. I've also had some surprisingly good food at the Majestic. I got a asain sea bass on a cedar plank that was plain amazing. Another place is the Traffic Jam and Snug. Again haven't been there in ages. Finally a little student secret is the Chinese restaurant on the corner of John R and the lodge, next to the kroger and block buster. The location is scary, the place is a scary, and my dad tells me that they dont speak any chinese dialect he's ever heard of, but they make a seschwan style tofu that'll blow your socks off. (And i'm a chinese food snob)

You can get something good at seoul garden in ann arbor on the way from the airport. They even have the sushi. Try the Kai Bei Jim. It's a sweet stew like beef short rib thing which is excellent. Their spicy tofu seafood soup is good too (Soon Doh Boo). They even have sushi. Best part, you get 6-7 different kind of treats at the beginning for free. FYI, it's spicy stuff! The owner of Miki's opened a new sushi place called Yotsuba's on carpenter north of Washtnaw road. A pretty good Thai place on Washtenaw too called Tup tim near Ypsi.

Annam is fine. The food is decent, but i don't really get excited by it. Sushi near the michigan league is tough. Stay away from sushi.com, no matter how many college students you see in there. I had a halfway decent bite down state street at totoro sushi. It's near the michigan theater. Other options. Zanzibar and Red Hawk can be good across the street can be good. Ti Ki Wo down Libierty has edible chinese food too. Decent bubble tea.

Thanks. I've been reading for a while and finally decided to contribute. I left a big post here http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=20352&st=60 about all my favorite food finds in the big D.

I'm new, but i've been a food hound in the are for a long time. I'd thought i'd vent a little since many of you need some good tips. Obviously the area does have a shortage of mid to high range restaurants. This is painfully obvious coming back from trips to San Francisco and NYC. But, in my 10 years here I have found some little gems that stack up to some pretty good eats. BTW, Crave is a great place if your pretending to be in South Beach and drinking martini's. For japanese food, i'd go to where the Japanese go. Nobel fish (and it's sister store in Novi: One World Market) is my favorite sushi in the area. It happens to be very very affordable too. Just remember it's a sushi bar in a ethnic grocery store. Ajinshin, in Novi is great for Udon noodles and Japanese curry. (There's a fun japanese pastry store next door.) Izkakaya Sanpei Restaurant in Canton (near ann arbor) has a great mix of classic japanese, if you can decifer the menu. Matsuchan, also in Canton, is a cute little ramen noodle house. In Dearborn there is are several interesting food finds. On Michigan there is the unique, but pretty solid LA Bistro. Best part is, you can bring in your own bottle of wine for free. The shrimp burger there is one of my favorite lunch treats. Also on Michigan, near telegraph is the Millers bar. If you can stand the smokey windowless interior, you will be treated to one of the best burgers in the area. There's a reason why you have to leave for lunch at 10:45am to avoid a 30 minute line. Also down Michigan near Shaffer is Liles. This wonderful spot from the 50s has 5 items on the menu. I like their corn beef, but their triumph is an amazing bowl of split pea soup. Rich, savory with fresh hunks of roasted ham floating in the mix. I take mine with a lot of pepper and hot sause. I've been addicted to their solid bowl of chili. Further down Michigan, on Shaffer is a great italian market/deli that has great sandwiches that are 1/3 the price of Zingermans. (Gasp, blasphemy) For 15 dollars, you can get a bag of italain rolls, 1/2 pound of italain prosciutto, 1/2 pound of capicola, 1/2 pound of mortedella, 1 pound of provolone cheese, a large container of homemade sweet olives and calmatta olives. Go and build your own picknic for you and all your friends. Where Outer and Southfield meet there is a average coney island/greek place that happens to have an amazing, steamy, tangy made from scratch bowl of lemon chicken rice soup. My greek friends tell me it's as close to grandma as you can get. Watch your eyebrows for the continual opa's and flaming cheese. Finally, workers at the rouge plant have long known about the Dearborn Sausage factory. Hard to get to, but worth the trip. You can get fresh sausage, very excellent spicy hotdogs, and addictive hunters sausage. Get some polish keibasa, soak in beer, and toss on the grill. Your mouth will be very happy, happy! In Ypsi, (again on Michigan) there is Gabriel's philly cheese steak. A couple of transplanted Airforce guys from Philly decided to start this place in the 40s when they couldn't find a decent cheese steak house in the area. Get double cheese! Oh, and here's a bonus. Up in Troy on John R between 12-14 mile road is Thung Thang, a vietmenese place that is as close as you can get with out going to the west coast. Get the Pho' (With everything if your brave) which is a huge bowl of steamy broth packed full of noodles and rare beef. To this you add fresh basil and mint, jalepenos, brown sause and sirachi. AMAZING. Oh, and their spring rolls wrapped in lettuce are good too!

Havn't been there myself really, but i hear that Intermezzo and Small Plates in downtown detroit are decent. Outside, i've heard that Boocoo and Mitchells seafood market are worth a try.