Comments on: Shine On, China Moon Chinese Restaurant in Stoneham, MA

By: modbetty

modbetty — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:48:48 +0000

Brother Cleve, it is an honor sir to have you swing by the Retro Roadmap! I’m a longtime Combustible Fan, and still listen to your platters regularly. I think you will enjoy the vibe at China Moon, I am picturing you in one of those rounded corner booths right now, drinking a mai tai, and hopefully appreciating what I see in the place.

By: Br. Cleve

Br. Cleve — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:12:04 +0000

I can’t believe I’ve never been in China Moon, even though I grew up in Medford in the 60′s (my grandparents lived in Stoneham) and I golfed at Hugo Harrington regularly. Now I realize what I missed! I guess because I always gravitated to the bigger ‘spectacular’ places like Kowloon and Diamond Head and Bali Hai and Boston joints like Bob Lee’s, The South Seas and Aku Aku. I’ll go check this out asap. Thanks for the Combustible Edison shout out, too.

By: modbetty

modbetty — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:32:35 +0000

Bill, I so know what you mean about Chinese being a comfort food when you’re away from Mass. I didn’t realize how lucky we had it until I moved away to the land of no tiki cocktails and Chinese food! I’m afraid however that I may be turning the Retro Roadkids off of this delicacy since I want to eat it every time I come home to visit. Along with Brigham’s ice cream, Regina pizza, penuche- I think I better try and find some Retro Roadmap worthy places that aren’t food related

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:19:41 +0000

Ah, memories of Stoneham & China Moon. I grew up in Ashland and Chi-Am was THE spot for great Chinese food. In fact, my childhood revolved around Chinese food and it is still my comfort food. Wherever I’ve lived it’s always been my goal to find the nearest good, retro-styled Chinese place. The food varies, especially here in the west, but I always like to find the most funky, retro place to eat. Here in Phoenix, we had Autumn Court, which was in an old German restaurant that they neglected to redesign. So it still had Hummel figurines, pictures of the Alps, etc and yet it still had great food. The staff was a bunch of college girls with attitude and the bar had The Smiths blaring from the speakers. Odd, quirky & good food. Unfortunately, the place burned down several years ago.