Kirin Bistro

Name: Kirin Bistro
Address: 485 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA, 94041, US
Telephone: 650-965-1059
Price range: $$

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485 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
650-965-1059
Last verified: August 2026
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Crispy fried chicken dish from Kirin Bistro Mountain View

Peking duck: Beijing's showpiece: a whole duck air-dried and roasted until the skin is glass-crisp, carved at the table and wrapped in thin pancakes with scallion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce. Usually ordered ahead and priced whole or half. Cantonese roast duck is a different, marinated bird served chopped over rice. On this menu as: Roast Duck Half · Roast Duck Whole · Peking Duck Half.
Potstickers: Crescent-shaped dumplings (jiaozi) pan-fried on one side until crisp, then steamed in the same pan so the tops stay tender. Boiled versions of the same dumpling are usually listed as "boiled dumplings" or shui jiao; the fillings (pork and cabbage, pork and chive, shrimp, or vegetable) are the same. On this menu as: Pan Fried Pot Stickers.
Wonton: Small dumplings in a thin square wrapper, loosely gathered rather than pleated. Served in clear broth (wonton soup, often with egg noodles), deep-fried as an appetizer, or tossed in chili oil as a Sichuan cold plate, "red oil wontons" or hong you chao shou. On this menu as: Wonton Soup.
Kung pao: Diced chicken (or shrimp, tofu) stir-fried with dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, scallion and peanuts in a sweet-sour-savory glaze. The Sichuan original is dark, tangy and numbing; the American-Chinese version tends to be sweeter, saucier and heavier on the vegetables. On this menu as: Kung Pao Chicken.
Fish-fragrant (yu xiang): A Sichuan seasoning of pickled chili, garlic, ginger, scallion, sugar and vinegar, originally used for fish and now most famous on eggplant and shredded pork. There is no fish in it; "in garlic sauce" on American-Chinese menus is usually this flavor profile. On this menu as: Eggplant with Garlic Sauce.
Salt-and-pepper: A Cantonese fry technique: squid, shrimp, pork chops or tofu dusted in starch, deep-fried, then tossed in a hot wok with salt, white pepper, garlic, scallion and sliced fresh chili. Light, crisp and only mildly hot. On this menu as: Salt & Pepper Tofu.

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Egg rolltypically $7.28 across 323 menus
Wontontypically $9.99 across 292 menus
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Kung paotypically $15.99 across 193 menus
Wonton souptypically $9.99 across 190 menus
Potstickerstypically $10 across 185 menus
Fish-fragrant (yu xiang)typically $13.95 across 175 menus
Peking ducktypically $19.95 across 164 menus

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