Frank Ma lands again
August 18th, 2008 by Cliff Bostock in Restaurants
Frank Ma, probably the city’s most popular Chinese chef and restaurant operator, has landed at another venue. It’s called Frank Ma’s South (2088 Briarcliff Rd., 404-417-9990).
It’s a bit confusing. Ma is sharing the space with Wingnuts, whose sign you will see in front of the location inside a tiny strip mall.
While a group of wide-eyed adolescent boys chomped on wings, we dined on classics, shown above — homestyle tofu, 3-cup chicken and shrimp with snow pea vines. We also ate the usual starters of pan-fried dumplings and a scallion pancake. I like Frank Ma and his wife Amy very much but they do tend to recommend the same dishes to people over and over. The menu here is lengthy and I want to explore more of it.
Ma was last at Dinho, which hired him to re-create his classic menu and manage the dining room with Amy. I asked him why he left and he explained that the Dinho owner asked him to create a new, mainly Cantonese menu. Ma said “no way” and left. The man is giving the perpetually itinerant Richard Blais a run for the money.
We were entertained at dinner by Ma’s charming granddaughter Angela (above, right).
More in Grazing, week after next.
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