Red Lotus
239 S Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill
(919) 968-7778
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Beef with Black Bean Sauce
crispy duck 脆皮鸭
Hot and Sour Soup
Buddha Delight
Orange Beef
Wonton Soup
Spicy Beef
Fried Rice
Moo Shu
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Lo Mein
Egg noodles stir-fried with scallion, carrot, onion, Napa in lo mein sauce.
Crispy Sesame
Battered and quick fried then sauteed with broccoli in sherry sesame sauce.choice of white, brown, fried rice.
General To's Chicken
Battered white meat chicken slice chicken breast stir-fried with broccoli in a chili honey-sherry wine sauce.
Fried Rice
Rice wok stirred with scallion, peas, carrots and onion scallion.
Braised Chinese Eggplant
Lunch / Lunch Entree
Crispy Sesame Chicken
Battered and quick wok fried chicken in a sherry sesame sauce with steam broccoli. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Mapo Tofu
Served spicy. Fresh tofu with mince chicken in spicy Sichuan pepper. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Buddha Delight Chicken
Sauteed broccoli, carrots, snow peas, mushroom, bell pepper in ginger brown sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Hot Garlic Sauce
Served spicy. Broccoli, red and green peppers, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots in a spicy garlic sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Genghis Khan Mongolian
Served spicy. Sauteed scallions and onions in a spicy Mongolian sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Zesty Orange Chicken
Served spicy. Battered chicken sauteed with fresh orange in an orange puree sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sa Cha Sauce
Served spicy. Sauteed snow peas, carrots, onion and mushrooms in a Chinese barbecue sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Lotus Ginger Broccoli
Stir-fried broccoli with carrots in a ginger brown sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sauteed Cashew Nuts
Sauteed diced water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, baby corn, and cashews in ginger brown sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sweet & Sour
Battered tender chicken or pork with pineapple in sweet and sour fruit sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Green Pepper
Bell pepper and white onion in ginger brown sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Indian Yellow Curry
Served spicy. Sliced onions, green beans, carrots, bamboo shoot and mushrooms in a yellow curry. Gluten free. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Spicy Chicken & Shrimp
Sauteed chicken and shrimp with fresh vegetables in ginger brown sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Honey Glazed Walnut Chicken
Stir-fried broccoli, mushroom, carrots, snow peas and walnut in honey wine sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Red Lotus Curry
Served spicy. Sauteed bell peppers, onions, pineapple and bamboo shoots in coconut red curry. Gluten free. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Kung Pao Sauce
Served spicy. Diced mushroom, bell peppers and peanuts in spicy kung pao sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Black Bean Sauce
Served spicy. Stir-fried broccoli, carrots, green beans, mushrooms, and onions in spicy black bean sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sichuan Green Bean
Served spicy. Fresh string beans sauteed in spicy Sichuan sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
General Tso Chicken
Served spicy. Battered chicken sauteed with fresh orange in an orange puree sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Spicy & Savory
Celery, red and green peppers, and onions in a spicy soybean sweet wine sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Spicy Green Curry
Served spicy. Onion, carrots, potato and bamboo shoots in green curry sauce. Gluten free. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Thai Basil Sauce
Served spicy. Fresh vegetables sauteed in a basil curry coconut sauce. Gluten free. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Home Style Tofu
Served spicy. Fried Tofu with spicy black bean paste. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Lunch / Lunch Noodles & Rice
Fried Rice
Rice wok with peas, carrots, onion, bean sprouts, egg and soy sauce.
Yum Yum Fried Rice
Roast pork, Chinese sweet sausage, shrimp, peas and carrots, bean sprouts, scallion and egg.
Ho Fun Noodles
Sauteed with bean sprouts, and scallions with wide rice noodles.
Singapore Noodles
Served spicy. Eggs, carrots, scallions, bean sprouts, onion stir-fried with thin rice noodles in a yellow curry. Gluten free.
Drunken Noodles
Served spicy. Rice noodles with chicken, egg, onion, scallion, tomato, green bean in spicy basil sauce.
Lo Mein
Egg noodles sauteed with onion, green onion, carrots, Napa.
San Shan Jan Pong Noodle
Served spicy. Sauteed shrimp, squid, and chicken with carrots, mushrooms, Napa and snow peas in a Korean chili noodle soup. Gluten free.
Curry Fried Rice
Served spicy. Chicken and shrimp, egg, scallion, carrots, peas, onion and spicy curry power.
Dan Dan Noodles
Pickle cabbage, bell peppers, water chestnuts, shitake mushroom stir fried with ground chicken nesting in hot noodles.
Pad Thai Noodle
Thai rice noodles stir-fried with bean sprouts, carrots, scallions, tofu, and topped with crushed peanuts and lime.
Vegetable Mei Fun
Asian rice noodles with bok choy and mix vegetable.
All Day Dinner
Crispy Sesame
Battered and quick fried then sauteed with broccoli in sherry sesame sauce.choice of white, brown, fried rice.
General To's Chicken
Battered white meat chicken slice chicken breast stir-fried with broccoli in a chili honey-sherry wine sauce.
Moo Shu
Sliced cabbage, onion, carrots, bamboo shoot, scallion, black mushrooms and egg. Served with 4 pieces pancake and plum sauce.choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Buddha Delight
Broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, snow peas, onion, Napa, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, baby corn and bell peppers in ginger brown sauce. choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Lotus Ginger Broccoli
Stir-fried broccoli and carrots in a ginger soy brown sauce. choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Battered tender chicken and quick fried with sweet and sour fruit sauce. choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Happy Family
Roast pork, shrimp, beef and chicken sauteed with broccoli, snow peas, mushroom, onion, Napa and carrots in ginger brown sauce.
Kung Pao
Diced mushroom, red and green pepper, broccoli stems and peanuts in a spicy kung pao sauce.choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Genghis Khan Beef
Stir-fried onion and scallion in spicy Mongolian sauce.
Honey Glazed Walnut Chicken
Sliced chicken breast stir-fried with broccoli, mushroom, carrots, snow peas and walnuts in a honey wine sauce.
Hot Garlic Sauce Beef
Stir-fried with broccoli, red and green pepper, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in a hot garlic sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Double Happiness
Two dishes in one. one side of general chicken and other side with shrimp with vegetable in white wine sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Cashew Chicken
Broccoli, water chestnuts, baby corn, bamboo shoots witch dice chicken tops with roasted cashew.
Genghis Khan Chicken
Stir-fried onion and scallion in spicy Mongolian sauce.
Sichuan Green Bean Beef
Garden fresh string bean, cabbage and carrots sauteed with spicy Szechuan sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sa Cha Sauce Chicken
Stir-fried snow peas, carrots, Napa cabbage, onion, mushroom in Chinese BBQ Sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Thai Green Curry
Gluten free. Onion, green pepper, green beans, bamboo shoots and potato wok stirred in a spicy Thai style green curry sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sweet & Sour Pork
Battered tender chicken and quick fried with sweet and sour fruit sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Thai Basil Chicken
Gluten free. Stir-fried broccoli, snow peas, carrots, mushroom with hints of basil in a creamy coconut basil sauce.
Hot Garlic Sauce Chicken
Stir-fried with broccoli, red and green pepper, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in a hot garlic sauce.
Black Bean Pork
Stir-fried broccoli, carrots, green bean, mushroom and onion. In spicy black bean sauce.
Sichuan Green Bean Shrimp
Garden fresh string bean, cabbage and carrots sauteed with spicy Szechuan sauce.
Sichuan Green Bean Chicken
Garden fresh string bean, cabbage and carrots sauteed with spicy Szechuan sauce. choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Black Bean Chicken
Stir-fried broccoli, carrots, green bean, mushroom and onion. In spicy black bean sauce.
Sweet & Sour Shrimp
Battered tender chicken and quick fried with sweet and sour fruit sauce.
Red Lotus Curry
Gluten free. Sauteed potato, onion, bamboo shoots in Malaysian coconut-red curry sauce.
Spicy Mango
Gluten free. Sliced mango, snow peas, red pepper and onion stir fried in a light spicy sauce.
Sa Cha Sauce Beef
Stir-fried snow peas, carrots, Napa cabbage, onion, mushroom in Chinese BBQ Sauce.
Sichuan Green Bean
Hot Garlic Sauce Shrimp
Stir-fried with broccoli, red and green pepper, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in a hot garlic sauce.
Black Bean Beef
Stir-fried broccoli, carrots, green bean, mushroom and onion. In spicy black bean sauce.
Monk Fish
Sauteed monk fish filet in pine nuts tomato vinaigrette sauce or with spicy Chinese black bean sauce.
Moo Goo Gai Pan Chicken
Gluten free. Stir-fried broccoli, mushroom, Napa, carrots, and snow peas in white wine sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Thai Basil Shrimp
Gluten free. Stir-fried broccoli, snow peas, carrots, mushroom with hints of basil in a creamy coconut basil sauce.
Curry Chicken
Tradition curry chicken with ginger, garlic, cumin and coriander. Tops with cilantro and tomato.
Sichuan Green Bean Pork
Garden fresh string bean, cabbage and carrots sauteed with spicy Szechuan sauce.
Moo Goo Gai Pan Shrimp
Gluten free. Stir-fried broccoli, mushroom, Napa, carrots, and snow peas in white wine sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Royal Hawaiian
Shrimp, crab meat, and whole lobster tail sauteed with asparagus, broccoli, carrots and Napa in a oyster sauce.
Spicy & Savory
Celery, red and green pepper and onion in a spicy soybean-sweet wine sauce.
Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
Lobster tail, jumbo shrimp, peas and carrots in traditional eggs sauce. Served with choice of egg drop, wonton, hot and sour soup or egg roll and choice of white, brown, fried rice.
Sa Cha Sauce Shrimp
Stir-fried snow peas, carrots, Napa cabbage, onion, mushroom in Chinese BBQ Sauce.
All Day Classic Menu / Starter
Fried Spring Roll
2 pieces. Shrimp or fresh vegetable hand wrapped, cooked to order. Served with a sauce. Gluten free.
Wonton Soup
Fresh pork wrapped in dumplings simmering in a vegetarian broth.
Cheese Crab Wonton
6 pieces. Cream cheese with minced onion, carrots, crab meat in crispy wonton skin.
Pot Sticker
6 pieces. Ground pork with scallion wrapped in dumpling skin. Steam or pan-fried.
Hot & Sour Soup
Served spicy. A traditional Asian soup that stimulates the palate with hints of spicy and burst of sourness.
Egg Drop Soup
Broken egg with in a light vegetarian broth.
Summer Rice Roll-Not Fried
Two pieces. Fresh lettuce, basil, rice noodles and shrimp hand wrap in rice paper skin with plum sauce top with peanut. Gluten free.
Fried Chicken Wings
6 pieces. Succulent fresh wings with Asian spice.
Edamame
Gluten free. Fresh soy beans steamed in their pod, lightly seasoned with salt.
Scallion Pancake
Handmade pan-fried pancake with scallion with curry sauced.
Salt & Pepper Calamari
Lightly battered calamari sauteed with scallion, salt and pepper.
House Salad
Mix greens, carrots, and tomato in ginger dressing.
Shanghai Bun
Ground pork with Napa steam in flour skin.
Lettuce Wrap
Minced chicken breast, red and green pepper and water chestnuts, stir-fried in oyster sauce. Served on a bed of crispy rice noodles.
Soy Chicken Soup
For 2. Tofu chicken with vegetable in a vegetarian broth.
Soy Chicken Summer Roll
Velvet Chicken Soup
For 2. Sliced chicken with sweet corn and carrots light broth.
Eggplant Salad
Mix greens, carrots, cucumber tossed with garlic peanut dressing. Topped with fried eggplants and peanut crumbs.
Dragonfly Salad
Succulent shrimps on top of a bed of mix greens, tomatoes, and carrots. Served with a carrot-ginger dressing.
All Day Classic Menu / Lo Mein & Fried Rice
Lo Mein
Egg noodles stir-fried with scallion, carrot, onion, Napa in lo mein sauce.
Fried Rice
Rice wok stirred with scallion, peas, carrots and onion scallion.
Yum Yum Fried Rice
Roast pork, Chinese sweet Chinese sausage, shrimp, bean sprouts, peas and carrots, scallion and egg.
Basil Fried Rice
Fresh basil, chop tomato, green bean, onion in a Thai soy sauce.
Fresh Pineapple Fried Rice
Fresh pineapple wok with jumbo shrimp and cashews.
All Day Classic Menu / Sides
Plain Lo Mein
Garlic Bok Choy
Fried Rice
White Rice
Ginger Broccoli
Brown Rice
Garlic Green Bean
All Day Shanghai Menu / Soup & Noodle Soup
Tofu Soup with Shepherd's Purse & Shredded Pork
Pork Belly Soup with Tofu Skin
Pork Ribs Black Fungus Noodles Soup
Spice Beef Noodles Soup
Five pieces.
Black Fungus Pork Ribs Soup
Fish Soup with Ginger
Assorted Vegetable & Meat in Casserole Soup
Egg & Tomato Shredded Pork Soup
Shepherd's Purse Wonton Soup
8 pieces.
Potherb Mustard with Pork Noodles Soup
All Day Shanghai Menu / Fresh Vegetables
Braised Chinese Eggplant
Wok Braised Green Bean
Tofu Skin with Potherb Mustard & Green Soy Bean
Mapo Tofu
Served with chicken.
Sauteed Mushroom & Shanghai Bok Choy
Sauteed Corn with Pine Nuts
Home Style Black Bean Tofu
Shredded Potato with Hot Pepper
Shanghai Assorted Soy
Bean Pasted Bok Choy
All Day Shanghai Menu / Chicken
Three Cup Chicken
Chestnut with Chicken in Soy Sauce
Bean Paste Chicken
Sauteed Potato Noodles with Chicken
All Day Shanghai Menu / Pork
Steamed Pork Ball in Casserole
Double Cooked Pork Belly
Served spicy.
Shredded Pork with Bamboo Shoots
Served with bamboo shoots and shepherd's purse.
Stewed Pork Cubes & Tofu Skin in Brown Sauce
Shredded pork with Hot Pepper & Baked Tofu Slices
Served spicy.
Soy Sauce Vinaigrette Pork Ribs
Dongpo Pork
Bake Tofu with Shredded Pork
Stir-Fried Rice Cake with Pork
Served with shepherd's purse and shredded pork.
Tofu Skin Rolls with Minced Pork
All Day Shanghai Menu / Beef
Sauteed Beef with Hot Pepper
Served spicy.
Julienne Celery with Beef Tips
Water Boiled Spicy Beef
Served spicy.
Beef with Cumin
Sauteed Shredded Beef in Chili Sauce
Served spicy.
Sauteed Ox trip with Hot Pepper
Served spicy.
All Day Shanghai Menu / Seafood
Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage & Chili
酸菜鱼片
Fish with Chili Bean Sauce
Served spicy.
Fried Sweet & Sour Mandarin Fish
Water Boiled Spicy Fish
Tomato Fish
Spice Fried Fish with Bay Leaf
Salt & Pepper Shrimp
Roast Tilapia with Scallions
葱烤鱼
Stir-Fried Fish Slices with Wine Sauce
Fried Fish Slices with Lichen
Sauteed Shrimp with Shell
Sweet & Sour Fish Slice
Not fried.
Shrimp with Peas
All Day Shanghai Menu / Cold Dishes
Salted Duck
Ma La Beef Tripe
Malan Stirred with Baked Tofu
Cooked Chopped Beef Offal in Chili Sauce
Spicy Beef
5 pieces.
Shanghai Gluten
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Recent Reviews
We eat there maybe once a month, it's fine; never crowded, mundane scene. But we do go back.\nBut let's talk carry-out.\nNow I am generally adverse to carry out. I feel that all food loses my interest after a half-hour or so. But this latest visit to Red Lotus was a treat. Home is about a 25 minute drive away. We ordered before we left home. Everything was ready and well packaged when we got there. We had veg fried rice, sesame chicken, garden roles, hot-and-sour soup.\nThis...
September 2024
The best Chinese food in the triangle, especially for vegetarians (they have a great mock chicken they can substitute in most dishes). A true Chapel Hill institution since the days it was Charlies with consistent wonderful food and don't miss out on the Chinese specials menu page for less common authentic Chinese dishes. I hope they stay in business for another 30 years!
July 2024
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