The only Chef Zhao I’ve been to is the El Camino location, and I’d recommend it e.g. see CZ thread. My last meal at their sister restaurant, Pop Pot, was lackluster, and apparently so was the meal eaten by a Chowhound member I ran into at another table.
Chennai club has some Chinese Indian dishes (I like their chicken wings), and my sense is that those don’t translate so well to people who didn’t grow up with it. Their bigger strength might be their South Indian dishes and dosa. I’ve had quality issues with their dosa just before closing, and would like to hear how they are at regular hours.
I’ve had some good dinners at Champagne restaurant. I’ve liked the efu (Yee mein) noodles with crabmeat and enoki mushrooms, braised giant surf clam with garlic and silver noodles, and the braised noodles with ginger. They do a good job with vegetables too.
