Oriental Garden Restaurant   

The second-most striking feature at this loud and bright Chinese restaurant is the fish tanks in the front, showcasing the live swimmers and walkers you're about to eat. In what is an otherwise bland Chinatown dining room, locals, purists and newbies will argue the finer points of dim sum -- is a dumpling worthy? Is tripe too much? Fried vs. steamed? And yet one thing remains clear: the long Cantonese-style menu has something for everyone, particularly if you love seafood. Fried oysters, long neck clams, salted prawns, giant lobsters -- it all comes from the same place. And even though the secret is out and the brunch crowd now includes uptowners and non-Chinese, it all leads you to understand that the most striking feature of this large hotspot hasn't changed in nearly 20 years: finely prepared fresh fish.