Stanley Dao
Ultime recensioni
The Royal Chinese Restaurant
Food was overall pretty good. Prices are fair for majority of the dishes. Staff were friendly and attentive. Came for dinner and soup of the day was provided at the start and Chinese mung bean dessert was provided at the end.
Came on a Friday night and it was not too busy - did not have to wait in line.
Things I ordered:
Yang chow fried rice: 4/5 - very umami and had “wok hey”. A bit on the pricier side for fried rice
Clams: 5/5 - very fresh and the clams were very large and had lots of meat.
Steamed chicken: 4/5 - meat was tender and as good as any other restaurant for this classic dish
Seafood birds nest: 3/5 - while it was fresh and tasty, there was not a lot of seafood. Barely 4 pieces of shrimps, 2 scallops, and 3 squid. Also expected the nest part to be fried taro but it was some kind of fried flour mixture instead? It did not hold up well against the sauce and became really soggy at the end.
Beef with mushroom and onion: 1/5 - Did not enjoy this one at all. Portion was quite small, beef was quite chewy and the beef had a bizarre flavour to it, almost as if the beef was not fresh a sitting out too long. It did not really have a sauce so the beef and mushroom didn’t have much flavour. Mushrooms were also cut way too large. Too much yellow onions added to bulk up the dish.
I would recommend the beef with yu choy/Chinese broccoli instead. I saw many other tables ordered it and it looked much much better.
Came on a Friday night and it was not too busy - did not have to wait in line.
Things I ordered:
Yang chow fried rice: 4/5 - very umami and had “wok hey”. A bit on the pricier side for fried rice
Clams: 5/5 - very fresh and the clams were very large and had lots of meat.
Steamed chicken: 4/5 - meat was tender and as good as any other restaurant for this classic dish
Seafood birds nest: 3/5 - while it was fresh and tasty, there was not a lot of seafood. Barely 4 pieces of shrimps, 2 scallops, and 3 squid. Also expected the nest part to be fried taro but it was some kind of fried flour mixture instead? It did not hold up well against the sauce and became really soggy at the end.
Beef with mushroom and onion: 1/5 - Did not enjoy this one at all. Portion was quite small, beef was quite chewy and the beef had a bizarre flavour to it, almost as if the beef was not fresh a sitting out too long. It did not really have a sauce so the beef and mushroom didn’t have much flavour. Mushrooms were also cut way too large. Too much yellow onions added to bulk up the dish.
I would recommend the beef with yu choy/Chinese broccoli instead. I saw many other tables ordered it and it looked much much better.