When it comes to Chinese food, everyone has their go-to list of top picks like your favorite playlist of cool tunes. Then there are times when you just want to change things up with a mashup of classics along with a mix of new dishes just to keep things interesting. And that's exactly what it's like each time you dine at Oriental Palace in Quezon City. It's hit after hit with both familiar renditions and new flavors from the Spring Menu for your growing playlist of flavorful tracks.
Since 1978, the family-run establishment has been serving traditional Cantonese cuisine and specialty seafood dishes that keeps generations of loyal diners returning again and again. Like pulling out your fave playlist to set the mood, Oriental Palace always hits the right notes just like your feel good collection of tunes. And the new Spring Menu presents some great additions to your curated compilation of tasty tracks. Come on in and enjoy the feast...
Tasty Starters For The Perfect Opening Act
The unobtrusive and nearly hidden side entrance adds to the charm of the restaurant, tucked away from the always busy Tomas Morato Avenue. For loyal diners, the farther Oriental Palace is from the main avenue the better. This is a dining destination they would rather keep to themselves for just a little while longer. Through the years, the extensive selection of specialty dishes at Oriental Palace hooked many of us to their tempting renditions of comforting staples like the enduring Pork & Shrimp Siomai (P 208/4 pcs) to get you started (for more on Oriental Palace, see my previous posts A Family's Culinary Legacy Served Daily At Quezon City's Oriental Palace Restaurant & Banquet Hall from two years ago and Family Traditions At Oriental Palace Seafood Restaurant And Banquet Hall from 2017).
Fresh off the steamers, the Beef Balls (P 188/3 pcs) with its distinctive soft yet bouncy texture releases rich and juicy savory notes with each bite...
...while the Ham Sui Kok (P 208/3 pcs) with its delicately crisp glutinous rice dough and mildly chewy texture teases the palate followed by a burst of mildly sweet savory richness from the pork, shrimp, vegetable and mushroom filling.
The Pork Floss Puff Pastry (P 288/3 pcs) is one more tasty number from the kitchen with a soft sesame seed topped bun filled with threads of pork. Nutty savory notes linger long on the palate, and one more bite is soon well on its way. It's comforting flavors like this that keep Oriental Palace high up on anyone's list for Cantonese flavors.
A taste of the familiar always warms the palate, but Oriental Palace always has some innovative tasty surprises from the kitchen's seemingly endless bag of tricks like the Red Rice Cheung Fun or crispy red rice rolls with a succulent seafood filling. Paired with two special sauces, the Red Rice Cheung Fun is a refreshing twist from the usual array of dim sum with its delectable play on contrasting textures and flavorful richness.
And you just can't not have the classic Xiao Long Bao (P 208/4 pcs) with its pork soup filling to complete your feast at Oriental Palace. With well over thirty dim sum offerings, you'll find both familiar as well as creative new renditions on the menu guaranteed to satisfy all your dim sum cravings.
In between bites, enjoy sweet soothing sips with the Watermelon Shake and the fruity Four Seasons preparing your palate for another round of tasty bites at Oriental Palace.
Fresh And Bold Flavors Continue With An Impressive Second Act at Oriental Palace
The starters alone at Oriental Palace is a feast in itself, but the kitchen is just warming up serving even more dishes for the second act in its culinary performance with the Seaweed with Century Egg (P 480 Small/P 720 Medium/P 960 Large) with its blend of deep and vibrant fresh notes...
...the stir-fried Radish Cake with its colorful medley of red and green bell peppers and fresh sweet hints...
...and the soothing Double Boiled Black Chicken and Conch Meat Soup (P 1,400 Half/P 2,800 Whole) with its delicately flavored notes in a light and refreshingly clean broth. The subtle nuanced flavors warms the palate with each sip as the next batch of dishes are served at Oriental Palace.
Known for their specialty seafood offerings, Oriental Palace served the day's freshest catch with the succulent Honey Walnut Shrimp (P 880 Small. P 1,320 Medium/P 1,760 Large). The briny sweetness of the fresh shrimps are perfectly complemented by the honey and walnuts enjoyed with a fresh snap after each bite.
From the new Spring Menu, the changing seasons are celebrated with fresh flavors with dishes like the Stir-Fried Garlic Scapes with Minced Pork in XO Sauce with its mild garlicky hints and subtle crunch...
...and the Egg Omelette with Sakura Shrimp, a fluffy rendition with the vibrant sweetness of the succulent shrimps. A generous dab of the special sauce completes the flavors.
Change up your usual rice game with the colorful Rainbow Fried Rice (P 400 Small/P 600 Medium/P 800 large) with its mix of grains and vegetables. Each ingredient brings its own distinctive layer of flavor to the dish, pairing well with the savory mains at Oriental Palace.
One of many top personal picks, the Oriental Signature Tofu (P 480 Small/P 720 Medium/P 960 Large) with soft slabs of silky smooth tofu capped by a lightly crisp layer topped with mushrooms on a savory sauce is one of those top hits you keep coming back to at Oriental Palace. Nutty, sweet and savory, the Oriental Signature Tofu is a mandatory addition to the table.
And there's more. The Cauliflower with Pork Belly in Dry Pot (P 480 Small/P 720 Medium/P 960 Large) brings elegant rich flavors in a pot with the savory notes of pork enhanced by the subtle sweetness of fresh cauliflowers for another flavorful dish.
Ready for the Day's Freshest Catch?
If there's one reason why Oriental Palace remains the top dining destination among loyal customers, it's the wide array of fresh seafood transformed into exquisite dishes like the Steamed Grouper in Spring Onions with French Beans (market price). The delicate sweetness of the fresh fish comes through layered by the fresh notes of spring onions for that balanced finish. Oriental Palace offers their bestselling lapu-lapu in a variety of cooking styles from steamed to fried or served in a soup.
Then, there's the popular crab dishes of Oriental Palace like the Steamed Jumbo Crab in Garlic Sauce (market price) topped with loads of garlic in a buttery sauce...
...and the equally impressive Fried Jumbo Crab in Salt, Pepper and Salted Egg (market price). Steamed or fried, each lavish variation highlights the fresh and clean flavors of the prized crabs adding an auspicious and festive vibe to your table at Oriental Palace. Oriental Palace offers other seafood dishes too from abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw and lobster to shrimps, sea mantis, elephant shells, clams, bamboo shells, eel and pomfret.
Oriental Palace isn't quite done with their playlist of savory hits, with even more tasty surprises from the kitchen. It isn't common to find goat meat in most menus of Chinese restaurants, then again Oriental Palace isn't just your usual Chinese restaurant. The Braised Goat Hotpot is a new dish from their Spring Menu with concentrated flavors. Fork-tender collagen-rich goat meat with mushrooms and vegetables braised and simmered for hours brings bold, hearty and sumptuous flavors to your feast...
...while the Cumin Goat in Dry Pot (P 680 Small/P 1,020 Medium/P 1,360 Large) offers the same unrestrained savory richness complemented by spices for another tasty option. The meat is tender with fresh and clean flavors without the usual gamey hints. Rich and full of flavor almost like beef, the new goat dishes at Oriental Palace offers new flavor experiences to add to your growing play list.
Keeping in tradition, order up a noodle dish to complete the feast at Oriental Palace like the Beef Ribs in Oriental Dressing with Udon Noodles (P 1,080 Small/P 1,620 Medium/P 2,160 Large). Fork-tender beef in a creamy sauce over udon noods, you can't beat that.
The Sweet Ending
Your dining experience at Oriental Palace ends on a high sweet note with the indulgent Mango Sago...
...just like your favorite play list to complete the mood. Like any playlist, the flavors continue to resonate striking the right chords no matter how many times you've listened to it to pick up your mood. Oriental Palace is that musical playlist you just can't do without anchored on familiar flavors and exciting new offerings to change the tempo. But there's one more track to tease your palate...
...just like your favorite last song on your playlist.
The Peace Apple Bun from their previous Chinese New Year menu is the appropriate ending to a sumptuous feast at Oriental Palace. The temptingly soft potato bun with a creamy and savory cheese filling capped by a stem of crisp fried noodle is one more memorable note from the playlist of Oriental Palace. Inspired by the Mandarin word for apple which sounds like the word for peace and safety, these Peace Apple Buns is the proper send-off from the flavorful playlist of exquisite dishes.
Food trends come and go, and the culinary scene continues to evolve in the ever changing restaurant landscape. But just like the enduring classics on your playlist, there are dishes that you just keep coming back to again and again. With its mix of comfortingly familiar and traditional dishes to innovative and modern renditions, Oriental Palace keeps in step with the times with its growing menu. When your craving for Chinese cuisine hits, simply pull out your fave playlist from Oriental Palace for another memorable dining experience...
Oriental Palace Seafood Restaurant and Banquet Hall is located at 148 Tomas Morato Avenue corner Scout Gandia Street, Barangay Laging Handa, Tomas Morato, Quezon City or call (02) 8374-0653 and (02) 8374-0693 for inquiries and reservations. You can also email @OrientalPalace.ph or visit their FB Page at https://www.facebook.com/OrientalPalace.ph/ for more updates.
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