Restaurant Information: 7200 Regional Street Almond Plaza Dublin, CA - 94568 Phone : (925) 829-5292 Fax: Not available http://www.chinavillagerestaurant.net/home/ Accepts credit/debit cards:
MenuStation presents China Village Restaurant in Dublin which offers Chinese Cuisine such as Wonton, Prawn, Chicken, Seafood, Beef, Pork, Chow Mein, Fried Rice, Vegetables, Luncheon Special, Soup, Noodles.
China Village based in Dublin, CA is tucked away in a small shopping precinct and you can easily miss it. When I went there around 6pm, I found a fair number of diners already sitting around for their evening meal.
They seem to have a good loyal base of customers and when I examined the menu, I can understand why. Chinese food compared to Thai food are not only cheaper but also gives you more portions.
This was true of the shrimp fried rice that I ordered.
I was more or less knew what I was expecting when ordering the shrimp fried rice in Chinese style compared to say ordering shrimp fried rice in Thai style. Where in the Thai style it is more of a complete dish that you can eat without other dishes. I am not saying that you cannot do the same for the Chinese style but I always found that the dish is somewhat complementary to other Chinese dishes. Some of the shrimp fried rice made in the Chinese style can taste amazingly good on its own.
Okay, onto the review of the dish.
The portions were generous and was packed into one of those standard take-out containers. The rice was slightly sticky and had all the ingredients you had expected. With the shrimp fried especially the Chinese style, I always try to ‘season’ it more with chili-oil, salt and sometimes chili powder. I have often found that leaving the dish for overnight in a fridge and having it the next day improves the flavor.
With this particular dish, I would give the following scores:
Taste: 3
Quantity: 4
Value: 3.5
I was a bit let down by the taste but the dish tasted what you would have expected. I think if they added spring onions and a bit more fresh ingredients, it could have tasted better. I found that it wasn’t that oily as some dishes could be and for those who are health conscious, this maybe a good thing.
I did actually order the dish with another one of my favorites which as Chicken and Cashew nuts. I naturally had the shrimp fried rice separately to make my review here and when I did mix the two and ate this way, I found the combination wasn’t that great. For some reason I had experimented here since I normally order Beef and Black Bean Sauce and it seems to complement the shrimp fried rice really well. I accidently decided to eat the Chicken and Cashew nuts separately and I had an eye opener. The Chicken dish was far better by itself!
China Village based in Dublin, CA is tucked away in a small shopping precinct and you can easily miss it. When I went there around 6pm, I found a fair number of diners already sitting around for their evening meal.
They seem to have a good loyal base of customers and when I examined the menu, I can understand why. Chinese food compared to Thai food are not only cheaper but also gives you more portions.
This was true of the shrimp fried rice that I ordered.
I was more or less knew what I was expecting when ordering the shrimp fried rice in Chinese style compared to say ordering shrimp fried rice in Thai style. Where in the Thai style it is more of a complete dish that you can eat without other dishes. I am not saying that you cannot do the same for the Chinese style but I always found that the dish is somewhat complementary to other Chinese dishes. Some of the shrimp fried rice made in the Chinese style can taste amazingly good on its own.
Okay, onto the review of the dish.
The portions were generous and was packed into one of those standard take-out containers. The rice was slightly sticky and had all the ingredients you had expected. With the shrimp fried especially the Chinese style, I always try to ‘season’ it more with chili-oil, salt and sometimes chili powder. I have often found that leaving the dish for overnight in a fridge and having it the next day improves the flavor.
With this particular dish, I would give the following scores:
Taste: 3
Quantity: 4
Value: 3.5
I was a bit let down by the taste but the dish tasted what you would have expected. I think if they added spring onions and a bit more fresh ingredients, it could have tasted better. I found that it wasn’t that oily as some dishes could be and for those who are health conscious, this maybe a good thing.
I did actually order the dish with another one of my favorites which as Chicken and Cashew nuts. I naturally had the shrimp fried rice separately to make my review here and when I did mix the two and ate this way, I found the combination wasn’t that great. For some reason I had experimented here since I normally order Beef and Black Bean Sauce and it seems to complement the shrimp fried rice really well. I accidently decided to eat the Chicken and Cashew nuts separately and I had an eye opener. The Chicken dish was far better by itself!