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    Pearl Cafe II

    4.1 (39 reviews)
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    2 months ago

    Great fresh food big home made crab Rangoon's home made beef terry Ali and the prices are very reasonable

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    1 year ago

    Christmas Eve massive order. Had ready in under an hour. Everything fresh and perfectly cooked. Easy in and out pick up.

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    3 years ago

    This is our go to place. Such good food. Not super fast, but it is so worth the wait. They take their time to make delicious food.

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    3 years ago

    Really better than we expected. Pleasantly surprised. Nothing overcooked, tasted fresh, teriyaki was tender. What's not to like?

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    4 years ago

    Great Chinese food the food is typical and good, great portions. They are really quick

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    7 years ago

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    5 years ago

    Very good food. Service was friendly and prompt. Restaurant was clean. Will definitely return when in the area.

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    8 years ago

    I've been ordering from them for many years. Love the food, just wish the rice was fresher on appetizer specials.

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    8 years ago

    My favorite Chinese restaurant. Classic Chinese food that is consistently tasty and fresh. Pleasant family business!

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    8 years ago

    Ordered chicken lomein. Legitimately smells and tastes like cat. Ordered twice, was worse the second time.

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    7 years ago

    Always great. I'm glad they're here in town. That's all I had to say, but fricking yelp won't post unless you drone on and on.

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    8 years ago

    typical take out place. nothing special, but its pretty good. staff is nice. do not eat there. take out only.

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    Dragon Dynasty - Inedible house low main. It's currently in the trash.

    Dragon Dynasty

    3.8(116 reviews)
    6.0 mi
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    My husband n I used to order from them 16 years ago . Since then we moved back to worcester n the…read morelast few times we've ordered the chicken has tasted crispy n delicious just like when we ordered 16 yrs ago lo main was delicious not greasy highly under rated

    I get it...New Year's Eve is. Crazy and they were super busy but they also had a LOT of employees…read moreworking so the food should have not been this subpar. Never thought I would give this place a low review because it has been consiste toy it has good but I feel like I just wasted $46. I will likely end up throwing most of it away They have redecorated and added a Boba tea area so there is basically no more eat-in tables. Not sure of it's under new mgt. Chicken wings: tasted/looked nothing like chicken I've gotten their before. It was cold, really breaded, and SUPER SALTY. I over salt everything so if I say it's salty, it must be bad. The chicken was sitting in a large foil container so I assume it was fried ahead of time. Or they literally had catering for some items. House LoMein: texture was off, zero flavor. The noodles were kind of sticky/slimy. Egg rolls: $2.95/piece for these tiny things?!?! Cold in the inside, clearly pre-frozen. Shrimp egg foo yung: yes, I'm a weirdo who loves egg foo young it it was inedible. It tastes like it was fried in old oil a few days ago and frozen then re-fries today. Couldn't eat it. White rice: it's bad enough that you have to pay for it separately and it is $$ but it was mushy! ‍ I splurged for New Years Eve so this was $46 of my hard earned money down the drain. I assume that they precooked items (?) due to the holiday rush but they should not ever skimp on the quality of the food, especially when they have a good reputation. I will not be ordering from here again even though it used to be my go-to place...one that I could relay on to be fresh and tasty. I hope that this food is not indicative of how 2024 is going to be. If so, it's not off to a good start.

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    Dragon Dynasty - Tiny, not all the way cooked egg roll  The sauce couldn't even save it.

    Tiny, not all the way cooked egg roll The sauce couldn't even save it.

    Dragon Dynasty - Less than fresh tasting shrimp egg foo young. Ate 1/2 of one, threw rest away.

    Less than fresh tasting shrimp egg foo young. Ate 1/2 of one, threw rest away.

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    Wong's Restaurant - Spareribs

    Wong's Restaurant

    3.2(80 reviews)
    4.4 mi
    $$

    Food was abundant for the luncheon plates. Owner, and other…read morestaff all seemed a very pleasant family run business . Young son or grandson my waiter was respectful to my dining experience and I saw how he sat talking respectfully with the owner who mentioned she had just returned from a Hong Kong trip. I saw a review from someone who had visited and his reviews were positive; so I needed to try . I ordered the luncheon special number 24 with beef teriyaki, chicken fingers , rice, and lobster sauce. I wanted to try the bbq spareribs, and order pork strips. Well, first they give a bowl of fried won tons with a duck sauce ? These were excellent and wonder if the restaurant made these. There were very tasty . The luncheon special portion was huge with a lot of rice which was ok; but a rice a roni type texture vs. soft and moist. The bowl of lobster sauce was surprisingly very good and some of the better Ihave had elsewhere. It was not too salty which I liked. The chicken fingers were reheated and just ok, a bit greasy . Beef teriyaki was two huge slices of tender beef and very good, but a bit salty . A bit more ginger flavor I would have liked; but no issues eating these. My order of ribs was their only one size, and would have liked option for a small side of Ribs excellent char, sauce, 1-2 ribs have no meat; but the number of ribs and others were all good. The pork strips were a nice quality tender pork and very good, but were very cold on arrival . But; I preferred less cooked than being too dry or overcooked. Better cold and moist as these were vs. dry. I anticipated anyway reheating at home at least half or more of this gutton size luncheon ordered meal. A soup with the lunch special would have been nice and less of main portion and rice . The duck sauce was nice mild flavors but too watery for my liking. The pineapple pieces with the fortune cookie was a nice touch to finish the meal ending. Old school and solid food, portions and nice family run operation. I would definitely return again when in the area.

    Two solid return visits, both weekday lunch, at this mostly-watering-hole joint with an old school…read moremenu, combo plates all day, and apps in two sizes. -- Barbecued Spareribs (appetizer): Very thoroughly painted with the red glaze, but with cross sections unpainted to reveal juiciness in addition to the glaze. Good flavor to the meat, which pulled off cleanly with minimal effort. More char would be more impressive, but as is, near-elite. I preferred these to the Roast Pork Spareribs tried last time, but would get both again. -- Boneless Ribs (appetizer): Went with the small size and still got a more-than-ample portion of 3-inch strips. All had a good coating of the familiar bright red glaze, plus a pool of thinner brown liquid with honey notes underneath. Just a hint of dryness on some of them, but more were moist. Captivating flavor suggested some combination of five spice and hoisin along with the red. Well above average. -- Lobster Sauce (on a combo): Served in a separate bowl on the plate, with very dark liquid, fairly large and tender pork crumbles, and no other flourishes. Simple, mildly oystery sauce, a bit runny, not salty, and piping hot. A little above average. -- Chicken Fingers (on the combo): Four very lengthy and very crisp fingers with good meat-to-batter ratio and a light but very crunchy batter about halfway between tempura and what you usually get. Elite, and one of the best renditions I've ever had, though the fingers on the Sweet and Sour weren't as good. -- Pork Fried Rice (on the combo): A little light and a bit of a Rice-A-Roni feel, but very moist and fresh both times, with plenty of pork nuggets and onions. Above average. -- Beef Teriyaki (on the combo): Two sticks, meat deceptively thin, almost no char, but mildly pleasant flavor and very tender. A little above average. -- Sweet and Sour Chicken (on a combo): Six fingers, just as crisp as the stand-alone ones, with nearly as good meat-to-batter ratio, but less of a tempura feel. Cherries and pineapple chunks, but a little light on the sauce, so I asked for extra and it came out delicious and hot. Dark ruby color, intense flavor, like a thicker, darker grenadine dialed to an 11 on the flavor knob. Well above average, though more for the sauce than the just-above-average this time. -- Chicken Wings (on a combo): On combo #11 with Sweet and Sour Chicken, you get three whole wings (that's six pieces once split), a generous allotment. Tight, crisp skins, dark from cooking as well as the applied lacquer. Strong five spice presence and good moistness, with some pieces full-on juicy. Near-elite. Bonus points for: - A bowl of crisp nacho-like chips made out of a similar recipe to chow mein noodles, plopped on the table with a ramekin of duck sauce before the ordering. It's tough not to finish them all. - Appetizers in two sizes for many. - Combo plates available at lunch and dinner. - A top notch duck sauce that's neither too light nor too dark. Think tea color. Good flavor. - A server other than my own noticing my empty water glass and filling it up on her way to the kitchen. - Pineapple chunks served with the check. And tingly sweet. There's something they're doing to make them really pop. But just having any is a thrill and a throwback to the days of old when it was a common practice.

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