Peking Restaurant is an old school Orange County restaurant, specializing in Northern Chinese cuisine. Apparently it's been around for decades. My parents told me that they used to go here regularly in the 70's when it was one of the only Chinese restaurants in town. We recently visited when we found ourselves cruising around Westminster looking for a place to eat.
My favorite dish was the Chicken Wrapped in Scallion Pancakes. The scallion pancakes would have been good enough just on their own - crispy, chewy, and savory. But take these pancakes and stuff them with chicken and hoisin sauce and you've got something addictively delicious.
Another favorite was a mung bean noodle with a sesame-mustard sauce. Wide, flat, slippery noodles mixed with chicken, cucumber, and nutty sesame sauce with a nice kick from the mustard. I haven't seen this dish on any menus in So Cal, though maybe I just didn't know to look.
Peking Restaurant is famous for their dumplings, though which type I'm not sure. We ordered the Xiao Long Bao, and it was good though not great. The flavor was good and balanced, but the meat could have been more delicate, and the dumpling could have used more soup.
I also really liked their Mu Shu Vegetable dish. This Chinese burrito was chock full of mushrooms. We also tried Salt Pepper Pork Chops, and it wasn't quite how I liked it -- too much soy sauce, and a little tough.
It's too bad that my parents didn't bring me here more often when I was growing up in OC because Peking Restaurant has some delicious and unique dishes that I could have been enjoying for years.
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| "Juicy: My family has been going there for 20+ years and the food is soooo awesome. The green onion pancake is crispy and yummy (Get the one stuffed with beef)...." |
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