Meizhou Dongpo is a high end Chinese restaurant located in Culver Plaza in Irvine. The name Meizhou is a city in China and Dongpo is the name of famous Chinese pork belly dish. This restaurant has often being very busy all the time due to its specialties in Dongpo dish.
We got to Culver Plaza around 6:30pm on a Friday and wondered what to eat. Then we walked by Meizhou Dongpo and find that there wasn't many people in the restaurant and most tables are unoccupied. Since we had not tried this place yet, we figured today is a perfect opportunity to give it a try. The hostess greeted us just right outside of the main entrance to take us in to sit at our table. The atmosphere within the restaurant was very well thought out and beautifully decorated. At the center of the restaurant, large Chinese calligraphy brushes were hanged from the ceiling to form like a curtain. It was quite an innovative decoration.
So the price at this restaurant are marked at the high end. We only had 2 people, thus we only ordered two dishes, including the bamboo shoot and Peking duck. The bamboo shoot dish came rather fast. There are bamboo shoot, bacon, mixed with other vegetables. It was not as good as we have hoped, but it is all right.
We waited for a long time for the Peking duck, which was expected. About 15 minutes later, the Peking duck was delivered to our table. There were about 10 wraps provided for half duck. The dish on the side include onion, cucumber, and sugar. A duck leg was also given to us. We found that the Peking duck was quite greasy. It was a bit too greasy for what it should be and made us kind of lose appetite. The duck meat was fresh however.
Overall, we probably won't visit this place again as we found that the dishes here were too greasy. We have not tried its famous Dongpo dish, but we may try it when we decide to give this restaurant another chance.
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