Golden Dynasty Chinese Restaurant

A friend called to invite me out for a bowl of won ton soup, so I said, "Sure, why not!"  We decided to meet a Golden Dynasty.  Now at first glance, you wouldn't think much of this place...

...and believe me, I didn't think much of this place when I first saw it either.  My friend, however, convinced me that the food here was reasonably priced and the servings were huge.  Since then, this has been a place that I've come to enjoy when I'm in the mood for some won ton soup.

First, we ordered the shrimp won ton soup (US$4.25).  This bowl is large enough to feed 2-3 people and tonight, I counted at least 8 won tons!  This bowl also contains a few pieces of lean char siu (Chinese barbeque pork), won bok (Chinese cabbage) and some green onions.

I've never had such a large bowl of won ton soup at such a reasonable cost!

Next, we ordered the egg fu-yung (US$4.50).  This one is plain, with no meat in it...just some bean sprouts, onions...

This dish is nothing to get excited about, but the best thing about this is, that they don't make it with MSG and they don't use too much oil. 

And to finish, we ordered the sea bass with sweet and sour sauce (US$7.50).  This dish is also not so oily considering it's deep fried. 

The sauce is just right...not too sweet and not too sour.  My only regret is the fish fillet.  They do use big pieces of fish, but the batter is just too thick.  I like a nice thin coating of batter before the fish is deep fried.  When this dish arrives at our table, some of the pieces are already soggy.  I attribute this to the amount of batter on the fish itself.

All in all, this ended up being a fairly satisfying meal. 

Golden Dynasty Chinese Restaurant
University Square
2615 South King Street Suite 108
Telephone:  808.955.1067

Comments

[FatMan Seoul]

Hmmm .... I miss good chinese food. Chinese food here is grossly overpriced and underlicious. Is that a word?? :oP

Reid, it appears that there's a sizeable population of oriental/south east asians in Hawaii. Is my observation true? I've come to realise this from your blog which I never knew before.

[Reid]

FMS, we have a very large Asian population here. In fact, the majority of the people in this state are either full or part Asian (I would say this percentage exceeds 45%). Of those, I would say Japanese are the majority, followed by Filipinos, Chinese and Korean. The rest, which would include most other Southeast Asians would account for perhaps 2-3% of the popoulation.

Chinese food is very common here as is Korean food. It seems like Chinese and Koreans love to run eating establishments. That said, there are very few "authentic" Chinese or Korean restaurants...most of them are very Westernized. For example, it's very hard to find the sort of food that is in your blog here in Hawaii...don't know why as most of the people that run the restaurants have moved here from Korea and speak fluent Korean.

Otherwise, for the most part, the food here is a little expensive when compared to what you get for the price in Asia.