Royal China

There's no mystery that Chino restaurants up and down Buford Highway play a sick and perverted game of musical chairs with their chefs and cooks... One day, your standard go to dim sum joint is as good as expected like always, then the next week it sucks ass big time like their retarded kids steamed Play-Doh in the dim sum baskets. Oriental Pearl had it's ups and downs throughout the years but they were always consistent in their dim sum and menu items most of the time... But one day, OP, all of the sudden took a ginormous shit sandwich. Most of their staff quit and the cooks walked out, leaving an entire restaurant full of guests sitting there for hours without food or water. The owner said, don't worry, your is coming... Nothing did except water. So, we told them to fuck off and walked out and took a chance on the old average Royal China down the street. To our surprise they have up their game on the menu and food execution... The place still looks like a dump with the water stained ceiling tiles and gaudy decor but the food rocked that night. Was it a fluke? Was it a one night surprise that they were on top of their game? Did they get a new chef/cook and kitchen staff? I don't know what the fuck they did but the shit was good. So, I'm taking another chance on them weeks, perhaps months, later to see if that was truly a one time thing...
The place was jamming on a recent Saturday night, I'm like what the fuck... Am I missing something here at this dump lately? Oooh, there was a wedding reception going on in the main room, so they closed off 2/3 of the place which made the place looked packed with a line out the door. It was a 30 minute wait for Chino grub... C'mon, don't tease me, bro...
Let's just stare at the menu and signs around the front with these giant poster boards of dishes endorsed by none other than Bruce Lee himself...

Who doesn't like abalone with osyter sauce... Look at the little dragon, he's like FUCK YEAH, ESE!

Eggplant and Pork Belly Hot Pot. One of the classic comfort food dishes. They didn't serve it in a hot pot but instead in giant fancy modern white bowl. This combo has always been savory and sweet and damn straight comfort grub.

Scallops with Veggies. I don't know how Chino joints do it with the scallop dishes, they don't chintz out on the scallops like gwailo restos where they charge like $28 for 3 fucking scallops and a squirt of oily sauce. There was a good heaping of scallops up in this dish and with assorted veggies make this a very safe dish for the white devils but slants still love gobbling it all down... And it was like under $18 or some crazy price like that.

Seafood Hot Pot. It's just a plethora of tasty shit in here. Dude, more scallops and other sea creastures... Another sick comfy homey dish that warms da pouch and makes it go to sleep from a food coma and then wake up hungry again for more.

Walnut Shrimps. This is so friggin gwailo central... The flash fried shrimp with mayo and walnuts. Damn, they taste so good in the lowest of low rent ways... It's like that fucking rednecky coconut shrimp. Except the toothless hillbillies can't eat this, the walnuts are too crunchy for their gums... But they can suck a dick like there's no tomorrow, though. This dish is so low rent in name but the giant skrimps has high brow style when it's in your face gash.

Green Beans. Classic stir fry greenbean with pork bits dish... Always fucking tasty. Helps you shit efficiently, too.

Chinese Fried Chicken. Y'all motherfuckers thought I would let you down, huh? Shit... If there's fwied cheekan on the menu, it's going in the fucking pouch. I know this picture sucks ass because my shitty phone cam was protesting but I assure you this was pretty damn tasty... But it pales in comparison to a freshly fried spicy Popeyes.

Roast Duck. Gotta have the duck when you're feasting... Juicy, crispy skin, tender meat, and succulent... Jesus, it sounds like Daffy Duck... Suffering succotash. Just get the damn bird, it's good.

E-Fu Noodles. If you want to believe in the mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus, hokey religions that says eating long noodles will give you longevity to life... Then by all means eat it... The E-Fu noods are made for such suckers... I just like long noodles in my mouth and swallowing. I can't believe da pouch didn't get the beef chowfun on this visit, sack-religious!

Red Bean Paste Buns. They sent these little beauties out when they heard there was a birthday boy at the table... No it wasn't me. If it were me, it would be a box of Popeyes, instead... I'm easy like that. But these little buns were an unexpected surprise that were tasty as well.

Sesame Balls with Red Bean Paste. After the buns, they sent these balls out... What is going on here? Are they trying to fish for more tip or they had shit load of leftovers from dim sum earlier? Who knows, who cares... Just keep feeding me, pal.

I don't know what's going here but that's 2 for 2, now... Unless they're keeping track of my visits here, I gotta admit they have been kicking ass on the grub lately. This whole joint has changed for the better, the new fancy giant laminated menu, the fancy modern dishware that is so out of place here... But the cheesy scratched up plastic water cups and the filthy carpet are still garbage and humbles you right back down to earth. But hey, you need that balance right? The Yin and the Yang... Like the pouch on a scale pre-feast and post-feast... The scale must be broken... But this old ass joint is not. Yet.


3295 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd
Chamblee, GA 30341