Golden Dragonization

I’ve always loved desi Chinese food. I’ve been raised on desi Chinese food. The more sweetish side of things, with so many spices that one’s left wondering whether to eat or wipe one’s nose or eat one’s food. But oh, so good. 

Thus, I convinced the family to order Golden Dragon tonight, even though they were most reluctant to order from a new place. Since my father and I are both allergic to ajino moto, we requested that no ajino moto be added in our food. Stuck to the basics, since it was my first time ordering. We ordered the hot and sour soup, hot and spicy wontons, crispy beef, hot and spicy chicken, chicken in oyster sauce, and vegetable fried rice. The first thing we got to open was the wontons. All the food was steaming, amazingly hot. Since Abu was in the kitchen with me, the first thing he did was make a face and say, ‘Aye hai! Steamed wontons hamaray matlab k thori hain.’ I took a bite, then forced him to take a bite. When I raised my eyebrows at him in question, all he said was, ‘Han, acha hai.’ That’s huge coming from a man who can’t stand steamed wontons! 

The soup was a bit on the sweeter side,and had a kick to it, which wasn’t quite enough to overcome the sweetness. On to the crispy beef, which wasn’t very crispy, since it was delivery, of course, and a tad bit extra salty, but not bad overall. The rice wasn’t under seasoned, which was good to taste, and the hot and spicy chicken was quite delicious, Again, a bit sweet since it was a red sauce, but the spice kick was enough to make up for it. The chicken in oyster sauce however, tasted suspiciously like garlic sauce, and also had the light brown color of garlic sauce. However, since it was relatively milder, my mother quite enjoyed it, since she’s not a spice fan. 

Overall, the helpings were most generous, the food most enjoyable overall, and had the perfect desiness that makes one reminisce of the good old days. It was so good for my dad, he decided that if we ever throw a party where we want Chinese food, we’ll order from GD.

By the way, this also validated to my father that my analysis of food CAN be trusted. Thank you GD, for a wonderful dine-in experience in this wonderful weather.