Yang Tse River Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Adelaide

Food here is very hit and miss - two weeks ago on Sunday it was great but last night it wasn't very good.

The staff that took our order both times couldn't understand English very well, and this lead to mistakes with the orders. Last time I ordered black fungus and jellyfish salad, but they just brought out a plate of black fungus so I had to send it back and clarify that I wanted the one with Jellyfish. I ordered the same jellyfish salad last night, but what they brought me was different to what I ordered last time and no where near as nice - it was missing the soy and corriander. When I told the manager she said that last time they must have brought me the other jellyfish salad by mistake, but at least it was a mistake that resulted in them bringing me something nicer than what I ordered. Also, after the language barrier last time, I made sure I ordered very slowly and clearly last night, and still, when I asked for the jellyfish salad as an entree they didn't understand and brought it out as a main.

Last night I ordered jellyfish salad, san choy bow, honey chicken, hot and spicy pork spare ribs and beef in plum sauce. The honey chicken was undercooked - not crispy and the batter tasted doughey. The pork spare ribs were not spare ribs at all - they were the rib ends with no bone, lots of cartilage and not much meat. The beef in plumb sauce was actually battered beef marinated in some sort of plum sauce concentrate - there was no sauce on the plate at all and the marinade tasted way too strong. The nicest part of the whole meal was the san choy bow entree.

Another thing I didn't like was that their selection of wines by the glass is very limited. If you want a sparkling rose you have to get a whole bottle, which I found was a bit too much for just two people if you don't want to risk drink driving.

I doubt I'll ever be going back...

I ordered some take away deliver of fried pork with plum sauce, chicken hokkien noodles and fried rice. It came after about 40 minutes and was hot enough. The food was very nice and I was surprised at how large the servings were. Especially since the prices are extremely good. Even got a complementary (big) bag of prawn crackers. OK maybe the rice was a little on the dry side and the pork could have used a little more sauce, but it was a lot better than many other restaurants I've been to. Maybe I would give it a 4.8 if that...

So my best friend suggested me to try out this place for dinner and I was quite surprised how big the main meal was. As I can tell you that it was delicious and hot when it left the restaurant.

As the rice was delicious as well, I will be making sure that I will let my family and friends know if they want Chinese and I will tell them to try this place.

The delivery was fast as the food was still hot when I got it and my drink was still cold when I got that as well.

Thanks for your lovely service and will be back for more...