Mainland China | Siddapura — Restaurant in Bengaluru

Again not my first time to Mainland China, not my first to this outlet in Whitefield. From the time this outlet opened, I have visited them on several occasions, Mainland China across Chennai & Bangalore has been the go to location for celebrating birthdays & anniversaries.

Recently visited to try out their special Chinese New Year menu, and being a vegetarian that day, I tried out a whole lot of delicious vegetarian starters & mains. The Chinese New Year Specials are available only for a few more days, so hurry & block your tables to try out these delicious goodies.

We started off with a vegetarian Lung Fu Soup, that was extreme well made with a tad bit of smokiness, and loads of veggies & tofu.

The Pan Fried Japanese mushroom dumpling was very delicious with beautiful flavours of Shiitake coming through in every bite.

The surprising dish was the Philadelphia Cheese Dumpling, which stole the show. These steamed dumplings had nothing but melted cheese & exploded in our mouth with a bite with balanced cheesy goodness, it was absolutely delightful and was the dish of the day.

The stir fried water chestnuts were nice and crunchy and beautifully seasoned. The stir fried Haricot Beans in chilli and sesame, could have used a bit more seasoning, but was well made with crunchy beans retaining its original taste & flavour.

The matchstick potato with truffle oil was very flavoursome, one of my favourites for the evening, but the seasoning was a little uneven, nevertheless the truffle flavours were strong enough to hit the right notes.

The cracking spinach was one cracker of a dish that was made superbly, one of the best I had in Bangalore, surprisingly this is the first time I tried it here in mainland China, inspite of several visits earlier.

For mains, we had the Fortune clay pot rice with celery and Chinese cabbage fried rice, absolutely delicious combo that had beautiful flavours combing to recreate magic in your palate, I loved it. The Singapore style noodles with scallions was good too, enjoyed the whole main course.

What followed was a perfect end to the meal that was fabulous, the delicious mango pudding & a decadent hot chocolate dome with vanilla Icecream, on a bed of smoke. Both were fantastic desserts that we could not get enough of.

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Weekend usually takes us places and one such evening as today took us to Mainland China.

The ambience is done top class. A large LED TV to entertain the sports freaks also available.

This place located on the first floor easily can accommodate around 80-90 pax at a time.

Full fledged BAR Available and the bartender can whip up some surprises if you insist 😀

Alcoholic Drinks

1.Water Melon & Basil Caipiroshki and lemon with Vodka-Good 2.Nutty Blue Vodkatini- Done to perfection with hazelnut as an addition

The Starters tried were- 1.Dimsum- a pleasant surprise to eat 2.Edamame Dumpling with Truffle Oil-Superb 3.Corn & Water chestnut Dumpling-looks very tempting 4.Thai Style chicken dumpling- my personal favourite and relished every bite of it. 5.Truffle Oil Flavoured Zucchini Roll-could have been better 6.Crispy Lotus Stem with Curry leaves and Black pepper-STAR VEG STARTER.... Innovative thinking,great taste and superb presentation 7.Corn chilli pepper with kafir lime salt- Done well. The chef has got the dish right and must try if you are a vegetarian 8.Smoked Duck Roll- a dish well thought off and presented. Except for the oil dripping from the roll it tasted yummy with the onions stuffed. 9.Chicken With Assorted Pepper- SIMPLE,ELEGANT AND MUST TRY DISH. 10.Dynamite Prawns-Done differently. The dish presentation gives you a wow feeling and tastes good too. 11.Pan-fried Asian Chilli Fish-MUST TRY.LOVED IT.

The Soup tried was Tom Yom Soup Chicken-a disaster and best avoid.

The Main Course tried were

1.King Prawns in Smoked Chili Sauce-STAR OF THE EVENING.HATS OFF TO THE CHEF in whipping up something so damn close to the taste buds.

2.Burnt Garlic Fish with seasonal Greens-The chef has done justice here too and you won’t be disappointed.

3.Chicken with Chili and Basil in a Clay Pot-this dish just opens up your taste buds to the tantalising taste and aroma.

4.Vegetables and Edamame Fried Rice-good

5.Japanese Wheat Noodles-a out of the box thinking. Although the Color was sad the dish tasted good

The Dessert tried was

1.Chocolate Dome with Warm Chocolate Sauce- a disaster.Simply avoid. The mix of the ingredients was just out of place and our high expectations were shattered.Except for the presentation the dessert should be shelved.A shame.

A meal for 2 would cost Rs 1500/-.Both cards and cash accepted.

Service is just okay and if you are in a hurry not the place to visit.

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I have visited Mainland China today after long time and I must say, they are still maintaining the great taste of their food. I just love the Chinese of this place.

If you are a Chinese lover and you want to try one of the best Chinese of the town, this is the place for you no matter in which city of India you are in. I have tried Chinese of Mainland China in different Indian cities and I loved the taste of Chinese of this place everywhere. But please one thing to remember, this place is costly but after having food you will understand this is justified considering the kind of quality food they are providing.

We have tried below items...

Starters Chicken & Straw Mushroom Sui Mai (4 pieces in 1 plate) (must try) Pan Fried Asian Chili Fish Chicken Sweet corn soup Prawn Lemon corriander soup (if you are taste wise corriander flavor, go for this)

Beverages Mandarin Swirl Watermelon & Cilantro crush

Main Course Kung pao chicken with dry red chilli (must try) Fish in yellow bean sauce (must try) Mushroom & Chicken Pot Rice (must try) WOK Tossed Hakka Noodle

Desert Chocolate Dome (signature dish) (must try) Coconut Caramel Custard Chocolate Cigar Rolls

Overall great atmosphere, good food. Nice experience.

Few observations In our weekend visit during lunch, this place was hugely crowded and I felt like staffs were less in number and which caused little extra time to serve the food. But in terms of food taste, no complain.

If you have coupon through Zomato or Swiggy, it would be little economical comperatively.

Security during entrance in premise may tell you lot of waiting and all. Please don't listen to them and go to restruant directly in first floor and talk to...