Asia Kitchen By Mainland China | Hadapsar — Restaurant in Maharashtra

As a the Tagline reads "If it's Chinese, its Mainland China", so does it work in my head too. If I am craving Chinese food, Mainland China has to be the first restaurant in my mind. This restaurant has been my favourite since the first time I dined here. The authentic menu at Mainland China is where I set my standards for the best Chinese cuisine ever. From the Soups to Dimsums to main course to Desserts, nothing beats the taste and quality of dishes served here. I was extremely fortunate to be one of the few, who were able to dig into the new menu and new cuisine introduced here and share with you my first hand experience. So here comes a peek at what new dishes are added to the menu, what I tried and how I liked it. Let's go :

Soup. Lung Fung Soup : Light and Clear, this soup is just right to start your meal with. The egg froth and right quantity of chicken added here makes it just perfect beginning for whats coming next.

Dimsums. Steamed Vegetables Sichuan Style Dumplings : Perfect Steamed and mildly spiced vegetables wrapped into the most delicious dumplings I have ever tasted. I have heard most of the people say that vegetarian dumplings are never so scrumptious. I bet this particular one is going to prove them all wrong.

Pan Fried Japanese Mushroom and Chicken Dumplings : And yet for all the fans of Chicken Dumplings, there is no disappointing you. Ground Chicken mixed with Mushrooms, lightly flavoured and perfectly spiced. Totally savoury.

Appetizers. Stir fried Water Chestnut (Hunan Style) : Want to try something different, then order this one. Fried in Hunan style these Water Chestnuts are super juicy and yet amazingly crunchy.

Pan Fried Barbecue Fish : Though the general idea of a barbecue sauce in western cuisine is somewhat sweet and tangy, it may surprise you that its totally different in an Asian cuisine. It is quiet spicy and adds an awesome flavour to this pan Fried Fish Appetizer.

Pickled Coriander Chicken : As the name suggests, this dish is tangy and yet the coriander also add a kind of fresh flavour to it. Quite contradictory yes, but that's where the genuise style of this dish shows.

Malaysian Curried Prawns : This particular has has been my favourite appetizer of all the ones I have tried here. Especially being a major fan of Prawns and as well as Malaysian cuisine, this dish stole my heart. Highly recommended. The spices are perfectly blended making this curry on prawns extremely delicious.

Mains. Okra, Corn and Potato in Chilli Black Bean Sauce : Generally not being a huge fan of Okra I was hesitant to try it. But to my surprise it was the best Okra dish I tried till date. Would recommend for vegetarians as these vegetables cooked in Chilli Black Bean Sauce would blend really well with fried rice and other not highly flavoured rice options.

Cantonese Soy Steamed Fish : This new Fish Main is a good go to option for seafood lovers. The fish is soft and juicy, correctly blended in Soy sauce with a hint of tang and spice.

Double Spicy Chengdu Chicken : For the ones who need that spicy kick in food, this dish is for you. Just like the name it really is double the amount of spice but dont worry you will manage it and want more of it because it's just that good.

Sides : To cut out the spice, I would suggest you also get a side of Stir Fried Haricot Beans, that would perfectly complement most of the Main dishes.

Rice/Noodles Lotus Leaf Wrapped Rice with Corn Kernels and Almonds : This new introduction in the menu comes in a beautiful presentation of a weaved wooden box and nicely wrapped in a Lotus Leaf. Tossed together with Corn and Almonds and not strongly flavoured, this rice is great to try with your Main dishes.

Singapore Style Fried Noodles with Beansprouts : These fried noodles have a wonderful spicy flavour and can be had without adding any other sauces. For the ones who need it more hot can club it with chilli or soy sauce without losing...

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If any name that epitomizes Chinese Food in India, it has to be Mainland China. Just like we usually call Toothpaste as Colgate and Photocopy as Xerox, Mainland China has become a literal synonym to the Chinese Cuisine here. They have created a niche for themselves and to retain their ground, all they do is that they beat their usual best, time and again with their special menu introductions. To celebrate the Chinese New Year this time round, they have managed to bring out something which would be touted as their best ever seasonal menu for many years to come. It is exotic in every sense of word. It has Pomfret, Prawns, Edamame with Truffle, Duck Meat, Lotus Stems apart from the usual Chicken and Veg Delicacies, if this ain't an exotic spread, nothing else can be.

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Tom Yum Soup: #BestThatIHaveHadEver Crispy Potato Salt n Pepper: #Terrific Mongolian Chicken Skewers: #Excellent and With the Pepper Sauce #Amazeballs Japanese Wheat Noodles: #WoW Black Edamame Rice: #Phenomenal Duck in Hoisin Sauce: #Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Edamame & Truffle Dumplings: #SmoothAsSilk Pomfret in Spicy Garlic Sauce: #JawDropping Mango Pudding and Ram Butan Ice Cream: #SuperHappyEnding 😉

This certainly features amongst the finest Chinese Meals that I have devoured, not only in India but across all the places on globe that I have managed to trot.

Go, surrender to this Chinese Sorcery which literally casts a spell on you and teleports you to the food trance instantaneously.

And the icing on the cake is their service, it for sure is 'World Class. Well informed servers; attentive but not intrusive. The super efficient kitchen battery; artists at work, brilliance personified. Do not forget to interact with this gem called 'Ujjwal Joshi' who manages the show at their Amanora Outlet, he is amongst the best F&B professionals that I have crossed paths...

Being a food lover, I always want to try new places, new cuisines and new innovations and believe me Mainland China got it all covered under the roof.

So it's an authentic Oriental cuisine chain of restaurants spread across the world and they don't meddle with the quality of food that's what I gathered when I visited this outlet in Amanora.

Obviously there are few ups and downs but the taste always hits the right spot.

We tried a variety of dishes and few mocktails and cocktails which were thirst quenching.

The starters were upto the standards and the portioning was good according to the pricing.

Chicken Tai pai Smoked chilli cottage cheese . Grilled fish cake with coconut and lime Drums of heaven hong kong style Edamame dumpling in truffle oil Corn cheese roll Crispy fried crab claw with sambal salsa

My personal favorite; drums of heaven and Fried crab claw

Even the main course was very nice and we tried some of their speciality

Japnese wheat noodles Mix meat rice ( Chicken, Prawns and Mutton ) Exotic veg in chili basil in a clay pot Braised chicken in smoked chilli sauce

The Mix meat rice was yummy and the chicken was tender and juicy.

Coming to the desserts, we tried so many new things like

Rambutan with Ice cream which is basically a Thai litchi with ice cream and it felt so soothing to eat

Mango pudding, again a nice dish with the flavors of mint in it. The taste of mint should not overpower the mango flavor. The texture was amazing

Chocolate Dome the all time favorite. So beautiful and pretty to look at. Only thing that can be done is the dome should not be thick as we experienced otherwise the taste was amazing. So delicious.

Despite these minute flaws, the meal was satisfying and gave an opportunity to visit Mainland...