Asian Palace — Restaurant in Leiden

The place was empty and the service was still really slow, but that was not the worst part of it. I ordered the beef with broccoli and a soup. Everyone else ordered dim sum. My entry came right out then we waited and was very small for the very expensive price. I asked about the soup and it still took a very long time. The soup and the rest of the dim sum finally came out, just as my main dish cooled. The soup was hot and not too bad. The broccoli beef was just ok but not worth the price. The dim sum was so bad they did not finish any of it. It was like it sat all day before being served and tasted bad. To top all of it off, everything was very expensive. As we were leaving we heard a couple at another table say very loud to the waiter, these prices are very expensive. We just thought to ourselves, just wait until you taste the food... We will not be...

In our first wedding year turning we come here with my sweet Chinese wife. We have rich experience from chines restaurants. My wife told is a popular restaurant so I booked a table to us. The surround of the restaurant is nice next of a water downtown of Leiden. When we step in the restaurant the staff was kind and polite. We got a good table next of the window. Fast arrived the waiter to ask the drinks. And then the foods too. The restaurant atmosphere awesome really clean and ordered. Such a traditional Chinese. Everything beautiful. For the food don’t needed to wait too much we got in a few minutes later. My wife opinion this kitchen more southern Chinese than northern. The flavors was good the foods was good quality, not too spicy and not too fatty. The prices higher but this is logical we are in the downtown of Leiden. Was a...

Until now, I’ve known Asian Palace as an old-fashioned traditional Chinese Indonesian restaurant (chin.ind.rest), where you get value for money. Highlights for me at the time were the crispy vegetables with garlic and the sizzling teppan dishes. Probably the restaurant is serving more traditional Chinese dishes to attract a bigger audience of Chinese students in town. Recently I was there again and to my surprise they now also have an extensive dim sum menu (which was not yet available on this scale in Leiden). Dim sum is handmade, less subtle and more expensive than I am used to but of decent quality and with a verity of steamed or fried and...