Shangrila Chinese Cuisine — Restaurant in Dublin

Recently, I decided to eat at Shangri-La Chinese restaurant, located in Dublin, CA. I tried their lemon chicken and fried vegetable eggrolls.

I will say what I was expecting to get, and what I actually got was too different things. The eggrolls we basic and slightly overcooked, but still tasted good. They used lumpia shells instead of the traditional eggroll shells, which gave the eggrolls a crisper and crunchier bite. The eggrolls came with a spicy mustard, which somehow tasted like their version of wasabi and the classic sweet and sour sauce.

The lemon chicken on the other hand, is what surprised me the most as I had envisioned real chicken chunks tossed around in some type of secret lemon seasoning and fried. Instead, what I got was chicken bites (which seemed like the type you could buy at Costco or Sam's Club) with lemon flavored sauce drizzle over it that looked exactly like the sweet and sour sauce but was yellow in color instead.

The lemon chicken was accompanied by my choice of fried rice, which was also average in taste, and a small side of sautéed vegetables. I will say that even though the lemon chicken wasn't what I was expecting, the sweetness of the lemon sauce still made it taste great.

The restaurant had only been open for about 20 minutes when I arrived, but there were customers already there and eating, and the flow continued throughout my meal, so it is safe to say that their food is popular with the locals.

All-in-all, if I found myself in the mood for some Chinese food, I would definitely...

Got takeout tonight and it wasn’t what I was expecting. I ordered kung pao tofu and a side of rice. I ordered it mild because I wasn’t in the mood for too much spice but I didn’t think it would be flavorless and bland! Even the sriracha was disgusting! I think they put fish sauce in it too which I didn’t think about cause I was too hungry to ask that it slipped my mind. Sucks for me since I’m plant based. The portion size was pretty good for the tofu but they could’ve given more rice for the price. I won’t ever eat here again as I was just passing through. Don’t recommend for plant based peeps. Also, they have a drive thru but it’s inoperable..

P.s. be careful when parking in the back like I did.. you need to go all the way around to the right side of the drive thru. I didn’t know and went through...

To put it simply: I ended up here because it was conveniently located. I spent most of the afternoon at the Dublin library, I was hungry, and this was the best option between there and the BART station. I ordered the General Tso's Chicken, which turned out to be one of the best ever. Although it was slightly low on the garlic and chile spice, as I prefer, the chicken was cooked perfectly. It was a large portion, and it reminded me of a similar chicken dish that I loved back in the 80s. Their menu has a few other interesting options, so if those are as good as what I had last evening, then you can't go wrong here. There is nothing new to add, except that I came here today intentionally, out of wanted to. It has become a favorite of...