So finally an authentic style Chinese restaurant opened in Nassau. Sure there are a few others, Plainview, Hicksville, but nothing in West Nassau county, especially an area known for dining such as Mineola (yes I'm partial, there's good people in mineola and Westbury). But to bring a flushing style restaurant onto the island takes balls. It's no easy feat!

First and foremost locals will be skeptical but excited to have something nearby rather than having to travel to Queens. Next the non-Asian locals may not be familiar with the authentic cuisine, just the American menu counterpart for which Orient Garden will be comparatively judged (which is unfair in case you haven't picked up on that). But they do have a menu just for that so fear not any of you afraid of authentic food.

So we ordered a few authentic and 1 non authentic dish which I will start with.

One in our party owners American fare Chinese cuisine and ordered chicken and broccoli. Now we did order in Chinese so they asked which kind of broccoli, Gai lan or regular to do we opted for regular for this individual. The chicken slices were plentiful, well cooked, the broccoli was spot on and most importantly the sauce was not full of oil but really good flavor.

We ordered an appetizer of salt and pepper squid, one of my favorites. It was good, they prepared it with a batter, although I prefer it dusted. For those unfamiliar with this is like Chinese calamari but with garlic and chili peppers instead of a dipping sauce

We also ordered Hong Kong style wonton soup. It was nice and simple, b wontons weren't those big hunking types, they were filled with pork and shrimp. The soup had gai lan in it.

Another main course was salty and pepper pork chop, which is a variation of peking pork chops but without the cheng du sauce. They were tender and properly fried.

Finally we got the lamb stew in 5 spice. Oh I love this dish. I love lamb. The lamb was tender and so were the bamboo shoots. It also had bean curd skins so this was a good dish for me.

The egg roll was pretty large and the ingredients tasted fresh. We also ordered sauteed pea shoots {dau miu}. Properly made, nice rich flavor with garlic.

I wish they had a better selection of tea but at least the out was fancy. The table is started with fried wonton skins and peanuts so be aware. They may be seafood centric so I'll have to return to find out. I hear the dim sum there is pretty good too. The place was more than half full and as the night goes on, more arrive so be aware the later you get there, you may have to wait.

The food is very good but done minor improvements can be made (dust the calamari instead of batter). I need to try the dim sum in order to elevate to 4 stars but I absolutely will.

The fish tank is always fun to see your food before ordering it. I want the king crab. I am looking forward to returning soon.