The best Chinese Restaurant in Orlando area?

**Angua** · 13-07-2004, 03:04

I've tried a search but have only come up with either Takeaways or buffets so I'd be most grateful for input.

My friends are leaving for Orlando on Friday and would like to know of a good Restaurant serving Chinese cuisine. They would like a sit-down meal rather than a takeaway and haven't excluded buffets but generally haven't heard good reports of them.

Where is the best Chinese restaurant in Orlando/Kissimmee?

Thanks for your help.

**Epic** · 13-07-2004, 03:40

If you can get to i-drive theres a brilliant chinese restaurant there with amazing food and also amazing decor which really adds to the feel of the place.i cant think of the name but its easy to find.its directly across the road from wet n wild and next door to the sky coaster.you might think being on i-drive itll be full of tourists and very busy but weve always found it very quiet/intimate and a lovely atmosphere to eat.try check it out if you can

Emma

**Cruella DeVilla** · 13-07-2004, 11:14

There are a few decent ones, there is a chain of buffet style ones, cannot remember the name. I am not too keen on Chinese, hubby loves it but even I had to say it was good, they also do Monogolian BBQ, which took me back to the days when I lived in HK..yum yum. Just look in the phone book they will all be listed.

**Angua** · 13-07-2004, 12:08

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Cruella DeVilla
......Just look in the phone book they will all be listed......
[/quote]Aaah yes, but will they all be good ones?

I recall from my searches that people had several that they wouldn't recommend but I wanted to know if there was one or two that they would. I wonder if it's the lack of MSG's that puts us Brits/UK'ers off?

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Epic
If you can get to i-drive theres a brilliant chinese restaurant there with amazing food and also amazing decor which really adds to the feel of the place......[/quote]Thanks Emma, I'll pass that on to my friends. Just to clarify where it is, accross the road from Wet'n'Wild but next to SkyCoaster... The only SkyCoaster I know is in Old Town, have they got one on I-Drive now too or is it one of those upward bunghi things? Now that would have some really good views! Just so I can tell them what to look out for.

**chrisj** · 13-07-2004, 12:24

Angua

We found that with no MSG, the food was horrible, even made us unwell for a few hours
after. Might just have been the chinese we used though, it was on the OBT next door
to the Publix. We will try another one this year just to see if it was the lack of MSG
or the place we had our last one.

**BarryR** · 13-07-2004, 13:18

OK showing my ignorance hear, could someone please enlighten me to what MSG is/are with respect to Chinese restaurants ?

**chrisj** · 13-07-2004, 13:30

Its monosodium glutonate - but thats not how you spell it

**Angua** · 13-07-2004, 13:32

It's MonoSodium Glutamate and is used to increase the flavour and aroma of certain foods. It's best known for it's use in Chinese cooking but I understand that it's not used anywhere in America. I love Chinese food but the MSG, I could do without.

**Angua** · 13-07-2004, 13:37

Actually, I take that back. I've just read somewhere that there's even MSG in CocaCola and canned tuna!! I thought they'd banned it in the US? I know that the Chinese Takeaway we visited in San Diego was non-MSG. Perhaps it's not the norm' to exclude MSG?