Message: | Thankyou for the compliment. I like the screen name too, as it somewhat portrays an accurate depiction of my eclectic and often non-mainstream tastes.
Well as far as my critique of Guangzhou Palace, I indeed did dine there last Saturday night. My friend and I shared a 3 lb. crystal crab and a whole steamed fish. We also split an absolutely orgasmic appetizer of pickled,squid with shredded chicken. She felt the squid was a bit too salty, while I on the other hand felt the saltiness was perfectly controlled and harmonized well with the ingenious combination of shredded chicken.
Now as for the crab, we had it prepared with ginger and scallions. It was very good, although I would have preferred if they had left the entire rumanants of the carcass intact. As I slowly devoured the crab, I worked my way to the bottm toward the carcass and when I flipped it over, there was hardly anything to be found. My dining comapinion was even less impressed and complained that the crystal crab had a too delicate taste compared to the more pungent regular crabs. We both agreed that it was well prepared though.
The fish was also quite good, steamed with soy sauce and scallions. Deboned tableside, the flesh was flaky and delicate and at first seemed a bot too bland. But when mixed with the wonderful soy based broth it burst with good complimentary flavors of salty and savory. This was my friends favorite dish, while I felt it was merely good, but nothing memoralbe. I also would wished the eyeballs would have been a bit larger, but that's nitpicking.
All in all, the experience was pleasent, but we both felt that we have had better Chinese prepared seafood at the less attractive and semi-drab Mon Kee's in Chinatown. There when you order crab, the flavors are more intense and there is always a lot more to be savored in the carcass. But I will dream about that jellyfish dish for some time, or until I have a better version someday. |