Dragon Pearl Chinese Restaurant

I moved out of Florida in 2021 and just found out Dragon pearl is permanently closed, but this was the only Chinese food I would ever eat after having it once. I haven’t found a comparable general Taos since leaving Florida. I’ll never eat Chinese again because I will miss dragon pearl too much. So sad to see you go, thank you for the irreplaceable food

Ordered chicken wings, large wonton soup, and vegetable me lo mein. The chicken wings were great. Cost 2$ extra for the honey garlic sauce and it was worth it. Very crispy and great flavor. That meal also came with an egg roll. Standard, nothing special. Edible. The wonton soup was solid. Broth had no scent. Booked cardboard scent. The flavor however was much better. A bit of salt and it was great. Plenty of small wontons that seemed fresh as they didn’t have hard edges from sitting in the cooler all day. The rice was a joke. The flavor eas terrible. And that’s the weird part. It’s the rice or the water they used to boil the rice. It taste bad. Like minute rice in a bag. The pork in the rice was good and it tasted fine itself. But the rice flavor itself was bad. Imagine it as just white rice. It was bad. Could be chilled overnight in the cooler uncovered and pickup that plastic fridge taste. Idk. It’s bad. The lo mein was good. So I recommend ordering thr honey garlic wings off the appetizer and then getting a side of lo mein and you will be set. I only took one star because it was just the actual rice, the rest of the food was good. I ordered April 18, 2022 and the food was ready for pickup in 15 mins and the man who greeted me was nice. Appears to be takeout only, at least on Monday night. It’s 5 times better then China island in the Shenandoah plaza off 136. That food is nasty. The Japanese places by the Publix is ok for sushi.

I have been eating here for years. They by FAR have the best sesame chicken out of any spot I’ve tried in town... and I’ve had a lot of different sesame chicken in my time. Just ask for white meat! The shrimp in their fried rice is thoroughly cleaned, and aren’t the baby shrimps that you find at other Chinese restaurants. If you are a sesame/general tso chicken fan, you MUST try theirs, and you won’t be disappointed.

The food here is extremely delicious ! My favorites are the General Tao chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken and Special Fried Rice! I love eating in and ordering delivery. The service is great and always on time. The food portions are very generous. This is the best Chinese restaurant in the area for sure