The Oriental Pearl

I came here today with my partner and mother in law. We opted to have the £10 economy plates, which is where you get a main dish along with a rice or noodles, 2 starters and a drink of either tea, coffee or a soft drink. You also get a jug of curry sauce and sweet and sour sauce served too. I chose to have bean sprout noodles with char shiu pork in black bean, prawn toast and spring rolls. My mother in law had sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style, egg fried rice, prawn toast and spring rolls. And my partner had char shiu pork chop suey, bean sprout noodles, prawn toast and spring rolls. We all immensely enjoyed our food. My mother in law could only eat half of hers, so my partner and I finished it off for her. We couldn't bare to waste such good food! We only moved up to Stockton in July 2022, and this was our first trip out to a restaurant. It was well worth the wait, and I can't wait to go again. We will definitely have the economy plate again, because it's such good value, but I can't wait to try the buffet at some point!

First time to visit Middlesbrough for work, found this shop closed to Holiday Inn. I ordered Chicken sweetcorn soup, House special fried rice, and King Prawns with spring onions and gingers. I requested not have any MSG and not too salty for my orders. Guess what? Turned out no taste for the soup and the King Prawn dish (at least I got the taste of gingers 😅). Fried rice was good taste with the gravy supplied, the overall portions of everything was decent and value for the price. My advice, no MSG for sure but okay with the salt, pepper and sugar. 😄