Dish Cult Dines: Sampling Glasgow’s best Chinese food at Lychee Oriental

Exclusive review of Lychee Oriental in Glasgow

Situated at 59 Mitchell Street in a recently refurbished listed building sits Lychee Oriental. Within easy walking distance from Buchanan Street, this place offers the highest standards of food and service in order to provide a unique and unforgettable dining experience.

Winner

Lychee Oriental is the winner of the “Best Chinese Restaurant in Scotland” award, and is headed by award-winning chef Jimmy Lee.

Here you’ll find a range of a la carte menus including an exceptional gluten-free menu, too.

Expect the very best in Oriental cuisine, cocktails and wines. The legendary a la carte sit-in menu is full of house specialities, including Chinese, Thai and Japanese dishes. All stocks and sauces are made in-house from scratch, and all meats, veg and seafood are fresh and locally sourced.

Mix it up

There are plenty of appetising starters to choose from, which is why the Mixed Starter Platter is really popular. With this choice you’ll some delicious capital ribs, superb chicken satay, lip-smacking honey wings, moreish prawn wontons and classic pancake rolls.

There are plenty of exciting cocktails to wash this glorious food down with too, including the Golden Dragon – Skyy Vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime and mango juice. A delicious blend that also acts as a good palette cleaners, so you’re ready for your mains.

Options

There are a number of options to choose from for you mains: traditional dishes, vegetarian dishes, seafood, specialities and Chinese sizzlers. If you’re intrigued by this last one, you should be! Choose from chargrilled fillet of beef or ribeye, surf n turf (fillet beef and king prawns), fresh king scallops or wok-fried chicken, and pair them with your choice of sauce: green pepper and black bean, Cantonese, ginger and spring onion, or black pepper.

If you want to keep things traditional, then you’ve got to try the Kung Po Chicken and pair it with the jasmine rice as a side. Want to ramp up the heat? We don’t blame you. The spicy chicken with cashews is a must, especially when you couple it with wok-fried noodles. So, so good.

Group

With a buzzing atmosphere, attentive staff and cool neon signs adding to the ambience, Lychee Oriental is a super choice for group bookings, whether you’re with your colleagues or mates.

A Glasgow institution, Jimmy Lee and his team have done an amazing job of getting to top of Chinese cuisine in Glasgow and maintaining that top spot.

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