Teczcape-An Escape to Food: Chinese food - Oceanic Chinese Restaurant

The majority over at Yelp like this place for Chinese food. We just found it so-so. When we entered the restaurant during a Saturday for lunch, we saw only two occupied tables, and both were Indian families :O Hmmmmmm.....and we're coming in for good Chinese food??? Anyway, we were struck by hunger at that time and did not know where else to eat (since it's our first time in San Manteo,CA).

Ordered a soup to share, and two lunch plates.

Beef soup with green peppers and egg white

Garlic sauce pork

I thought this porky dish would be similar to the garlic pork over at South Legend, Milpitas...but poles apart. :(

Oceanic Duck

We thought a dish named after the restaurant should not be that bad afterall. I mean, why bet the entire reputation of the restaurant on a duckie dish....?

Verdict: The pork dish is better than the duck dish.

Oceanic Chinese Restaurant
2507 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94403
Price: $$
Taste index:

5 comments:

Anonymous10/10/07, 2:58 PM
In Australia, we used to say, the only way to know if a restaurant we've never been before is good or not, is to see the number of Chinese eating and see how they eat. Hahaha..
Big Boys Oven10/10/07, 7:48 PM
How is interesting to know how estery can be over at your end!
Katie Zeller10/12/07, 1:10 AM
I'll have the Garlic Sauced Pork, please...anything with garlic!
Although the duck looks good....
Anonymous10/12/07, 3:36 PM
judy, ya lor...I know. That's what we look for too. Unfortunately, there were no other places we knew of that were nearby.

big boys oven, interesting to know...but not so interesting to eat.

katiez, geeezz....I smell something on you. GARLIC!!! :P
Anonymous10/21/07, 11:10 AM
Good chinese restaurants are hard to come by here too.. :(