Dae Song Chinese Restaurant
Dae Song Chinese Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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Anyone who grows up in Flushing has Chinese-Korean food running through their veins; I am certainly no exception. The proliferation of restaurants is mostly to blame; there's practically one every few blocks if you're driving down Northern Boulevard. As a result, Chinese-Korean restaurants are raised and razed with terrifying celerity and precious few distinguish themselves from the enormous pack in taste or quality. My most recent visit to Dae Song Restaurant was a case in point, with the food lying comfortably in the 'just okay' category.
Our party ordered two large entrees to share – Gochu Japchae, or peppery vermicelli noodles, and Rah Joh Gi, which is spicy breaded chicken and mixed vegetables in a garlic sauce. The noodle dish was dually infused with the slightest kick from the peppers and onions and the fragrant toasted sesame oil, and while I wished it was spicier and had more noodles, this was a fine dish. For the Rah Joh Gi, our spice-loving selves ordered it especially hot but discovered that our preference had either been ignored or over-conservatively heeded as the spice level remained quite tame. After it first arrived at the table, the chicken was hot and crispy but (as with any fried and heavily sauced protein) it became less appealingly gummy as time passed. We also ordered individual dishes, and I availed myself of the lunch special menu, where smaller portions of regular entrees are accompanied with rice (your choice of white or fried) and soup (egg drop or chop suey). My meal of choice was the Shrimp Kanpoongi, or spicy fried shrimp. It ended up with a plated fate nearly identical to the Rah Joh Gi – hot and crispy at the start but quickly softening under the heavy blanket of peppery, garlicky sauce. My husband got the mapo tofu, which was an enormously sized serving of temperately spiced tofu and bits of pork. I had a taste and found it all right; not stupendous. Others at our table wisely stuck to the tried-and-true dishes of a Chinese-Korean restaurant by ordering the jjajangmyun, or black bean noodles, and jjamppong, or spicy seafood soup noodles, and seemed happier with their meals than those who of us who got the more peculiar dishes. So remember that if you come – either get the black bean noodles or the seafood noodles. No straying.
Lusterless food aside, there are several notable positives. Because it sits within a larger complex, there is a very small private parking lot so that you never have to run out with quarters for the meter. The space inside is relatively clean and the gallery-style layout allows for far more tables than you might imagine from the outside (which hopefully means no wait time, even during peak dining hours). We were there for Friday, right around the lunch hour, and there were still copious empties around us. The service we received that day was flat and emotionless but also fast and efficient, which is what really counts when you're creating drool puddles on the table from hunger.
I came here to celebrate my bestie's birthday. I was excited to try something out of the norm being that this is considered to be an authentic Korean restaurant. Her party was held in a private room with a spinning table that adorned the complimentary food on top of what she preordered for our party.
She frequents this place often and thought that it would be nice to dine here. Everything that she ordered was heavily sauced or extremely dry like the Sahara Desert. Most things lacked flavor. The garlic sauce tasted more like soy sauce with a miso glaze. It was not appetizing at all.
English was not a language they were accustomed to. One of the waitresses had to call another waiter to translate our inquiries. This went on for the better part of our evening. There was one waitress that was nice until she felt the pressure of serving a large party. She caught an attitude and heavily sighed when we asked for particular items to be cooked a certain way.
Newest Korean Chinese restaurant. Set up with a bunch of small rooms on the sides and tables in the middle. The bon chon was nice. Kimchi was nicely spiced. The sweet and sour shrimp was nice. Large shrimp, approx 10 in the order. Very nice. Not greasy. The orange beef was good although, even though there was orange peel, I couldn't taste the orange. The fried flounder was very nice as well. The only problem is that no one spoke anything other than Korean so don't go with any questions.
New korean/chinese noodle house in my neighborhood so I thought id give it a shot. OMG. I dont care if people think their food is good or not. I'm seated in front of the waiter station so I see everything. This place is COMPLETELY UNSANITARY. It's absolutely disgusting. First off, I see a server using her bare hands to place all the fruits she's giving to the customers while picking at it to eat as well.
Another server comes along to grab some bowls and plates and sees that its dirty so uses the rag from the sink to wipe everything off.
-now ive worked in a restaurant before to know which rags are dirty-
Another thing that rly irked me is the busboy. Why do you keep leaving that cart of dirty dishes right across from me?!?!
By the way, the only greeting or good service I got was when we were leaving and they said bye.
As for my take on the actual food, ehhh. Below average for the jjajangmyun and jjambbong we ordered.