Neilson L.
Yelp
I am not a local of Modesto, nor ever came to Modesto prior to this visit to Dynasty Garden.
As a Las Vegas local, our Chinese food scene is absolutely mediocre. We have some restaurants that are definitely ok, but not AMAZING. I will be honest, I had little to no expectations of Dynasty Garden prior to arrival. We only chose to come here due to the fact that nobody else around the city of Modesto had salt and pepper pork chops or stir-fried green beans.
Simply put, if you are strictly looking for TERRIFIC salt and pepper pork chops or stir-fried green beans, Dynasty Garden is the place to be. It is very rare to find a Chinese restaurant able to successfully cater to the general public and specifically Chinese folks wanting authentic Chinese food.
The salt and pepper pork chops were so soft, and the batter coating the pork chops were so, so light, almost like tempura. There was flavor in every bite of the pork, and it went so well with the white rice.
The stir-fried green beans are perfect. If you've ever had stir-fried green beans, they usually end up being too crunchy and not cooked long enough, or too soft and cooked for too long. Here at Dynasty Garden, the green beans are cooked just long enough that it is somehow soft and crunchy at the same time. This is actually quite difficult to describe, and you must definitely come and try it out. On the other hand, if you've never had stir-fried green beans, do try it here.
Now the Mapo Tofu was just ok, you don't get the more authentic side, you get the more watered down side of Chinese food here. The tofu was just ok, and didn't have that hot peppery flavor you would want.
The Xiao Long Bao were more like meat dumplings. It comes with 4, and normally a lot of juice inside surrounding the meat. In this case, the meat dumplings inside the outer layer were more like delicious meatballs. The flavor is definitely there and delicious, but I wouldn't call this Xiao Long Bao, as it didn't have the traditional juicy explosion of flavor.
Overall, do come to Dynasty Garden for some really good Chinese food.