Michael H.
Yelp
I am giving this restaurant high praise because the food is fantastic and surprisingly for an Asian restaurant, the service is excellent.
Few notes to set some context, even though I am ABC, I've traveled to Hong Kong, Macau, and various parts of Mainland China (Beijing, Shang Hai, Xian, Cheng Du, XiaMen, etc). Yes, I eat authentic Chinese food, but I still eat Panda Express. I am able to compartmentalize my cuisine based on location.
For Taste of MP, I would club them to restaurants like Henry's Cuisine, Boston Lobster, Delicious food corner, and Top Island. Since I have given a strong feedback for Henry's Cuisine in the past, i am now giving Taste of MP the mantle as of 2025.
For food-wise, here are my comments:
I think the lobster is fantastic and is somewhat comparable to Boston Lobster. I would still argue Boston lobster or Newport may be better but not by much.
Crispy Chicken - I would highly recommend this dish. The chicken is tender and the outside is quite crispy.
Beef Cubes - this one is fantastic. My dad is much older now so he cannot eat hard texture. But the beef cubes are nice and tender.
Fried Pumpkin with Dan Huang (egg yolk) - this is one is part of the chefs special list. This one is also delicious.
Crab with Dan Huang - also part of chefs special which is what I would recommend as well.
Kung pao chicken - we ordered this for my niece and nephew who are more ABC than I am. This one wasn't bad.
Spareribs (jing du pai gu) - my wife (from Taiwan) typically hates these kind of Americanized dishes. She does not Ike the tangy stuff like sweet and sour or general tso chicken. BUT, she at the least acknowledges this dish was not bad so I give taste of MP kudos for this.
Anyway, they have other notable items, but like I said this restaurant is fantastic.
For service, the staff members are so nice.
They also helped us put stuff away and change out our plates regularly.
One side note is that you can reserve a private room if you have a larger party. In my case we had about 12 people so we called in advance to book a room. Just one note is that you need to spend over $300 (if i remembered correctly) for the private rooms, which is not a hard thing to do for a large group.