Great Takeout: Oriental East

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Oriental East

1312 East-West Highway
Silver Spring/Takoma Park, MD 20910
Phone: 301-608-0030

Cuisines:
Chinese

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
No

Nearby Metro Stops:
Silver Spring

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
N/A

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Best known for extravagant Cantonese dim sum brunches featuring shrimp every which way (salted and spiced, stuffed in eggplant, spilling from dumplings, and in mini egg rolls), this bright dining room has much to recommend it later in the day, too. Regulars go for such plates as salty spicy pork chops, Cantonese-style seafood chow mein, and lobster with ginger and spring onion.

Reader's Rating:

1.5 out of 5

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The bargain duck ($23.95 for a whole, $11.95 for a half) served at Oriental East (1312 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring; 301-608-0030) might not be as ethereal—it’s a bit fattier and the skin doesn’t quite crackle—but it still hits the spot.

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laidazhi — January 11, 2011 10:11 AM

They keep my pack (a pregnant woman, two seniors, a toddler and me) wait in cold, and allow 6 whites in, who hold a number after us. When inquired, the guy in suit with oily hair and fat face (the owner?) was soooooo rude. That is the way how he More ...

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Bethesdanative — August 25, 2009 5:50 PM

There must a dearth of dim sum places in the DC area. The service is often horrible, bordering on rude (and seems to have gotten worse lately. Maybe the closing of Hollywood East in Wheaton has something to do with it.) They must feel they can get More ...

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