Oriental East

Reviewed by Cynthia Hacinli

Oriental East

1312 East-West Highway
Silver Spring/Takoma Park, MD
Phone: 301.608.0030

Cuisines:
Chinese

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
No

Nearby Metro Stops:
None nearby

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
N/A

Reservations:
Not needed

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:
2 out of 5
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Below Average Chinese Dim Sum
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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