when in town I have gone to this restaurant 4 times now 3 to dine and once to get takeaway.
i realised this week that the only reason i keep going back is because wallsend does not have a better option and i realised that...i like going to heng loong not for the food but because its in a nice old library building. the decor is new and fresh and it feels nice inside not the usual tacky Chinese decor of the past.
The takeaway i ordered was a short soup and a rice noodle dish. soup noodles were over cooked and the filling was the worst I ever tasted, the noodles looked like a pad thai but all i could taste was soy sauce, not that great at all.
this week i went there with a few people and mongolian lamb was so tender it tasted like sludge instead of actual meat an awful experience. The rice was okay no where near the best and certainly not what you expect from a so called restaurant winner.
the soup noodles once again were over cooked and the inside while tasting okay not great looked more like very dense ( i was gong to say dog food) strange texture and colour unlike any dumpling i have ever had.
none of us liked the food. it wasnt awful but ... actually it kind of was.
The worst thing was...
each of us had the worst flatulence, it was so bad that i had to ask the others and each of my friends said "well funny that you ask"
so.. it would be great to know what is it that they actually put in the food there ??
This restaurant claims to be the best in the area, thats not because you are so great heng loong but because you are the only Chinese restaurant pretty much in that area all the great ones have closed over the years.
you are missing a great opportunity.
you have great location, really great building, pretty good staff and really bad food.
there isnt a better option in the area at the moment but my pick over this would be the fire station hotel. not Chinese but the food is good.
if you want good chineese go to pauls asian in Lambton a 10 minute drive.
i havnt reviewed anything in so long but this was bad enough to get me out of retirement. I actually wish we all went to maccas instead.More