Ming’s Palace

Had dinner with a bunch of friends at Ming’s Palace and it was Cheap, Good, Nice!
Packed restaurant with barely and room to walk? Checked.
Delish food? Checked.
Ate till we were full to the brim and could barely move? Checked.
Left happy without a hole in our pockets? Checked.
I loved every dish! However I have a few complaints;
— Lo Hei had too much cabbage and raw onions? O_​O”
— Dried scallops were literally still dried. Could have been soaked a little longer.
The spread we had;
New Year Lo Hei (Fresh Salmon Salad)
Dried Scallop, Golden Mushroom in Chicken Soup
Peking Duck
Steam Live Muray Cod with Ginger & Spring Onion
Fortune Chicken
Steamed Scallops with Vermicelli & Garlic
Lobster Tails in Ginger Spring Onion with Noodles
Zing Du Spare Ribs
Stir Fried Chinese Broccoli in Oyster Sauce
Duck Meat Noodles
Watermelon
PIctures of all dishes to follow;

I went here as part of a large group Chinese New Year celebration and while most dishes were good, there really wasn’t a «wow!» dish. There was a very large selection offered at our shared banquet, but the arrival was not well organized and empty platters weren’t taken away quickly enough either causing a pile up and overlap of plates on the lazy susan turntable. At the beginning (6– 7:15 the dishes were slow to arrive, by 8:00 they were coming faster than we could consume! As I said, not well organized.

What a way to celebrate Chinese New Year– a big banquet style meal in an extremely busy Chinese restaurant. The fortune cookies placed on the table at the start of the meal had the Unilocal imprint on each message — a lovely touch! Joyce provided New Years sweets with red and gold wrappers as an added touch. The food and Chinese tea were ongoing and just kept right on coming. The highlight of the evening was the arrival of the obligatory lion. Excitement rained supreme! The food kept on coming to the table and the range was certainly amazing. Many of the dishes were too salty for my taste but certainly the serving plates were soon emptied and each person commented on how much they had rate. The Peking Duck was my favourite with its pancake and deliciousness

Ming’s Palace is an old time favourite Chinese Restaurant in Adelaide. It’s been around for a long time and always popular with both Chinese and Western clients.
The décor is simple, Asian inspired but nothing too ‘over the top’
The food. I was there with friends and fellow Unilocalers for Lunar New Year and had a Banquet. It started with some Spring rolls and Spring Onion Pancakes, both tasty. Add some Honey Sesame Beef (a little sweet for me) and it was a good start to the meal. Next was the Peking Duck. MMMM Love a Duck, the crispiest of skin and tasty meat that you wrap in yourself in the pancake. *tick*.
Then out came the multitude of mains. Scallops and Snow Peas, Salt & Pepper Squid, Garlic Prawns, Pork Ribs, tasty Szechuan Sting Beans and Fried Rice. Last and almost forgotten by the kitchen, the tasty, tasty Duck Meat Noodle. All well cooked. some lacked the expected chilli heat (damn shame, if that was there this place would get a 4)

If your idea of a great night out is being crammed around a table with no room to move with your knee smacking into a pole while eating Chinese food that you can get at any street corner Chinese takeaway in the outer suburbs you’ll love Mings.
From the yellow chair covers and art to the beef with black bean sauce they aren’t mucking around with any new ideas that’s for sure. The problem is they don’t do it well.
If it was amazing for what they are doing it would be worth a visit, but with a million better Chinese restaurants in Adelaide with actual service (as opposed to Mings chuck the food on the table and run away attitude) they’ve got nothing that will bring me back. Even the duck, which was ok isn’t enough to make me want to step back in the place.
PS. We were asked to pay for our drinks with cash at the table. Bizarre.

First of all Adelaide has a huge range of Asian restaurants to pick from but Mings Palace is amazing always busy and for good reason its the best and don’t charge high end prices have been going for years with friends and its price is reasonable and and food perfect the hot and sour soup is a must and the peaking duck!

When dining with family or asian friends — Ming’s Palace is always a safe bet. This place is renowned for making the best peking duck in Adelaide and by George it makes my mouth water thinking about it.
You can stretch your duck in a few courses, starting with the obligatory peking duck with warm pancakes, spring onions, cucumber slices and hoi sin sauce. Hands down one of my favourite food ever. The meat can either be made into a fried rice or noodle dish and the bones and meat can be cooked into a soup.
Other dishes on the menu are delicious too, proper authentic Cantonese favorites are available such as seafood and tofu hot pot, salt and pepper ribs, steamed fish and more. Make sure you book ahead as they can be busy on certain nights!
The Ming’s family have owned and operated this joint for many years and they still do an excellent job!

Another lunar year comes around, I am here for my annual celebration of Chinese New Year with a group of friends.
We sampled the banquet with Peking duck which I still think is the best in Adelaide, little bit of succulent meat with crispy skin, all wrapped up in a pancake with cucumber & spring onion, dipped in a ‘sweet’ sauce, just bliss.
Another dish which is typical for the new year celebration is the fresh salmon salad. All tossed up by everybody to hail the new year and wishes everyone a happy n prosperous year ahead.
Steam whole fish is another must in the banquet menu, together with the sauce, goes well with a bowlful of steam rice.
The 10 courses banquet satisfied everyone to the max and the night wouldn’t be a lunar year celebration without the noisy lion dance with those energetic performers n drummer!
I’ll be back again next year.

A Gouger Street institution to those in the know. West of Morphett Street, this large restaurant can cater for large and small groups. It’s also BYO.
The must tries include the salt and pepper squid, Chinese greens with garlic, shallot pancakes and seafood hotpot. And of course, the duck. Ming’s Palace is famous for their Peking Duck. They use crispy skin to make peking duck pancakes, meat for noodles, and the bones to make a broth.

I’m happy to see that I’m not alone in considering the Peking Duck at Ming’s Palace as one of the best in the city. This dish just never fails — the skin is crispy, the meat is tender, and the rice or noodles that come afterwards are fantastic (I tend to lean towards the rice, but that’s just me).
There are plenty of other knockout dishes on the menu if duck isn’t your thing. For example, if your pet duck was eaten alive by a python when you were a child and were traumatised as a result, like my girlfriend, then you’re still in luck. The sizzling Mongolian lamb is spicy and tantalizing, and the sweet and sour pork is an obvious good choice.
The Chiu family that operates the restaurant are some of the friendliest people I’ve come across in the restaurant setting, and they’ll make sure that you enjoy your dining experience to the last grain of rice in your bowl. The restaurant is incredibly spacious, but of course with Peking Duck as popular as theirs, seats can become scarce on weekends.

Ha! So it’s unanimous, Mings is the place to be for Peking Duck in Adelaide. First you roll your own duck pancakes (As Adeleine says, this is the best bit!), then you order duck and egg noodles, or duck and rice. I also, would definately recommend going for the rice option and then you finish off with a broth.
Keep in mind that when you order it the $ 44 or whatever it costs is for one duck, so you will need to adjust according to how many people you’re eating with. Because I love green things and variety too I would definately order a couple of other dishes to accompany the ducky feast. This works especially well if you’re with a group, or with eaters and I’m usually with a group of eaters.
Atmosphere wise this is one of larger Chinese restaurants in the area and is decked out according to Australian Chinese restaurant protocol, ie; big round tables with white table cloths and lazy susans. The prices are surprisingly affordable given the white table cloths but it’s also incredibly easy to make a pig of yourself.
Located on the «other» side of morphett street, this one is definately worth seperating from the pack for.

Not quite at the same standard as my favourite Peking Duck in Melbourne, but Ming’s is not far off.
The duck is crisp and flavoursome, with hints of orange. The first course of pancakes, duck and hoisin sauce is by far my favourite. If you have never tried Peking Duck, it’s worth giving it a go. You won’t regret it!
Ming also have a big range of other Chinese fare, though to be honest, I go here for the duck, and the duck alone.

Did someone say Peking Duck? Cough cough.
In terms of standard Chinese cuisine, Ming’s Palace are good, but in terms of Peking Duck, they’re awesome!
I come here solely for the Peking Duck.
If you’ve never tried it before, GET ON IT!
Firstly, I would recommend booking ahead not only to secure a table but to make sure they have prepared enough Peking Ducks for that night.
Peking Duck is broken up into 3 courses.
The first course starts off with slices of roast duck that you can hand roll into little cold-​roll-​like rolls (if that made any sense) with added greens and what I’m pretty sure is soy sauce. That’s my favourite course out of all. For me, anything that comes after this is pretty much downhill. Still good, but not as good. I wish Peking Duck was just 3 courses of these rolls.
The second course is your choice of either duck noodles, or fried rice with duck. Noodles don’t usually fill me/​my friends up so we usually go for rice.
The third and final course is a duck broth. This is nice to finish off your meal with — to sort of cap everything off with a nice post-​rice broth.
That’s the Peking Duck.
If I’m with friends, they’re usually pretty full after a single sitting of Peking Duck. If I’m with my family, we will usually still order more food and communal dishes with steamed rice to eat afterwards, because, well, we just eat a lot.
Ming’s Palace is a must-​try!