The Lucky Dragon

Their sizzling satay steak was to die for… sadly due to a recent fire within the block of shops it’s now shut for the foreseeable future.

I went here for takeaway, several years ago, and haven’t been back, for many of the reason’s Roz mentions.
Our meal was basic, a satay chicken, beef in oyster sauce, mongolian lamb and fried rice — three, four years ago now and I can still remember the lacklustre offering.
There’s nothing seriously wrong, but there are so many much, much better options in the immediate vicinity. If you’re desperate, and don’t mind basic Chinese food, you might be happy here — if not, look back along North East Road, or up Gorge Road — there’s good Chinese both ways :)

Every neighbourhood should have a good Chinese take-​away. This isn’t one of them. The unfortunate folk of Campbelltown lucked out with The Lucky Dragon. Though their menu charmingly claims they «cook the best Chinese food» and that we «cannot afford to miss it», I suggest you do. We are also advised, «don’t forget to pin up our menu in your kitchen» as, wait for it — «it will help the housewife». Naturally I love these pearls of wisdom but can only see this menu being of help to wifey-​poo if she is planning on pissing off all around her big-​time with bad Chinese food.
After driving past this humble shop-​front for years, this week I ventured in to road test the theory of the best Chinese food being found in the daggiest of places. Not so. With a revolving door menu of over 150 dishes nothing jumped out at me. I went with the old-​school litmus test of special fried rice, and salt and pepper squid. I couldn’t see S&P on the menu and hoped it was an oversight on one of our behalves. Nope. I had to ask why. Surely any Chinese restaurant worth its salt and pepper caters for our still rife obsession with this cephalopod dish? The young girl informed me, «when my father took over here it wasn’t on the menu and no-​one has ever taught him». Ahhh, both sweet and infuriating at the same time.
I sucked it up and compromised for some foo yung action — Chinese omelette with crab meat and mushroom. Pity my carry bag got the best of the sauce — here’s my own wordly wisdom — when packaging up a wet dish — please seal the lid. Its star ingredient, the crab, did a very good impression of sliced seafood extender. The wheels continued to fall off my road-​test after encountering florescent orange shrimps with severe cases of dehydration in the rice. They had the size and appeal of earwigs.
Should you want to party with the Lucky Dragon you can get the minimum banquet cost of $ 35 per person reduced to $ 30 — if there’s 100 of you. You lucky dog. Oh well, you win some, you lose some, and if you’re happy to let this dragon take you for a ride, you’ll get a smile from her surrounds. They include a wall clock mounted on a pretty etching of some kittens, in a tree (?), and a «Leeds Lemonade» soft drinks fridge who’s lived here so long it’s turned retro on itself.