Royal Dynasty Chinese Restaurant

1482 West Granada Boulevard
Ormond Beach, FL 32174

Picture this: you are running late for a movie. The theater is 8 miles from your home. On the way, you have to stop at an atm AND have dinner. A real dinner, mind you, not just some McTake-Away. You have one hour. GO!

This was the situation we found ourselves in last night. Our solution? Royal Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, highly recommended by Volusia County native Amanda (or Becca, as she's known in the biz) - especially the Sesame Chicken and Mongolian Beef.

We arrived at Royal Dynasty at 19:00, Borat started at 19:35. The theater was around the corner from the restaurant. That gave us 35 minutes to eat, drive, park, buy tickets, and find us some seats.

While visions of Seinfeld episodes danced in my head, we were delighted to find there was no wait for a table. While we perused the menu, a waiter brought us water, hot tea, and crispy noodles. We decided against appetizers *sigh*, and ordered:

Singapore Noodles (John) and Mongolian Chicken (me)


We munched on crispy noodles and sipped tea while waiting for our order. By 19:20, our food was on the table; by 19:30 we were finished and had paid.

The food - the bits we tasted as opposed to swallowing whole - was excellent. Generally, I judge a Chinese restaurant solely on the quality of its Egg Rolls and Hot and Sour Soup. In our haste, we had neither; but the quality of our entrees was enough for me to say we'll definitely be going back there! Thanks, Becca!

Sadly, very very sadly, by the time we got in line for Borat it had sold out. Damn! But worry not - we will see it before this weekend ends. But in the meantime...

I rate Royal Dynasty 4 sparkly mushrooms!