New Lunch Menu at Nine Dragons (long post)

[Kitster]

Hi everybody,

While we were at Epcot last week, I got a copy of the new Nine Dragons Lunch Menu. Here is the copy I just typed up to send to WDWIG.com Menus:

Nine Dragons Lunch Menu – Dim Sum


Dim Sum Menu (Hot or Cold)- $3.95 per order

Shrimp Dumplings – 4 pieces
Chicken and Shrimp Shao Mai – 3 pieces
Glutinous Rice Pockets Wrapped in Lotus Leaves – 2 pieces
Chaozhou Steamed Dumpling w/ Peanuts and Chinese Vegetables – 4 pieces
BBQ Pork Buns – 3 pieces
Pork & Shrimp Spring Rolls – 2 pieces
Pork Pot Stickers – 3 pieces
Fried Seafood Balls – 3 pieces
Chinese Chive and Egg cakes – 2 pieces
Green Peppers Stuffed w/ Pork – 4 pieces (it looks like 4 pepper halves)
Stir Fried Chinese Broccoli w/ Oyster Sauce
Sweet and Spicy Cucumber Salad
Flaming Szechuan Pickle

Sweet Dim Sum

Peach Shaped Buns w/ Sweet Red Bean Filling – 3 pieces
Sesame Seed Balls – 3 pieces
Egg Custard Tarts – 3 pieces
Plum Blossom Shaped Cakes w/ Sweet Lotus Seed Filling – 4 pieces

Dim Sum Plates

Roast Duckling -- $ 7.95
Savory Beef Shank in Spicy Dressing - $ 7.95
Steamed Tofu Stuffed with Shrimp - $ 7.95
Pan Fried Crispy Noodles w/ Seafood in Sauce - $ 14.95
Singapore Rice Vermicelli w/ BBQ Pork and Shrimp - $ 12.95


Nine Dragons Lunch Sampler for 2 - $ 29.99

Choice of
Spicy Hot and Sour Soup or Shanghai Wonton Soup

Entrée
Honey Sesame Chicken ~ Canton Pepper Beef
Cashew Shrimp

Steamed Rice ~ Fortune Cookies

Nine Dragons Lunch Sampler for 4 - $ 59.99

Choice of
Spicy Hot and Sour Soup or Shanghai Wonton Soup

Entrée
General Tso’s Chicken ~ Beef w/ Spicy Sha Cha Sauce
Cashew Shrimp ~ Sweet & Sour Pork
Stir-fried Seasonal Chinese Vegetables

Steamed Rice ~ Fortune Cookies

Soup

Spicy Hot and Sour Soup – An all-time favorite. Hot and spicy Beijing-style soup w/ shredded pork and Chinese vegetables.
$ 3.00

Shanghai Wonton Soup – Shanghai style wontons made with minced pork served in a light and tasty chicken broth. $ 3.00

Lunch Entrée Menu

Canton Pepper Beef – Sliced beef stir-fried with onion, green and red peppers. $ 13.95 (recipe available)

Beef w/ Spicy Sha Cha Sauce – Sliced beef stir-fried with sliced Buddha’s hands squash ans Zucchini in sha cha sauce. $ 14.45

Mu Shu Pork – Shredded pork sautéed with an assortment of vegetables and hand-rolled in Mandarin pancakes at your table.
$ 11.75

Sweet & Sour Pork – Crispy batter fried bite-size pork with fresh bell pepper and chunky pineapple in sweet and sour sauce.
$ 11.50

Ma Po Tofu – Diced tofu stir-fried with ground pork in Szechwan spicy sauce. Can be made mild. $ 9.50

Rainbow Kung Bao Chicken – Classic Szechwan stir-fry. Diced chicken stir-fried with fried peanuts, diced celery and dried hot Szechwan pepper in spicy Kung Bao sauce. $ 12.50

Moo Gu Gai Pan – Sliced chicken breast stir-fried with fresh mushrooms, Chinese mushrooms, carrot slices and snow peas.
$ 13.50

General Tso’s Chicken – You’ll love this Hunan favorite of juicy, crispy chicken pieces stir fried in a spicy brown sauce. $ 13.95

Honey Sesame Chicken – Batter fried chicken breast served in a delicious, tangy honey and sesame sauce.
$ 13.95 (recipe available)

Scallops in Black Bean Sauce – Succulent scallops stir-fried with Shanghai bok choy and zucchini in black bean sauce. $ 15.50

Stir-fried Shrimp w/ Garden Vegetables – Shrimp stir-fried with a variety of Vegetables. $ 15.25

Cashew Shrimp – Baby shrimp stir-fried with seasonal vegetables and topped with roasted cashew nuts. $ 12.99

Stir-fried Seasonal Chinese Vegetables – Quick stir-fry of a mixture of light and refreshing seasonal Chinese vegetables.
$ 9.75

Nine Dragons Fried Rice – Stir-fried with shrimp, ham, chicken and vegetables. $ 10.50

This last visit we made a meal of the various dim sum offerings and found them to be very tasty and a nice light change of pace to a heavy afternoon meal. My personal favorite is the Honey Sesame Chicken (I plan on cheating in Sept. during or next visit, I passed this one up the last time, but not again ). Portion sizes are large enough to share on most of the entrée items and all entrée items are served with steamed rice and a fortune cookie. I'm not sure if they still offer the Red Bean ice cream for dessert, sorry.

All in all Nine Dragons has always been a wonderful dining experience for us and is one of our 'must eat here' restaraunts. Hope this little menu/review helps.

 

[Planogirl]

Wow, thanks for posting all of that. We tried Nine Dragons a long time ago and found the food bland. But maybe we should give it another try!

 

[Minniespal]

Thanks for posting!!!

 

[maggiew]

I've heard such bad reviews of this restaurant that we have never tried it. But that menu sounds soo good we might have to try it next time. Also, your personal experience helps persuade me too. Thanks for taking the time to type this up.

Did you try the potstickers or General Tso Chicken??

Maggie

 

[Cuddlemama]

Thanks for posting this!

How does entree selection work on the Family meals, if you can remember?

Does each person choose their selection from that list, or is it a "choose 1" or "choose 2" type of thing?

In September, I'll be taking my family, including my inlaws, to WDW for 8 days. My inlaws are Asian (Taiwanese, Chinese) and really eat very little non-traditional Asian cuisine. I've scheduled a lunch PS at Nine Dragons mid-week for our whole family, in hopes that they can get enough of a Chinese food fix to sustain them for the rest of the trip.

I'm pretty sure neither of my inlaws has gone more than 2 days without eating traditional food before. I'm terrified that 8 days of vacation food will make them miserable.

~Leigh

 

[daannzzz]

I was there in May hoping they had the all you can eat lunch. It was not offered. Being by myself I didn't want to order a big plate of fried rice and a main dish as I knew I couldn't eat it. I ordered Won Ton Soup and Dim Sum. Everything was very good.

 

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I recommend the "Singapore Noodles" that dish is out of this world.



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[joyjoy]

Wow, I got a little excited there for a minute. I love Ma Po Tofu, it's one of my favorites - till I read that they ruined it with pork. Why??? The other tofu dish is served with meat, too. I wonder if they'd do it vegetarian if you ask.

 

[Kitster]

Cuddlemama - I've never ordered the Lunch for 2 or for 4, so I can't answer your question. I'm sorry, wish I could be of more help. I can tell you that I've seen many Asian tourists eating at Nine Dragons every time we've been there. Whether it's traditional by their standards I can't say. But everyone seems to be enjoying the food.

maggiew - The pot stickers are one of our favorites, ever since they had them at F&WF one year. Unfortunately I'm allergic to all forms of hot peppers (no Mexican for me ), so General Tso's is out. I'm always hesitant about asking for special preparation of food. I'm almost sure it would be no trouble....I just hate to put the kitchen staff to any added bother when I LOVE the Honey Sesame Chicken.

joyjoy - If the food isn't totally prepared ahead of time, I'm sure they could leave the pork out. It never hurts to ask.....the worst they could say is No

BTW, I sent the entire menu to Deb yesterday, so hopefully the Menu site will be updated shortly.

 

[randyl]

We had lunch there in May. It was fantastic. Food was great - as was the service. I highly recommend this place. I had the Spicy Beef Shank in Spicy Dressing twice - I have been craving it ever since and plan on having two more orders when we go back later this month. The Honey Sesame Chicken is to die for. I often eat various authentic Asian cuisines (Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc). Although this cuisine is not as authentic as I have had, it is very good and a CONSIDERABLE improvement over what it used to be. It has now become a "must try" for us.

 

[Maggi May]

Thanks for posting the new menu. My husband and I are big fans of dim sum - we'l have to give this a try on our next visit.