If a Chinese restaurant is good enough for Chinese people living in Dublin, it is the best recommendation for local customers and visitors to the capital city.
The Good World Restaurant in South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2, which has been pleasuring the taste buds of its clientele for the past 18 years, conforms to this high criteria.
The statistical profile substantiates this: 50% of the clientele are Chinese and the other half are made up of locals and visitors. The reality of this customer profile impacts on you when you see the menu is in the Chinese language and English, of course.
One of the joys of dining in Chinese restaurants is that it is so easy to share. With the dishes sizzling aromatically beneath your nostrils, your appetite is dispositioned towards banqueting in diversity. In the Good World a distinguishing feature is the variety of mouth-watering sauces.
For instance, there are several duck dishes on the menu and all have different sauces sesame, taro, plum, orange, lemon and even crab meat sauce. And doesn’t the honey sauce on those spare ribs provide that finger-licking succulence for that popular starter.
Chinese cuisine is synonymous with choice which is wide within each section. Consider prawns for a moment: Good World has seven different dishes to match a variety of tastes via sauces such as garlic and black bean sauce.
If you wish to push the boat out, the fresh seafood dishes appeal: on menu is fresh lobster, sea bass, turbot or deep sea Abalone for seventy five Euro. That may be for Lotto winners, but the early bird menu offers an excellent three course meal for under twenty Euro.
Enjoy living the good life in the Good World Restaurant. Bon Appetite!
Review
Chinese restaurants have greatly enriched the food tastes of the Irish and enhanced the diversity of international cuisine in Dublin. The capital city is home to a significant Chinese population and one way to judge the quality of a Chinese eaterie is to determine where they dine.
Visitors to Dublin will find the Good World Restaurant in South Great George’s Street in Dublin 2 is a chosen venue by many local Chinese families. This is surefire testimony to the compliance of the GWR to best standards.
Equally assuring is the fact that this popular establishment - it can seat 80 to 100 customers - has been in business for almost 20 years. It thrives at several levels - lunch, early bird and dinner and the costs are price-right reasonable.
For instance, for only 11 euro, the main course luncheon choice offers nine delectable dishes. The selection widens temptingly for a mere two euro extra. And this is not a café but a comfortably appointed restaurant with a courtesy of service which is almost unique to Chinese waiting staff.
Therefore it is not surprising that customers have to wait for a table, but never for long considering the adequacy of the capacity.
The Early Bird Menu includes a three course meal for 16.50 euro and it is served from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday. The starter menu includes the great favourites - spring rolls and succulent barbeque spare ribs.
Main course selection encompasses stir fried beef or chicken and the curry option is available. And what better than a banana fritter to finish off.
The Good World Restaurant offers a subtle choice: round tables or square. Couldn’t care less? Others do, especially when socialising is an important part of dining out. Round table dinners are great for sharing individual choices and the main menu is rich in diversity.
Roast duckling, King prawns and Special Chow Mein are favourites. Special concession: the Good World Restaurant serves chips! And 'pints afterwards' if you read the small print!
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