Mainland China - Pune

As the Tagline reads 'If it 's Chinese, its Mainland China ', so does it work in my head too. If I am craving Chinese food, Mainland China has to be the first restaurant in my mind. <br/ This restaurant has been my favourite since the first time I dined here. The authentic menu at Mainland China is where I set my standards for the best Chinese cuisine ever. From the Soups to Dimsums to main course to Desserts, nothing beats the taste and quality of dishes served here.<br/ I was extremely fortunate to be one of the few, who were able to dig into the new menu and new cuisine introduced here and share with you my first hand experience. So here comes a peek at what new dishes are added to the menu, what I tried and how I liked it. Let 's go :<br/ <br/ Soup.<br/ Lung Fung Soup : Light and Clear, this soup is just right to start your meal with. The egg froth and right quantity of chicken added here makes it just perfect beginning for whats coming next.<br/ <br/ Dimsums.<br/ Steamed Vegetables Sichuan Style Dumplings : Perfect Steamed and mildly spiced vegetables wrapped into the most delicious dumplings I have ever tasted. I have heard most of the people say that vegetarian dumplings are never so scrumptious. I bet this particular one is going to prove them all wrong.<br/ <br/ Pan Fried Japanese Mushroom and Chicken Dumplings : And yet for all the fans of Chicken Dumplings, there is no disappointing you. Ground Chicken mixed with Mushrooms, lightly flavoured and perfectly spiced. Totally savoury.<br/ <br/ Appetizers.<br/ Stir fried Water Chestnut (Hunan Style) : Want to try something different, then order this one. Fried in Hunan style these Water Chestnuts are super juicy and yet amazingly crunchy.<br/ <br/ Pan Fried Barbecue Fish : Though the general idea of a barbecue sauce in western cuisine is somewhat sweet and tangy, it may surprise you that its totally different in an Asian cuisine. It is quiet spicy and adds an awesome flavour to this pan Fried Fish Appetizer. <br/ <br/ Pickled Coriander Chicken : As the name suggests, this dish is tangy and yet the coriander also add a kind of fresh flavour to it. Quite contradictory yes, but that 's where the genuise style of this dish shows.<br/ <br/ Malaysian Curried Prawns : This particular has has been my favourite appetizer of all the ones I have tried here. Especially being a major fan of Prawns and as well as Malaysian cuisine, this dish stole my heart. Highly recommended. The spices are perfectly blended making this curry on prawns extremely delicious.<br/ <br/ Mains.<br/ Okra, Corn and Potato in Chilli Black Bean Sauce : Generally not being a huge fan of Okra I was hesitant to try it. But to my surprise it was the best Okra dish I tried till date. Would recommend for vegetarians as these vegetables cooked in Chilli Black Bean Sauce would blend really well with fried rice and other not highly flavoured rice options.<br/ <br/ Cantonese Soy Steamed Fish : This new Fish Main is a good go to option for seafood lovers. The fish is soft and juicy, correctly blended in Soy sauce with a hint of tang and spice.<br/ <br/ Double Spicy Chengdu Chicken : For the ones who need that spicy kick in food, this dish is for you. Just like the name it really is double the amount of spice but dont worry you will manage it and want more of it because it 's just that good. <br/ <br/ Sides : To cut out the spice, I would suggest you also get a side of Stir Fried Haricot Beans, that would perfectly complement most of the Main dishes.<br/ <br/ Rice/Noodles <br/ Lotus Leaf Wrapped Rice with Corn Kernels and Almonds : This new introduction in the menu comes in a beautiful presentation of a weaved wooden box and nicely wrapped in a Lotus Leaf. Tossed together with Corn and Almonds and not strongly flavoured, this rice is great to try with your Main dishes.<br/ <br/ Singapore Style Fried Noodles with Beansprouts : These fried noodles have a wonderful spicy flavour and can be had without adding any other sauces. For the ones who need it more hot can club it with chilli or soy sauce without losing its flavour.

@mainlandchinaindia just curated an insanely sumptuous menu and every dish was prepared with such attention to detail that one couldn't help but overeat. Yeah I did skip my dinner .<br/ What I definitely recommend:<br/ .<br/ Steamed Vegetables Dumplings Sichuan Style: These were just melt in the mouth kinda feeling. Pan fried Japanese Mushroom Chicken Dumplings: I definitely enjoyed the unique combo, coz am not a big fan of chicken otherwise. Stir fried vegetables with Five Spice: Eat your Veggies, I enjoyed the flavours also the choice of vegetables was just perfect. Malaysian curried Prawns: I love Prawns but am so used to butter garlic ones, these were a delight to try. The flavours were yummy.<br/ The other dishes were also great, but I was happily satiated by then. So go visit guys and thank me later!

Mr. Aniket Sawant provided excellent service. Kudos to him for making sure our evening was good.

We went to Mainland China for dinner. The place is a fine dine with ample seating. We were greeted and were comfortably seated.<br/ <br/ We ordered Chilli Chicken, Prawn Dumplings, Prawn Fried Rice along with veg manchurian.<br/ <br/ In desserts, Chocolate dome and Rambutan with ice cream is amazing. <br/ <br/ Loved the food and the service.

One of the must visit places in Pune if you are an authentic Chinese food lover. Trust me you will simply relish the taste of Chinese food of this place.<br/ In short few things I will recommend everyone to try in non veg<br/ 1. Drums of Heaven Hong Kong Style<br/ 2. King Prawns Hunan style (simply yummy <br/ 3. Cantonese rice noodles Prawn (this comes with white sauce with thin noodles. I loved it <br/ <br/ Enjoy the food of this place : <br/ Please note i didn't try in buffet. I tried in a la carte.