The Orient - Bethpage

The Orient looks like your typical Chinese restaurant but it’s so much more. The waiters speak hardly any English so it’s kind of hard to order, we were also the only non-Asian people there but that just confirmed that the food was going to be good. We started out with a dim dum sampler and it was just as good as the stuff you get in Flushing, Queens. For dinner I ordered general taos chicken which is my usual at Chinese restaurants but this was nothing like I had ever had. It was served in half a pineapple and unlike all the spicy versions I have had this was sweet and had pieces of mango and pineapple in it. It was a huge portion and beautifully prepared and I ate every last bit. My father ordered the special which was a salmon dish. When they brought his plate out it had 3 HUGE fillets. He said it was some of the best he has ever had and had plenty to take some in a doggy bag. For all the great food we ate it hardly cost us anything. I really look forward to going back!