Dai Tung of Mission

This place is like being in a toxic dating relationship. Everytime I tell myself it’ll be the last time I eat here - the food is amazing and I forget about all the bad times. Then the next time we go - the food is bad again! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Is it the best place for Chinese? No. Is the McAllen one better? Yes! Will I ever stop ordering from here in hopes that it’s good again? Also, no. 😂

I went to dinner the other day with a good friend of mine, we went to eat at Dai Tung of Mission. It's a small little restaurant with a alot to choose from on the menu. It's located on Shary road just south of 495. Once seated we ordered our usual iced teas. After going over the menu,( undecided) and narrowing it down to one dish I opted for the Basil Chicken and ordered some fried cream cheese wontons for a starter. My friend ordered the Shrimp, Chicken, Beef with vegetables (combo). He also ordered a bowl of egg drop soup. The soup and the wontons came first. My friend loved the soup, it came with fried wonton wrappers. I thought my fried wontons were boring, just plain cream cheese. A little scallions mixed in would have gone a long way to hooking it up with some needed flavor. There was a sweet and sour sauce that came with it, but I really wasn't feeling it. The plates arrived steaming hot, as well as, the rice. Everything looked so fresh and I saw jalapenos in mine, I was like "Oh Yeah" my first bite I got a good taste of the basil, my second bite bland. I started looking for more basil for flavor bites. Once the basil leaves were gone so was the flavor My friend made the same comment, he said it really needed something. The rice was steamed perfectly, and my friend's fried rice didn't look fried at all. Overall I wasn't too impressed and honestly, I can make better tasting Chinese food, way better. I won't be going back. The portions are great, but what good is that, if all you end up with is a big plate of unflavorful food.

Food quality was great!
Ordered the steamed shrimp and veggies ! Amazing yummy ( my diet dish)
We also ordered the general Taos chicken - delicious!

My wife and I have always liked Dai Tung in Mission. Atmosphere is nice, dark, quiet. Service is prompt. Food is good, although my wife didn't care for the egg rolls, but I did so I ate hers. We usually order the chicken almond. Large portion - we both couldn't finish it and ate about half. The meal comes with soup - we go the egg drop which was delicious. We always return here when in the area.