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Kathryn Williams

The best Chinese restaurant in Wales has been named in the 2019 Golden Chopsticks Awards

Wales' top Chinese restaurant has been named at The 2019 Golden Chopsticks Awards.

Dragon Palace in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, has  claimed the top title, beating venues in Cardiff and Swansea to the spot.

Named Best Oriental Restaurant in 2018 in the Food Awards Wales, the restaurant is hugely popular with the locals and has got a 4.5 out of five average from 819 reviews on TripAdvisor.

The Dragon Palace, which can be found at Pentlepoir, Saundersfoot (Dragon Palace)
Another of Dragon Palace's delicious dishes, duck (Dragon Palace)

Sit in or take away (they also deliver) the baked mussels in black bean sauce are well worth a try, as is the salt and chilli chicken and ribs, too.

Dragon Palace were shortlisted alongside Swansea-based Gigi Gao's Favourite Authentic Chinese, which took the Welsh title a year ago, Cardiff's Sushi Life, which also made the shortlist in 2018 and Zi's Cafe in Cardiff.

Meanwhile, the We try out Swansea's The Golden Dragon to see if it deserves the title of 'Best Takeaway in Wales' in Swansea won Best Takeaway. Last November it was named Best Takeaway in Wales in the British Takeaway Awards 2018 .

We try out Swansea's The Golden Dragon to see if it deserves the title of 'Best Takeaway in Wales' 

The chosen restaurants have been voted for by members of the public over a six-week period, with 20,000 votes registered (voting is now closed).

See inside shortlisted restaurant Sushi Life

Inside the Sushi restaurant rated the best in Cardiff on Tripadvisor

Two Welsh kebab houses have both just been crowned the best in Wales for 2019 

One of the largest and most prestigious celebrations of Oriental food in the world, The 2019 Golden Chopsticks Awards were held in Mayfair last night (April 29) and hosted by Gok Wan, who is also a co-founder of the ceremony.

Wan said: "After the amazing success of our first awards last year, we knew it was going to be a tall order to go bigger and better this year, but we feel we pulled it off! The Golden Chopsticks Awards has well and truly cemented itself into the culinary calendar.

"What an amazing night, bringing together the good and the great from the oriental food world in one room, with winners covering the broad spectrum of SE Asian food from Chinese, Japanese and Thai to Vietnamese, Malaysian and Korean.

"It was fantastic to see so many accomplished restaurateurs in the room, alongside the rising stars of the future! It was a real honour to host what is now one of my favourite nights of the year!"

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