Ocean Seafood Restaurant Menu

Ocean Seafood Restaurant combines a Chinese dining room with a separately contacted takeaway service at its Dee Street premises in Avenal. That split gives diners a choice between settling in for a meal with several courses and collecting familiar favourites for home. The menu is broad enough for solo orders, mixed groups and family sharing, but its most interesting possibilities appear when several dishes can be placed in the middle of the table.

Soups and small plates build a varied opening course. Chicken and crab sweet corn soup offers a mild start, while hot and sour, combination seafood and wonton soups move in different directions. Spring rolls, golden wontons, stuffed mushrooms and dumplings add several textures and savoury flavours, making it easy to assemble a first round rather than committing everyone to the same entrée.

Seafood is woven through the menu instead of being confined to one signature plate. Fish and shellfish dishes sit alongside egg foo young, fried rice, chow mein, sweet and sour preparations and combinations of meat with vegetables. The result is a menu that can move from a seafood-focused dinner to a table mixing noodles, rice, roast meats and vegetable dishes without losing the restaurant's Chinese centre of gravity.

Chef specials give larger groups a reason to plan beyond the everyday takeaway list. Peking duck is served as a two-course dish, while crispy-skin pork, roast duck with crispy pork and sang choy bao bring distinct roasting and wrapping traditions to the table. Family packs and Chinese meal deals take a more practical route, bundling several dishes for sharing when breadth and convenience matter as much as choosing each plate individually.

Address: 282 Dee Street, Avenal, Invercargill 9810, New Zealand

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