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| - I've been wanting to eat at the one on Sahara since it opened, but I've always worked late, so by the time I finally get moving around, it's closed. So I was excited that they opened one downtown that stays open, it was just a matter of going downtown.
And it was well worth the wait!
Everything was great! Everything!
I got the check in special of fried chicken bao. It was delicious! Perfectly fried, soy sauce and sprouts in the bun, really good.
I got the Hainenese chicken special, cooked traditionally, and my partner got it with the roasted chicken. It comes with two sides. I chose the Chinese sausage (I *love* Chinese sausages!) and the bone broth. I mixed it all together, and it brought me back to my Vietnamese mom's chicken soup. Real comfort food. However, my partner's roasted chicken might have been the taste winner. Very flavorful. He also had the vegetables which he said were very good with the rice and chicken.
We didn't really have room for dessert but were offered a piece of ricotta toast. I don't even know how to explain it. It's not something you bite into and think, "deelicious!"; It's an experience. It has the non-flavor of bread and ricotta but then a sweet; but now savory; but that sweet bit again; but now some salty in that part of my mouth! If you like interesting food, absolutely do not pass this up if offered!
I'm terrible with names, as you may know, so I missed our server's name, though I know she told us. She is very new to the restaurant and the city, but she was so sweet and attentive, and I think besides her just being that way it also has to do with the work environment, which brings me to Jenny. As soon as we sat down, I noticed her seeming to have her kitchen on lockdown, excellent communication with everyone, including us regarding when our for would be out. I assumed she was one of the owners but didn't think to look it up at the time. It just seems there is a lot of respect between everyone and her command of her environment is such that if she would have handed me a bin and told me to bus a table, I totally would have I had asked the server about someone who I thought worked there, and Jenny had come over to chat (kindly) about him.
I hope Jenny never gets tired
I loved this experience; food, service, atmosphere
It was Saturday and not very busy (but probably just a matter of time)
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