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| - Debating between this restaurant or the one right next to it with the same menu, we decided to try this one following a friend's appraisal. I automatically noticed they have a small patio with a few benches set up that would definitely bring me back in the summer time. Looking at based on their menu, selection is wide.. but aside from skewers, most dishes are pretty big, family style. Here are just a few things I ordered that swept my feet away..
1)mushroom skewers: coming with only 5 pieces per order, i suggest you should at least order 2 per person.. You'd crave for more. The mushrooms are just regular button mushrooms, but they use salt and a few seasoning that really brought out the taste. Be careful when you bite into it, JUICYNESS ALERT! the mushrooms are my fav thing on the menu and its the one thing that keeps choosing Xin Jiang over Yang's BBQ over at Midland and Finch
2) lamb skewers: as a northern chinese cuisine restaurant majoring in skewers, lamb skewers are the back bone, and the one thing that would determine whether the restaurant is good or not. The lamb skewers goes for $2 per skewer (a little pricier than average), you get what you pay for. The pieces are defintely chunkier than average
3) grilled corn: For 2.99/order we were expecting a little more than ONE piece of corn cut into 3... i mean for an asian restaurant I was expecting quantity over quality. The corn lacks both. It wasnt buttered or seasoned,just straight up roasted corn.
4) beef skewer: overly dry. it might as well be beef jerky on a skewer.
5) frog legs : for the adventurous ones! This is the only place I ever came across that serves frog legs so I don't have any other experience to compare it to. It gave me a pretty good impression, the spicy sauce they spread over the legs while they grilled it masks any taste that wouldve grossed me out. The texture was quite rubbery.. If you have never tasted it and looking for a great first experience, give it a try !
I also noticed this place also have very inexpensive pitchers ($7) plus cheap domestic beer ! Also it's open till 3am for the late night owls!!
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