My dad and I were dropped off in front of Raku (Japanese restaurant across the street) at around 5 p.m. When we saw their 'hours' sign, it said they opened at 6 p.m. GREAT. We were in the middle of NOWHERE and it was freezing so we decided to venture across the street to the Pacific Asian Plaza.
My dad saw a sign for Thai food so we went upstairs to take a look... except there was no one in there and I refuse to go into an empty restaurant. But a few steps from that Thai restaurant was Penang. The photos of the food looked really good and I searched around their door looking for Zagat signs or whatever and then I saw "YELP LOVES US." I WAS LIKE OH YES WE ARE EATING HERE.
The food was sooo good!!! I had been craving Hainan Chicken Rice for the longest time and I finally got my fix there. Their ba gut deh (spelling?!) was very tasty and reminded me of the soups back at the night markets at home. We ordered some fried noodle dish too but it wasn't that great.
The service was good too but probably because we were in the only customers inside at the time. But a few more parties came in after us and I noticed every table had ordered the Hainan Chicken Rice, HOLLA! I was thinking that they must be known for that dish.
We waited forever for a taxi to come pick us up but the food was definitely great and memorable. Oh and they are CASH ONLY.