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| - Another lunch, another Asian place. I've been here a few times now over the past year or two, and have had mixed experiences. It really depends on what I've ordered. Thus, an average score of 3.
Of all the times that I've been here, I've never had to wait for a table. This particular visit was on a Friday (lunch time) and I was feeling something higher on the comfort scale, so I decided to go with a place of "Hoi Nan Chicken with Chicken Oil Rice". Sounds like a dish which is great for your arteries, right? =) On a side note, it costs an extra $0.25 for take out.
The dish is simply presented: the chicken arrived with its skin glistening from a light brushing of oil, neatly arranged beside an upturned bowl of rice, with an assortment of three dipping sauces and a few pickled vegetables (radishes and carrots). The chicken was all dark meat, with silky, smooth, gelatinous skin. The same silky smoothness was present in the meat also. The dome of rice took on the sweet flavour of the chicken and held together well enough to pick up with chopsticks from a plate. Of the three dipping sauces, I found that the ginger + oil was very light in flavour, and preferred the vinegar based sauce. I also enjoyed periodically eating the pickled vegetables, as it cut through the oil, and offered a bit of a palette cleanse. After eating some of the pickled veges, it's like starting the meal all over again.
This dish is definitely one of the better ones that I've had from here and would recommend.
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