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| - We came here on a Friday night, and as expected this place was packed. We actually had to wait to get a table, but it was a rather short wait of about 5 to 10 minutes as we were told that we would have to wait 20 min or so.
This place has a great ambiance. I love the asian theme and the fact that you can see the cooks stretch out dough to make noodles behind a glass. Pretty cool. They actually have a bar set up right in front so you can see all the action in the kitchen.
The waiters were really knowledgable and had good suggestions for Every Day Noodle virgins like us. We ended up ordering the shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots as apetizers and boy were they good. I really loved the sauce they were in and just how beefy the flavor was. One thing that did surprise me was that this was a cold dish, but a pretty awesome one even if the temperature was unexpected.
I ordered the pork and crab soup dumplings. Now I was actually expecting a soup with dumplings in it, but to my surprise (once more) it was dumplings with soup inside of them!! The waitress was kind enough to educate me on how to eat this dish. She recommended I pick up the dumpling with tongs, place it on my spoon and pinch it to release the soup. Along side the dumplings, came a sauce that looked like soy sauce as well as some shredded ginger. The server recommended i place some ginger in the sauce and place it on atop the dumplings. She then suggested I sip the soup from the spoon and proceed to eat the rest. Even though eating this dish was a little different, it was so worth it!! The broth was delightful and the dumplings with the pork and crab was just divine. I thoroughly enjoyed this dish, although I was glad to have an appetizer as this dish alone as an entree would not be enough to fill me up.
My husband had the braised beef and tendon soup, which was extremely tasty. The broth in this soup was also incredibly good and the tendons and beef in the soup were oh so tender and tasty!! This dish, although unorthodox for most people, was pretty damn good. This dish was definetely filling, and I had a bit of this dish as I was a little hungry after having my soup dumplings.
Overall, our whole experience was extremely positive and look forward to returning. Everything that we tried was excellent and the customer service was pretty good and efficient. Definitely a good place to hit up for a cold night.
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