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| - My friend and I wanted to try something new that would be a change from the normal food-on-the-go meals we eat during the week. So we made the trek on into Phoenix, and surprisingly found the place on the first try. (Yes, the signs on the main street helped.) It is a cozy place (read "small"), but it has fun eclectic decorations and I loved the little lights along the window.
The waitress was very friendly, and we were soon set up sipping drinks. I loved the ginger beer - so spicy and yummy for a drink that looked like hazy water. Never one to turn down plantains, we ordered the avocado and plantain spring rolls. The chutney was good and I liked that the rolls weren't insanely greasy, but they didn't seem that special to me, nothing popped out.
The brown stew chicken worked well as a comfort food, but again, there wasn't anything that would make me order it again. What fascinated me was my friend's chicken and dumpling - it had good flavor, and at the bottom of the plate was a large round solid thing of ... well, something. I had never seen a dumpling like it, and I have to admit to being skeptical. But when you got a cut of it, used it to wipe up some sauce, the dumping was great! It was heavy, solid food, and yummy as well. The kind of food I'd go out once in a while for and come back with a full tummy, wanting nothing more but to lay out on the couch.
We ordered coffee and shared the sweet potato pudding for dessert. The two complemented each other perfectly. I love sweet potatoes, and this pudding was no exception. All in all, I liked the dumplings, loved the dessert, and guzzled the coffee to stay awake for the ride home.
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