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| - Was craving some Chinese food on this particular night.
Pretty good location and good-size parking lot outside, no issues there.
Insides is pretty big and clean.
We came around 8:30 p.m., still some people inside but We were seated pretty quickly and lots of open tables on a Friday night. They open to around 10 I believe.
Pretty good variety of choices and dishes on the menu. Decided to get the spicy fish in the hot pot, bean curd / pork /tofu dish with spicy added, And the Xiao long bao. Good amount of food for two people. Definitely had some leftover.
For the spicy fish dish, it was better than I expected. Spiciness is exactly where I like it. Lots of fish in the dish. They did not skip out on quantity. Within the dish there is also cabbage and bean sprout at the bottom. The spiciness may numb some people's tongue, but it was fine for me.
With regards to the bean curd / tofu/pork dish, having them make it spicy is way better in my opinion, even though I never had it without it being spicy here. They could have put more pork in the dish, but what they did have was okay. Taste-wise, it's okay, but I'm more used to a different type of flavor that I was hoping to get.
With regards to the Xiao long bao, the skin covering was a little bit more thicker than what I'm used to. The meat on the inside was actually pretty good and the flavor was decent as well. There is a little bit of juice and soup inside the dumpling, but not a whole lot if you're used to having a lot. Temperature wise it was warm, but it got cold pretty fast if you don't eat it fast. Comes with the side of the dipping sauce which has more vinegar then when I'm used to. Nonetheless, The Dumpling plus the sauce was good together.
They apparently have another restaurant in Chandler which is supposed to be better, according to someone that ate here before. But pretty good in my opinion for my first time here.
Server was nice and quick and attentive.
One of the better Chinese restaurant that I have been to over in Phoenix.
Probably will check out the one in Chandler next time to compare. But if you're in Tempe and you're craving some Chinese food, you can check it out here.
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