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| - Summary: slotted in the busy Midland/Silverstar plaza, Sha Xian caters to the meat loving, sauce relishing, and bun munching crowd but it has barely any vegetarian options and the dishes were either bland or super heavy to me... honestly, it's a bit overrated right now.
What I Tried
201 Sha Xian Style Stir Fried Pork and Lychee
13 Steamed Mushroom Bun
What I Liked: Mushroom Bun
What I'll Get Next Time: another bun, business combo 233 or 235, and bring a meat eating friend
Also, the wonton is supposed to be good!
I was excited to try this because Dumpling King reigns supreme in this plaza and I've been consistently trying to convince myself to try something else there: enter Sha Xian.
The outside of the restaurant is in Chinese characters and we weren't positive we were in the right place until we walked in (I should've taken a picture!). Red colour theme, decor is bright yet simple, and it looks to be a simple and clean environment. They get bonus points here for playing Backstreet Boys as their background music.
I got the 201 fried pork and Lychee dish, thinking it'd be a funky combination. It was, but it didn't quite work for me. Not tender. Very punchy and saucy but I didn't love the taste. Lychee was hardened from being fried. Didn't mesh as well as I imagined.
I was really looking forward to trying their buns but they put meat in ALL their appetizers. As a vegetarian option, we had the choice of peanut sauce noodles for nearly $3, so that was a hard pass. The mushroom buns were actually quite tasty, although the portion size was disappointing.
My friend's seafood noodles: I think I could've made the same thing. Noodles didn't seem fresh, and portion size was disappointing. For that price point, might as well go to a Make Your Own Noodle Bowl place.
Underwhelming experience that might have to do with picking the wrong order. If I'm back, I'll have to try something else.
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