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| - I had been craving some tasty Peking Duck for a while now, and when I saw Ginger Beef Peking House, I mentally bookmarked this as the restaurant where I would have dinner.
The new Ginger Beef is a lot better than the old one, as this Asian restaurant is actually owned by Asians, unlike the previous one. A cool feature in here is that they have a giant glass window that stretches from floor to ceiling, dividing the main dining area from the kitchen. This allows the customers to see the chefs skillfully preparing their noodles and dumplings, which presents a degree of transparency about the freshness of the food!!
The noodles were a mouthful. Nothing special here, though. The cold noodles were actually a bit unpleasant to eat.. they were pretty bland. The Xiao Long Bao did not have a soup filling, which was disappointing. I like to have soup inside of my juicy Xiao Long Bao's.
I also ordered a Spicy Peanut Noodle, which was delicious. The balance of sweet and spicy created a tasty dish that left me fighting with others at the table to drink the broth. I would definitely recommend ordering this dish.
And finally, for the elephant in the room: the Peking duck. The plate of duck came with a decent amount of roasted meat and crunchy skin. The Peking duck was very flavorful, and like the Spicy Peanut Noodles, I ended up fighting to get the last piece of meat. However, the Peking duck wrap was a hard piece of tortilla, which was the second disappointment of the night. When I tried to roll the tortilla around the meat and sauce, it cracked in my hands. This actually made it pretty difficult to eat the Peking duck without getting my hands covered in the sweet sauce.
The service was decent. The waiters were quick, and our food came out on time. But then again, Ginger Beef Peking House is a new restaurant, and the management is still trying to make a good impression on its customers.
The total cost of our dinner was pretty pricey, and although the food was delicious, I would not recommend coming to Ginger Beef Peking house unless you have some money to blow and don't mind eating hard, stale Peking duck tortillas rolls.
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