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| - After going thru the reviews of others, my folks and I decided to give this place a try. This place is lively and definitely reminds me of all those HK restaurants.
The venue used to Le Modern Japanese restaurant. The tables and chairs still looked about the same. So we sat down, and I already felt the air was a bit on the stuffy end. This could be an indication for improvement. However, the venue is clean and well lit plus it is very lively with lots of chatter from other patrons (signs of being HK like).
We ordered several dishes: vermicelli with seafood, steamed rice with shrimp, veggie with two types of eggs and crispy chicken. At first we wanted a different chicken, but they didn't have the other choices in stock. To me that is a bit odd? I mean it says a few things: They don't keep stale food they prep for the day of, which is a good thing. At the same time, it's not hard to make some dishes, so that's not a good thing to me. But I would speculate their business model leans on speed and volume delivery, they will prep all the food for the day of and what's left is left. Back to the dishes. We ordered and not long after the veggie and chicken came out. Then the vermicelli and finally the rice. Veggie is about the same compare to other Chinese restaurants. The chicken gotten a bit on the oily end. But I love the vermicelli and steamed rice a lot. The latter two dishes came out piping hot. Plus the vermicelli was not oily at all, which says good things about the chef and oil control.
I may come back to this place when it is warmer, so the A/C is on and it's not as stuffy. Btw, the rating is for a 3.5 and it's all for the steamed rice and vermicelli dishes. :)
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