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| - I will be honest. Our decision to dine at Mr Chow was solely based on the fact that this is such a polarizing restaurant. People either seem to love it, or hate it, and I wanted to see which end of the spectrum we belonged. And the verdict is.....*drumroll*....neither. We fell exactly in between. It was actually a 3.5 star experience, but I am rounding up solely based on the awesome champagne trolley, and their Chow-lini. It was by far the best champagne cocktail I have ever had in my life, but more about that later. Let's start with the champagne trolley. I absolutely love this concept! High end champagnes by the glass offered at the start of your meal? Yes please! I started with a glass of Moët and Chandon, and my husband got a Manhattan. He enjoyed his cocktail, and of course I enjoyed my champagne. He ordered another, and I moved on to the Chow-lini. Moët with a homemade peach purée and whip cream!?! Simply divine. We decided against the prix fix menu since I wanted to try things beyond the entrees they offer. For appetizers we chose the walnut prawns and squid ink noodles. The walnut prawns are wonderful. I especially enjoyed them dipped in a little of Mr Chow's homemade chili sauce (wish they bottled it!). However the squid ink noodles were a big disappointment. It looks exactly how you would imagine, and there was plenty of well cooked squid to be found in the black goop, but there wasn't much flavor. For our entrees we ordered the fiery beef, and famous green prawns. We decided on the shrimp rice and baby bok choy as our sides. Again, this was split down the middle. The fiery beef was delicious! Don't expect too much heat, but the flavor and slight kick were outstanding. Very well done. However, the green prawns were so boring. They had a slight garlic flavor but beyond that there just wasn't any substance to the dish. I found myself wishing I could salt it or pour some soy sauce on it. The bok choy is nothing inventive, but I didn't mind. It was perfectly seasoned and prepared, and was a lovely accompaniment to both dishes. As for the "fried" rice, don't expect the soy laden variety you get from your local Chinese restaurant. It was light, airy, and delicious. Very unexpected, and enjoyed. Service started off outstanding, but sort of broke down after we finished our meal. We sat there for an awkwardly long amount of time after they cleared our plates with empty drinks. Someone finally came over and asked if we wanted desert, but we decided to drink our desert. Another Chow-Lini please! Overall we enjoyed our meal at Mr Chow. I believe a lot of the complaints come from people who can't easily afford this type of meal, and have regret spending $300 (or more) on what essentially is dressed up Chinese food and not being blown away. If you cannot easily afford this type of restaurant then you will likely be disappointed. We can, and we enjoyed it. I will definitely come back, but this time will try some different things.
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