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| - Came here to celebrate my mom's birthday with my family. Since it was a Monday night, the restaurant was quite empty. That said, you can see that the tables are arranged to give everyone ample and spacious seating room. As we were only a party of four, we couldn't order much to share. In the end, we got the following:
- Fuqi Feipian
This beef shank and tripe in hot chili oil came doused in red hot coloured oil. My family found it spicy, though I personally didn't notice the spice at all. Unlike some of the other versions we've had, this particular dish had a very strong star anise flavour, which did overpower the flavour profile. There were also very few pieces of tripe - it was all thin but large horizontal cuts of beef intersecting with tendon and fat. Overall, a 3/5.
- Salt and pepper fried bullfrog legs
This was truly the highlight of the night! The bullfrog legs were fried to fall apart at the touch - they were tender and delicious. The taste and seasoning was also perfectly executed, and I really wish we had ordered a bowl of rice to accompany this dish! Full of wok air.
- Fried and steamed mantou
I personally had the steamed version (with condensed milk, of course!). It was decent - fairly fluffy. Slightly on the bland side, but that just made it a good vessel for shoveling condensed milk into my mouth!
- Braised beef noodles
These noodles were so good! The portion of the noodles was fairly generous - there were thick meaty beef briskets served with lots of wheat noodles. The broth was also sufficiently rich and the brisket tender.
- Lamb hotpot
At first, I was pleased by the size of this pot and by the gracious servings of lettuce accompanying this dish. However, I quickly realized that the majority of the pot consisted of bean curd and water chestnuts, and soon became very disappointed. For a dish priced at nearly $30, the restaurant was extremely stingy and gave us only roughly 8 chunks of lamb. There was barely enough meat the go around. The taste was okay, but I can honestly get a much better deal at a comparable price elsewhere.
Overall, it was an okay meal, but definitely pricey for what it was worth. Next time, I think I'll order just the noodles, as I found their hot pots and other dishes to be overpriced.
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