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| - Came here with a Groupon, not sure I would come back without another discount unless it was happy hour. Although the food was good, without the Groupon our bill would have been $45 and the friend who I dined with wasn't even totally full at the end of the meal.
The food:
-Truffle Edamame $4: warm, buttery, flavorful, good amount of food, but too salty
-Pork Gyoza Soup $6: overpriced for what you get, you get 4 dumplings which are supposedly filled with soup and pork. unfortunately, the way our dumplings were made they stuck to each other and the bottom of the plate so they ripped open when we picked them up and the "soup" spilled out. only 1 dumpling made it to my mouth intact and the soup was alright, nothing to write home about
-Ginger Mint Duck Salad $9: good value - you get a few slices of duck meat on top of a bed of shredded cabbage, the dressing was very good, tasted like a traditional Vietnamese salad -- I would come back to this place for that salad, but watch out for the spice. I like spicy and this had my mouth tingling for a little while after
-House Dynamite with Chicken $11: okay value, but they should serve it with rice or recommend that you order a side of rice when you place your order. rice is cheap so it's annoying that they skimp on this. the other reviews saying this dish is spicy are NOT true. I barely tasted any spice at all, even though the plate was covered in red pepper flakes, they weren't hot. I liked the assortment of veggies, including baby corn, that they used in this dish
-Mango Monkey Martini $11: yuck. I'm not a big alcohol drinker and this was way too strong for my taste and sort of reminded me of medicine. my friend thought it was okay, but also really strong. I don't think ginger and mango are the right flavors to mix together.
service: great and friendly, came on a Wednesday ngiht at 7 PM so the place only had two other tables than us, not a long wait for food at all, the cucumber infused water is a nice touch.
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