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| - When we arrived for dinner just before 7 p.m., there were only a few tables with customers there. We were able to pick any table to sit at and our server brought us the menu and water right away. During our time there, the rest of the tables were completely filled up and it seemed like this was a popular place for dinner for families, couples, or friends alike. I liked how throughout our visit there, the server constantly refilled our water glasses. I've never seen such diligent servers who refill water glasses so often! It was a great thing.
We ordered one item from the Pineapple Summer menu which consisted of different burgers for just $11 during each day of the weekday (except Mondays; they are closed on Mondays). As it was a Friday, the "Korean Style Cheesy Chicken Katsu & Pineapple Steamed Bun" was the feature of the day. This came with a choice of fries or mixed greens. K chose the fries.
This turned out to be one of the cases where the food item looked good to eat and "photogenic" enough since it had a bright white bun as a burger bun -- I've never seen that before -- but unfortunately, the taste was a bit of a mix-up between good and bad.
First of all, the crispy and crunchy fries were very good! The chicken katsu meat was quite tender and moist; I liked it. The large slice of pineapple sandwiched between the chicken and bun was clearly one of those sweetened ones from a can. Unfortunately, this unique burger fell short in the bun aspect. As special as it was to have a white coloured bun, the steamed bun choice just didn't work for me. It tasted quite dense and dry; it reminded us of the Chinese BBQ buns that you eat at dim sum. (We actually saw two other tables who neglected to finish one half of their portion of the white bun too; so clearly it wasn't just us who didn't enjoy this bun choice.) Since the bun was so thick and dense, it actually soaked up a lot of the Japanese mayo that was part of the burger and thus when you ate the burger, you couldn't taste much of the sauce. It was a mix of good and bad elements. (Also, although it was named "cheesy chicken katsu", I couldn't taste the cheesy part...)
The other dish we ordered was the Katsu Curry Omelet Rice. This was stir-fried rice topped with an omelet, dressed with in-house curry sauce, and served with deep fried chicken or pork cutlet. Since we were already enjoying the chicken burger, of course I chose the pork cutlet to try instead.
This portion size of the curry omelet rice was good. I really liked the egg omelet; it was so fluffy and delicious! The in-house curry was also really tasty and was a good consistency. However, this dish fell short with the pork cutlet. The pork cutlet was probably a bit over-fried because I found that the pork cutlet was too hard and dense.
All in all though, it was a casual restaurant that was very comfortable to dine in. However, they have some work to do in terms of raising the consistency level of each dish to make sure that every ingredient maintains the same quality and taste all across the board.
The rest of their menu contained many more Japanese fusion dishes that I might be interested in try if I find myself here again another time.
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