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| - Ugh. I was really expecting something better. We stopped by for lunch around 1pm on a Monday and service was very slow. The gentleman that helped us was quite friendly and obviously busy keeping the place clean (and it was very clean), but we even had to wait more than 10 minutes just for the menus, then another 20 for our food.
We ordered the twice-cooked pork, salt & pepper chicken wing appetizer, Mongolian beef, and I had a lychee slush with boba added.
Though the menu said there was a choice of soup with the pork lunch special, we were brought the bean curd and seaweed. The broth had been thickened with too much starch and had very little flavor besides salt. The pork dish came out before I had even had a second spoonful of the soup, so I asked about the chicken wings. I was told they don't serve appetizers first like they do in American restaurants. Hmmm, really?
A minute later we received the Mongolian beef, with the chicken wings right behind.
I really wouldn't have minded this if the food was good. It did all seem quite fresh, but the only thing I liked was my refreshing slush. I had not realized when I ordered it that the twice cooked pork was actually pork belly. Perhaps this was my fault, but neither my guest or I liked it. The sauce was rather good, but the fat was too tough to bite through.
The Mongolian Beef, a dish I have had many versions of, was the worst iteration yet. There was a lot of onion that had barely touched the wok, it was so raw and the sauce was quite sweet and thick as though it came straight out of a bottle. This was served with some fried rice that had an unpleasant flavor.
The wings were not bad, the coating was crispy and fried just right. I didn't love the flavoring, which had a bit too much 5-spice for me, but at least I could eat my share of these. The other two dishes that we shared, were not even halfway eaten by the time we ready to leave.
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