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| - Went here because Legend Chinese Restaurant closed on us after calling in and this was the closest Chinese restaurant that was "open". Actually when I went in there and asked if they were open it was actually near past their closing time, but the owner said it was okay and our group of 10 people went in for dinner after watching a play.
We ordered 6 dishes off the menu based on the pictures
Onion pancake
Cold cuts (tofu, drunken chicken, meat+rice noodle with peanut sauce)
2 orders of siaw long pao (since there were 10 of us)
fish topped with egg
Shang Hai style pig belly
Meat and seafood with rice patties (not really on the picture, the one on the picture didn't have meat)
Though the order of the food was a little messed up, considering that it was late and they were kind to let us have our meal, I didn't factor it in.
Overall the food quality was good, the only problem is I didn't check the price, which may be why this is 5-stars. However, presuming we paid $25 per person, I would say this was good quality. The only thing left over was a couple of untouched bowls of steam rice.
The onion pancake was normal, nothing special.
The cold cuts were dishes I haven't really tried before, I just chose them by pictures and all of them tasted really good hard to say which one was my favorite.
The siaw long pao was good, so nothing special considering this is a Shang Hai place. Granted if you're a Shang Hai place and you can't do this right you might as well shut down or get yourself franchised like Asian Legend.
They had a fish topped with egg dish. Originally I was going to order something else, because I didn't think people would like this dish, but apparently it was someone's favorite so AWESOME and I like it too. All I can say was it was good.
The Shang Hai style pig belly was okay, but the fat was a bit "yucky oily" though not as much as other places. I ate this with the meat and sea food rice patties so it was a good mix.
Most people didn't have room for dessert so we skipped it. Though I am thinking I want to try their rice dessert next time I go there.
However, the staff waiting on us was friendly and I would definitely come here again recommend it to other people. I may stop recommending Legend in the area if I find out the price is good as well.
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