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| - I rarely give Chinese restaurants five stars, because I have high expectations. To call this restaurant a pleasant surprise is a vast understatement of my family's experience here. We randomly happened across it on a Sunday night when our original dinner plans fell through. Judging from the other Yelp reviews, it just newly opened about half a year ago. Place is bright and clean, and the decor feels very appropriate and comfy. The tables were about half full and all the patrons were speaking either Mandarin or Cantonese, which is always a good indication of the authenticity. Service was excellent and they immediately brought out hot tea for us when we sat down.
Now onto the food: you get complimentary soup, which was a very earthy, rich duck broth with all sorts of lotus and root vegetables in it - very enjoyable. All of our dishes came out fresh, hot, and delicious! They even managed to meet my mother's exacting standards. Expect the menu to have a good variety of traditional Cantonese food, ranging from noodles to stir-fry, with a good array of vegetables and seafood to choose from. My favorite was the green beans, sauteed with pork and some peppers to give it a kick. Portions are very generous and refills on white rice and tea are constantly available. As an added bonus, at the end of the meal you are also automatically treated to a delicious taro sago (tapioca) dessert soup, which hit every single one of my "childhood nostalgia" buttons. ::happy sigh::
Definitely plan to come back to try more of their dishes. And thanks to all the staff for their attentive and gracious care!
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