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Like most people my age I have to work hard to watch my weight. The plan today was to order the Roasted Duck on Noodles HK Style soup and the Salt Baked Calamari (which I had last week...omg, can't begin to tell you...). BUT, I was only going to have a piece or two of the calamari and take the rest home for dinner.
What happened? Well...flavors happened. Big, bold, amazing, addicting, stupidly-great flavors happened. It wasn't my fault at all. They hijacked my willpower, put it into a plastic bag along with two 30 pound weights and tossed it overboard into the deepest and darkest part of Lake Erie. Like taking candy from a retired person. I was done.
The soup was just outstanding (see pic) to the last tiny droplet. I would order it again in a nanosecond. And that calamari...my vocabulary and writing skills aren't up to the task of expressing how flavorful it was. It's my new BFF (best fish forever). Chill, Marine Biologists, I know it's a cephalopod.
I usually don't like restaurants that are cramped, noisy, and look like they were decorated by a sophomore linebacker from Ohio State, but Wonton Gourmet is my favorite Asian restaurant in this city by FAR. And since I'm usually one of only a handful (if that) of Caucasians present, I'd say that's an opinion shared by people who know a hell of a lot more than I about this kind of food.
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