More like 2.5 stars but I'll be nice and round up to 3. As previous reviews have stated, this restaurant is located inside the Chinatown mall. I've lived in Vegas for 18 years now and this particular restaurant has changed so many times. I feel like every time I'm here, it's a different restaurant. This is actually my first time stepping foot into this spot mainly because my friend wanted to try it, and I never really had the desire to try the previous ones.
The workers here speaks mainly Mandarin. Here is where I wished I had paid more attention in my Mandarin classes in college (I speak Cantonese, and the only thing I can say in Mandarin is "I will treat you to dinner" which was totally not helpful in this situation). There was a language barrier with our waiter when we tried to redeem the Yelp check-in offer (free tea egg or buns). It took a while for us to communicate to each other until she finally got another waiter that spoke some English and was able to help us redeem the offer. They didn't have the tea egg so we got the buns.
Appetizer:
- Pig ears: I thought these were alright. It was too salty for me whatever they placed on top. You can also tell it's been frozen before (pic attached)
Main course:
- Traditional beef sirloin noodle soup: the noodles were the knife cut ones and it was cooked well. It had nice consistency and was not mushy at all. The beef was tender and had nice flavor. However, the broth was way too bland. I'm used to a much more beef-flavored broth and this wasn't it.
Dessert:
- we ate the buns as dessert since it had custard in the middle. My custard bun was alright. It was forgettable.
Side note: this place used to be called Spicy Crawfish. They still have the signs for that. The water cups have the Spicy Crawfish logo and even the receipt is labeled the same. I feel like if you're going to change the name of a restaurant, don't change just half of it...it's confusing.