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If you think this is a five star restaurant based on three reviews, please check again. Note, all those reviews have a central theme indicating the name of the servers and how well they are attended to by the servers. There was little or no mention of the food style and quality.
I went to this place with my wife and my brother on a Sunday nite. We arrived at 6 pm but were told that we have to wait for 15 minutes even though the place was pretty empty. Why?? Not enough servers??
The place was essentially divided into two rooms. The front room is set up for a liquor bar and a sushi bar with few tables in between. The back room is essentially a dining room. Place is well decorated and easy to blend in. Acoustics are good.
The menu is essentially an American Chinese menu with Japanese sushi and some additional items.
We had an Asian looking waitress who had little or no knowledge of the items on the menu. When we ordered, she had to look at the menu and then write it down. Of course, she wasn't able to suggest the signature dishes and etc. Quite disappointing.
For appetizers, we ordered Spicy Tuna hand roll, Spicy Tuna on rice cakes and Chinese BBQ ribs. The hand roll was not ok, flavor was kind of bland and not exciting, tuna was too ground up, seaweed was not crisp and the rice was slightly undercooked. The Tuna on rice cakes were of the same criticism. The ribs were fatty but tasty. For appetizers, they rate a C at best.
For soup, we ordered Hot and Sour Soup. Very disappointing. Soup was watery, insufficient ingredients and worst of all, the "hotness" was derived from chili sauce which would then over power the whole taste. No ifs or buts, this is a total failure for Hot and Sour Soup. No more than a D+ for the soup.
For entries, we ordered On Choy ( an Asian veggie ) with fermented bean curd -- a very traditional Cantonese dish and a Sea Bass hot pot . Unfortunately, when the On Choy dish was served, it had cooled down a bit and thus lost the fragrance of the fermented bean curd. This is no more than a C-.
For the sea bass hot pot, it was another disaster. Traditionally, this dish is served in clay pots. The idea of using clay pots is that clay pots tend to hold heat much longer. Instead, this place uses metal pots. Worst off, they cooked the dish first and then transferred to the pot - losing the meaning of "Hot" pot. A total disaster -- no more than a D.
All in all it was a disappointing dinner since we had high expectation. If this were a neighborhood American Chinese restaurant, they would get a 3 star. But here, where expectations are much higher, a 2 star rating will be considered as an over rating.
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