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| - My friends brought me to this place and I had no expectations whatsoever. I don't really know what chicken rice is supposed to be. We ordered the $109 meal for 4.
First thing is this meal is hardly fit for 4. When you read the items on the menu you feel like you're getting a lot, but that's not the case. Food is not even separated in portions(example: you get a burger and it's your job to split it somehow into 4 pieces). For $109 we got 1 burger, 2 boiled eggs, 6 small dumplings, 1/2 jerk chicken, 1/2 fried chicken, 1 pot of rice, 4 winter melon soups(chicken broth with 1 piece inside), and a small sort of biscuit with bacon. Other than the burger, rice and the chicken this is hardly anything more than tiny appetizers.
They try to mix various kitchens into their own unique mix and every time the waitress brought something she tried to explain how it was prepared. It did sound fancy but for the most part it tasted so plain which makes me think if they put so much effort and it tastes like that it's not worth it at all. Food:
Burger was decent even though the bun seemed like a Chinese pastry. Impossible to split in any way among us.
Jerk chicken was overcooked but tasty.
Fried chicken was good too.
Apetizers were really small and nothing stood out.
The best part for me was the rice!
Overall, the food is a bit of a mess. They tried to mix foods but didn't succeed with the presentation. Most things just tasted average. I'd rate it more like 2.5 stars
Service and interior: we were seated fairly quickly and the waitress was polite but forgot to bring us glasses at some point so we had to remind her. That's not a big deal. Different people were bringing food and while some were pretty detailed explaining ingredients, one fellow was just bringing the meals and leaving them on the table. Quite inconsistent!
I remember there was another place before in that location so they kept the drawing inside. It's a nice interior and much more than what I expected for Chinatown.
After trying almost all the food on the menu I don't think there's much to try anymore. In the end I wasn't looking forward to going back again. This seemed like a pretty average restaurant to me that's just trying too hard to be somehow unique. In any case, I would definitely advise against getting the whole meal deal! Just get a single item on the menu.
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