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| - I have been here twice, twice with groupons supplied by my friend Susan D., and luckily I purchased one for the next visit.
The first time we met there, they had barely joined the throes of Vegas new restaurants, and in this cursed location, I was wary. The drinks (boba) took forever, we did not get water until after we got our food, and the service was eh. It was lunch and they had specials, so we had to work at spending the groupon amount. I had pho that was not memorable. I remember it now because last night Susan D. and I tried to figure out what I had, and I remembered that I had tried making my own pho the night before and it was a flop, so I had some here to redeem myself.
What was memorable though were the Peking duck sliders for the appetizer. The steamed buns are fried, with Peking duck and hoisin sauce inside and a side of cucumbers and scallions.
After the next round of groupons came out, we both purchased one, but mine was in Eric R.'s account and he is out of town, so Susan D. and I decided to have a late dinner at Noodle ChaCha last night after I finished teaching. This was planned in advance, and apparently was the latest she had ever eaten dinner! Our server was very nice and we got our waters and drinks quickly. She had a smoothie and I ordered hot green tea.
We immediately did an order of the duck sliders. They were just as good as we remembered. The hard part is there are many dishes on the menu with duck so I could have had more duck - duck salad, duck soup, duck noodles. Yet I was doing the hot tea thing to prevent getting sick since I encounter a zillion students a day, and so I opted for soup. I ordered the tom yum goong. It was HUUUUUGE. A bowl full of spicy lemongrass-galangal broth with kaffir lime leaves, rice noodles, mushrooms, and huge shrimp. It was very tasty and satisfying. I also liked that my nose ran from the heat.
Susan D. had the Noodle ChaCha fried rice with the huge shrimp and she was happy with her dish and smoothie. We had a good experience and will return. I recommend for first timers the Peking duck sliders and the tom yum goong (if you like spiciness). There are so many other dishes to choose from though from various Asian influences. Also, the price is right! With the groupon, the meal with tip was under $11 for 2.
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