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| - I gave this place 4 stars, but really it feels like 3.5ish. The first time here, I ordered the most awful sounding dish on the menu (Burnt garlic chili fried rice). Burnt garlic, to me, is that repulsive bitter overpowering evil that destroys all good flavor in a dish and screams "i screwed up but kept going hoping no one notices"
Fortunately, it must have been an error in translation - I assume it's supposed to be "roasted" garlic. It had to have been because I love roasted garlic, it tasted like roasted garlic and it was the BEST fried rice I've ever had.
The 2nd thru the 4th time going there, however, was a much more mundane experience. The prices started to look really high for what you get (lunch buffet seems being the exception). The flavors are hit or miss - some dishes are bursting with flavor, some are just pillowy feeling blandness. Maybe that's how they're supposed to taste. The buffet table is laid out in a strange manner though - you're supposed to go to the back for a plate, come to the front for rice/naan, then back to middle/back for the toppers. The traffic flow would've been a wreck if there were more people here.
The part that kills me though, is a $7 dessert that uses canned lychees and what tastes like sam's club bulk ice cream thrown together in a bowl...it wasn't distinct or interesting (sweet on sweet, mushy on mushy). However, their other dessert (ice cream and fried noodles in a simple syrup) was awesome...though borderline too sweet. It was a crunchy, sweet, nutty treat that I haven't had before.
Service is great, the folks working here have always been very friendly and accomodating.
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