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| - We always use Restaurant Week to try out new restaurants. Super disappointed that this year so many places put forth such a half-hearted effort this RW---but not SumoMaya. I thought Asian-Mexican was going to be crazy---and it is---crazy GOOD! We started with a first course: I had the tea-smoked duck with this spicy blackberry chutney. Duck cooked perfectly, and the chutney. Oh! DH started scraping it off my plate and eating it with a spoon. He had little sushi rolls topped with tender, mojo marinated shrimp---yum! Then we split a house salad---not on the RW menu, but we were hungry. Crisp, fresh, fab soy-ginger dressing. Next our entrees arrived. DH got the Achiote Chicken, which was quite good---very tender and flavorful. But my dish was the best, and DH said that he would order our next visit: the Pork al Pastor Pad Thai. To. Die. For. It was just to good to explain. Desert was this insane Tres Leches cake topped with a crown of toasted meringue. The meringue and the cake were so-so-sweet, but then there was a layer of this incredibly tangy citrus--lime? It was so tart it took your breath away, and combined with the sweet---bliss. Our server was Nicole and she was PERFECT! Noise level unbelievable between disc jockey and tipsy Happy Hour crowd---when we definitely return, it will probably be for lunch when the noise level might be more bearable. But the whole experience so good, we'd come for dinner and wear earplugs!
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