Well it's Summerlicious time again and I'm on my usual restaurant marathon.
I have always wanted to go this restaurant. I love asian food and I have heard great things about this place. So I gathered 3 girlfriends and off we went on a Thursday night.
The first thing you notice when you arrive is how lovely the interior of the restaurant is. It really is beautiful. We had a great table right at the front by the window. My excitement didn't last long unfortunately. Our waitress was less than pleasant.
We were starving so we immediately decided to order extra appetizers and a bottle of wine. The Summerlicious menus were on the table but they had 2 options rather than 1. One was $35 and the other $45. The only difference between the two was a shrimp dumpling. I'm sorry but no shrimp dumpling is worth $10.
We had ordered spring rolls, sliced pork belly and beef short rib in a crispy cone. The spring rolls were meh but the short rib cones were pretty yummy. The pork belly was dry and the sauce was very salty.
I was pleasantly surprised by the complimentary dim sum that arrived next. A lovely chicken dumpling and this little breaded brick of minced seafood I believe on a stick. Pretty good.
Our Summerlicious appetizers arrived next. My friends ordered the deep fried prawn and the dumplings in ham hock broth. Both looked pretty good. My other friend and I ordered the tofu brick or so I thought. Apparrently there was some confusion between the two Summerlicious menus and what I actually ordered was deep fried tofu cubes with salad. Meh. Very dissapointing.
All but one of us ordered the wok fried lobster which was pretty messy but good. My other friend ordered the duck confit with fois gras which she enjoyed.
Okay here is where we all got a little confused and annoyed. With your main course you selected a starch - noodles or rice. I would assume that it would come with the main dish but it didn't. It came 10 mins after the main was cleared away. We started to think we weren't getting our rice and noodles. If finally did arrive and it was unexciting as well.
The dessert was not as advertised online. It was a tiny trio of desserts. A chocolate brownie, seasme ball with red bean paste and some jelly like thing. It was alright.
We were busy talking away after dinner and not in a hurry to leave. I saw our waitress bringing tea to a number of tables and I really wanted some. Usually you are offered tea after a meal. Not here. I had to flag down our waitress and ask for it.
Needless to say I won't be going back. Who knows maybe if you go outside of Summerlicious you get better service.