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| - I was super excited to hear there was another Hong Kong western joint in town. When I am in HK or Cali, I love going to them. The menu is what I expected to have a mix of HK staples and with a western flair. We had a table of 10. We placed our drink orders and some of the drinks started to trickle our way. But some of our drinks were missing, then repeat drinks started to show up. We had to tell them 3 or 4 times what else we were missing. Then 2 folks came a little late, I am not sure if they ever got them a drink order. That should have gave us a clue what we have in store. We had one person place our order, but we were ordering everything and sharing. Good way to taste everything!!! It was total chaos after the drinks. They bought dishes that were ours, then dishes that were not our, then they brought dish that were repeats of the dishes we have already have, and then some of our dishes never came. WOW.... If we were dishonest, we could have eaten a lot of dishes for free. Only the desserts were correct. Maybe they are better with smaller tables orders?
Here are all the dishes that I tasted. We had more but I did not taste them all:
1. Condensed Milk Toast: Basically it is Texas toast toasted and has condensed milk for a spread, served with fries plus a hot milk tea. I requested the hot milk tea be iced and I know I was paying an up charge of $1. The toast was good, I remember the crust on the bread was suppose to be cut off. The fries were good. I got my drink but it was hot, I reminder the server my drink was cold. It took about 10 mins before I got my drink corrected. But the milk tea did taste legit.
2. Scallion Pancake: I like the flakiness and layers of the pancake. The flavor was pretty good not it is not super oily.
3. Beef Pancake Roll & Chicken Pancake Roll: We got the beef pancake roll so it was flavored beef rolled in a scallion pancake. The beef was very flavorful. Our chicken pancake roll never came out. We asked about it the server said she forgot to enter it in the computer, but at the end of the meal during dessert the chicken pancake rolls show up.
4. Meat Sauce with with Spaghetti: The meat sauce was super tasteless (watered down). Simply just was NOT good at all.
5. Baked Chicken & Cheese in Creamy Sauce with Rice: This dish smelled and tasted delicious! Chicken with bell peppers and onions in a cream sauce baked on rice and topped with a crusted cheese. OH was da bomb!
6. Hainanese Chicken with Rice: The rice with the meal should be enriched by garlic and it's aroma. I did not taste it. The chicken was moist and flavor but a little red/pinkish on bone on some parts. The dipping sauces were ok in flavor.
7. Wonton Noodle Soup: The wontons were ok but the noodles were not that good. Normally the egg noodles are cooked al dente with a light crisp/crunch when it is done correctly. The soup base was just ok too, more flavor is needed in the broth. That makes a noodle soup fantastic good.
8. Curry Beef Stew with Rice: This dish was spot on. Very freaking good. The beef stew was tender and packed with flavor, then the curry sauce was made to perfection. I loved this dish. Makes me think I was in Asian again.
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