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| - I've been dying to try this place and one night, I finally got to try it! Andrew C, my boyfriend, and I decided to come here for dinner. And let me tell you, this place is confusing. Finding it wasn't so hard cause there was a giant shrimp on the building but once I walked in, I was wondering if this is supposed to be American/Creole or Asian. The establishment was very spacious and the decorations are VERY modern. You know that feeling when you walk into a restaurant that's supposed to be Asian but doesn't look Asian, you get a little skeptical ....
But what the heck, they had lamb skewers, or "lamb sticks" as they called it. I've been trying to find a good place that had lamb skewers for ages!
So, as a group, we ordered the hot pot stick in spicy, lamb skewers in med and spicy, and beef skewers in spicy.
For the hot pot sticks, it came in a pitcher of hot pot soup with skewers. You got to choose 4 from the menu and we chose shrimp, beef tendon balls, fried tofu, and king oyster mushroom. The hot pot soup base was pretty much mala broth. It wasn't spicy, per say, it was just hot ... as in temperature hot. In the end, this dish was average. It wasn't anything special. Can I just order the king oyster mushrooms on its own?!
The lamb skewers were very good but the flavor difference between medium spicy and spicy is huge. The medium spicy lamb skewers tasted sweet while the spicy ones were spicy. The medium spicy ones are a no go. I LOVED the spicy ones. They were DELICIOUS. They were exactly the type of lamb skewers I look for. Wonderfully seasoned with cumin and spicy flavor. The only thing was ... the pieces of meat were quite small. It would probably be better if the pieces were bigger and less well done. Oh and eat them while they're still hot because once it gets cold, it doesn't taste as good anymore.
The beef skewers on the other hand are a no go. I don't think beef and cumin are a good combination. Then again, maybe I'm just biased? I just like lamb better than beef when it comes to cumin and spicy seasoning.
Overall. Lamb skewers are a go go go go. I will definitely come back for them and maybe try some of their seafood :)
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