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| - I had lunch here with my family on a Saturday. We got a groupon which included a lobster OR crab, and 1lb mussels OR clam, and the winter melon soup (no other choices). In addition to the groupon, we also ordered some skewers (lamb, chicken wings and chicken tenderous bone), 1 order of angus beef (tenderloin) and 1 order of 5 kinds of vegetables.
The environment was nice, seafood was fresh and the staff were helpful and friendly, and that is how they earned two stars.
Overall, their food was extremely slow. There were only 4 tables in the restaurant so I wasn't sure why the food was taking so long. We waited around 10-15 minutes in between each dish coming out , and after they bring it out, you need to wait for the server to put it in to steam (you can't do it yourself), and then it's gotta steam for 3-8 minutes depending on what it is , then you gotta wait for them to serve it. One hour into our meal I was still super hungry as I only ate a bit of lobster and a few clams at this point.
Being an angus beef place, I expected the angus beef tenderloin to be very delicious, but it wasn't. The texture of the beef was very soggy and it was not flavourful at all (just tasted like steamed water - no beef taste). It was also very expensive for what we got ($16/4oz) for beef that was just steamed. Was extremely disappointed by this.
For the seafood, we got lobsters and clams. The seafood was fresh but the taste was very ordinary - just tasted like regular steamed seafood that I would eat at home. The seafood sauce provided was a nice complement but again, overall , it was not worth the price.
The skewers were also below average - the sauce for the chicken wings and chicken tenderous bone was way too sweet, and the lamb was too fatty. The vegetables were literally just steamed and you could dip in soy sauce. We got corn, nappa, pumpkin, zucchini and Chinese yam.
At the very end, they serve the soup in the bottom with some rice , and that is how we got full eventually. This soup / rice tasted really good, but the actual expensive food (seafood / beef) is not what I would come here for.
Our full meal after tax and tips for 3 people (including groupon) was about $140. Very expensive for what we got; will never come back here.
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