When I first heard about Lucky Red, I was tickled pink.
After my original "tickled pinkness" faded to a far more subtle "tingling salmon" I hoped on Yelp! to see what everyone thought because my preferences are guided solely on the kindness of strangers.
Well, the sentiments of the crowd seemed to have been spot on with Lucky Red. Everything that was so amazing, new and innovative about Banh Mi Boys when it first opened is now a lesser knock off at Lucky Red. What makes this so astounding to me is that everything at Lucky Red could have been accomplished simply by having a new menu at BMB.
As with BMB the staple at Lucky Red is bao with lo mein replacing the tacos and banh but it seems like they have tried to go further off the map with their menu at Lucky Red. This does not make for bad food, as both my Fried Oyster and Cheesesteak Bao were rich and flavourful. However, it does inch the closer and closer to what I call "stupid food". I understand the need to innovate but at what point did we forget that Bao is supposed to be a cheap street food and not a small palm sized sandy that costs 6 bucks.
My only other issue was with the "Baked Bao" which, lets cut the marketing mumbo jumbo, is a goddamn sesame seed bun and we all know it!
All in all the food wasn't bad at Lucky Red, it just wasn't overly memorable. Also, where'd the jalapenos go? You know I like MUY PICANTE!!!!