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| - I've been here multiple times and if it wasn't for their one dessert, I probably wouldn't come here often. I finally decided to stop being lazy and do the review; I visited on a Friday night with some friends. I, personally, had the following:
1. Pork and Preserved Egg Steamed Rice ($7.99) - it came in a cute rice container, so props to them for their presentation. The actual food, on the other hand, is a different story. There were 4 pieces of pork in there and if it wasn't fatty, it was dry, so they were really hard to chew. I've had preserved eggs before and I know how salty they can be, but these seemed saltier than the usual. I ate it with rice and even then, I had to drink water almost immediately. They have a few pieces of lettuce and they pour soy sauce over the rice (albeit unevenly). If you come here for dinner, this would not fill you up, but it's a decent size for a late night snack; nonetheless, thoroughly unimpressed.
2. Matcha Molten Cake ($7.99) - this is the dessert that I come here for! It's a matcha lava cake with vanilla ice cream and some red beans. I loved this for its strong and bitter matcha taste. Since my initial visits, the matcha has gotten weaker, but still good. The ice cream and red beans are way too sweet in my opinion, but I guess that helps to balance it out. There was a visit where the lava was non-existent and there were other visits where the lava was perfect! Weird, eh?
The service was mediocre. Inattentive, unknowledgeable of the availability of their items first-hand, and our particular server wasn't very patient when we were ordering. We were a table of six and our items came out one by one, very slowly. It was 30 minutes before the entire table got their desserts and the first item that came out had already gotten cold.
All in all, I'm quite disappointed with this place. Service, food, CASH ONLY... if it wasn't for that matcha cake, I would steer clear of this place. So that's that. Give it a try if you really want to, specifically if you like matcha, but otherwise, I would go across the way for tendou matcha & desserts instead.
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