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| - Who knew that some of the best Asian food was at the Hard Rock Hotel and not on Spring Mountain Road. Chef Ming See Woo is turning out amazing dishes with lots of flavor and an abundance of creativity. Two of us had a tasting of several of her items. She had determined the menu in advance and we chose a few dishes off the menus.
Items we tried:
Sizzling rice seafood soup
Mustard greens with salty egg and pork soup
Duck quesadilla with goat cheese
Miso sea bass in lettuce cups
Four dim sum dishes--pork bun, pan fried pot sticker, Siu Mai, and har gow.
Honey walnut prawn
Baby back rib with honey plum glaze
Crispy Japanese calamari with five spice, salt and pepper, and jalapeño
Drunken crab with rice wine dipping sauce
Peking duck with vegetables, bao, and duck sauce
Beef tenderloin with spicy Fú sauce and rice cake
Lobster in sake butter sauce
Pepper spice chicken with chili
XO shrimp
Honey walnut shrimp
Garlic egg noodles
White chocolate bread pudding
Chocolate mousse with chocolate pieces and Mandarin orange
Oreo beignets
Crispy banana spring rolls with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce
I cannot point out one dish that was not up to par but there were several standouts. The XO shrimp were on a different menu that's given to their Asian guests. The XO shrimp is outstanding and can be ordered anytime.
The lobster is pricey but it is excellent. Served with the garlic egg noodles, it's an excellent dish. The sake butter sauce was superb.
The mustard greens soup--also on the Asian menu--was excellent.
The duck quesadilla was an interesting twist that shows why Fú bills itself as a fusion restaurant. The honey walnut shrimp were outstanding and was the beef tenderloin. I know I'm listing everything that we tried, but it was all very good.
Finally, the desserts were great. Oreo beignets with chocolate sauce and crispy banana spring rolls with ice cream. Chocolate mousse and white chocolate bread pudding. Desserts don't get much better than this.
Service was excellent. Serving plates were replaced after each round and we were given fresh, large-sized wet napkins in wrapper to keep our fingers clean from the finger food. Our cloth napkins were also changed halfway through the meal.
This was an outstanding experience. Chef Woo is really doing some great things at Fú!
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