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| - Since February I've been mourning the loss of my favorite restaurant in Chinatown (New Dynasty, anyone?). Hence, I'm looking for a new place.
My friend really, really wanted to try this place because of their super spicy chili noodle soup. I saw they had salt & pepper shrimps so I agreed to go.
The place is small and it can get quite loud. The decor is modern and very nice. Our waitress was probably a McGill or Concordia student because she didn't speak any French. The menu was big, but a few things were marked with liquid paper.
Our food came quite fast. My friend's soup was HUGE. I dipped my chopsticks in it to taste it and it is very very spicy. Too much for me, but she liked it. She wasn't able to eat it all and she was able to take it to go. The put the liquid in one bowl and the rest of the soup in the other. Smart move.
My salt & pepper shrimps were fried with the shell, which I had never seen before. The people next to us saw how confused I was and they told me I could eat the shell (A Vietnamese friend of mine later confirmed that this is how they eat shrimp). I ate a couple and it was fine, but then I got a little sick of it.
When the bill came, it was $17 for both of us. They didn't make 2 bills, so we had to split 50-50 when we paid and then my friend paid me back a few dollars.
If I do go back, I'll ask for the shrimps without the shell. I'm always up for trying new cultural foods, but shrimps with the shell, I just can't.
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