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| - Let me start by giving a huge thank you to yelp and misti for the 2 free VIP tickets. Didn't know at the time, but I could have gone in at 7pm before the general public and I would have been able to eat everything!! But that is that.
The few, and I do mean few, dishes I got to partake in were quite delicious, for the most part. Here is what I got to eat:
Meatball lettuce wraps, snapper with bone marrow and Parmesan cheese, lamb tartare, marinated butterfish (ceviche style), char siu bao, chicken and waffles, short rib potstickers, and braised pork belly sandwich.
The only dish I didn't like was the char siu bao from bao haus. we waited for over half an hour to get a bao (very slow assembly) and it didn't taste very good. Dry chat siu with no flavor. Also, when we got to the front, Eddie huang was talking to everyone and a fellow yelper mentioned that we were from yelp and I think all he heard was "yelp" because he proceeded to tell us, "I hate yelp. You should read some other shit." That comment left a dry taste in my mouth, or maybe it was his dry char siu.
With the exception of the chicken and waffles from fuku, the dishes I ate were refined, well thought out and unique.
The 2 offering from sang yoon of lukshon were my favorites. That cured butterfish was delicious. It had a nice citrus zest to it and it was quite refreshing. The lamb tartare had a nice kick to it rounded off by Szechuan peppercorns that left you with a tingle for a few minutes.
It was sad that most of the vendors ran out of food by 930pm. After running into fellow yelpers and hearing their favorites, I wished I could have shared their joy by eating the same foods they ate. But the good thing is I left satisfied and a belly full of food n drink. I do feel bad for those who paid for their tickets but only got to eat a few items. Good thing drinks were free and endless. That helped. =)
Hopefully I can win free tickets to year 2 of lucky rice. This was a fun event, made even better by the fellow yelpers we ran into.
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