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| - Was very impressed with place. The location being where it is I did not expect this place to be so nicely and modernly decorated. Very clean and quite spacious, lots of lights and tables and chairs were clean, does not look like a typical Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.
We got the cold plate which was really good, nice portion, a little spicy and was a good start to the meal. My sister wanted to try the stinky tofu...it smelled bad but not terrible. Came with chili sauce on the side and a sweet black sauce, tofu is nice and crispy. Tasted just like regular fried tofu, nothing special.
The dandan noodles...sooo good! Noodle tasted fresh, chewy and soft, the bowl has a strong peanut smell but did not taste overly buttery if that makes sense. It was creamy and sweet but not to where you get sick of it easily. I'm usually not a fan of dry noodles like this but this was so good. I could easily eat the whole bowl myself and be satisfied.
The soup dumplings were delicious. Not as soupy as I would have liked, the soup didn't come pouring out like the ones at Din Tai Fung, but the meat inside the dumplings were very juicy. Great flavors, sweet and smelled delicious.
Fried dumplings, we thought these were pot stickers but they were little baos fried at the bottom. I have had these at so many places and although they have always been good, I was very impressed with these ones. At other places the bottoms were lightly fried, its a little brown and thats it. These were legitimately fried at the bottom, so crispy and crunchy, while the top part is soft and fluffy and the stuffing is also delicious. Everything you would want in a fried dumpling, a little crispness, softness and amazing flavors.
Overall, very impressed with this place. The decor surprised me, the services was good enough, food was really good. Can't wait to come back and try other items.
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