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| - I'm a huge Monta fan, and I recently heard about this establishment. Being on my side of town, and having heard generally good things about this place, I was super excited to try their food.
The seating was good, I liked their glassware and dishes (if you are interested in that sort of thing). Their menu had a lot of different things from what I'm used to seeing at Monta, so I was happy to try something new. The boyfriend had the Kim chi pork bowl and my daughter had the bacon Takana fried rice. I ordered the buta-san broth and extra chashu and a poached egg.
Their bacon rice was absolutely amazing, to be perfectly honest. I tried some of my daughter's food and therefore had high hopes for my own dish. Unfortunately, I was extremely disappointed in my choice.
There was hardly any broth, and while I like a large portion of noodles and pork, the lack of broth was a deterrent. The mushrooms have to be an acquired taste to enjoy, because I have never disliked food as much as I disliked my meal. I'm a mushroom lover, but the stench emanating from the dish was such a deterrent. It was like smelling and eating an old, dirty sock... One that hadn't been washed in months. I picked them out but the smell and taste lingered, making it so unpalatable I had to push it off on my boyfriend (who agreed that it was bad but took it home for himself anyway).
I liked their atmosphere and the server was extremely friendly, but I don't think I'm going to be going back.
Personally would have picked one star but the bacon fried rice was delicious, so it bumped up the score a bit. Not delicious enough to get me to return unfortunately, but I'm sure my friend would like the stamp cards I got from them. It's a shame, I loved everything else about the place.
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