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To start off, don't expect a fancy setting or anything. It's straight up, no frillz asian style cafe decor. It's in an excellent location as it is across from the Mekhong Plaza, however, it's kind of hidden inside this plaza so you would have to look hard for it.
When you enter, you have all of their featured menus plastered on the wall. Awesome- shows nice pictures of the dish, name and price of it. It's good for folks who may not be familiar with certain dishes and would like a picture of what they are ordering.
The 1st thing that caught my eye was the Hong Kong menu. They actually served FRIED MILK!!!! For all those that wonder what the heck is fried milk, it's basically solidified milk and then they use flour to coat around the milk and fry it. It is a really interesting dish, probably not for everyone as the taste is probably more of an acquired dish. This dish however is really complex to make, so I was somewhat sceptical that they can make Fried Milk at this cafe. When the order came in, I was really surprised by the quality of it. The flour was not too thick, the milk inside was still soft enough and when you bit into it, the flavored gushed into your mouth. I loved it! Dip the fried milk into the sweet mayo dip and you have a winner!
I also ordered another great dish, Smooth beef with egg over rice. Their beef was perfectly fluffy ( I can tell they use the Baking Soda to soften up the meat first as the texture of it is very uniquely soft) and the thick white sauce with egg white was the perfect mixture over the rice. This dish was cheap, only $6 for such a large dish.
Their entire menu was generally from $5-9, so lot's of options to choose from. I am very happy to know this place exists and that Phoenix is slowly getting up to speed to the Los Angeles Chinatown quality.
Highly recommend this cafe if you want some good sized asian food at a budget price!
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