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I was pleasantly surprised by this restaurant. It was nicely decorated and when you enter, there is a front desk like you are entering a hotel. There are upstairs seatings and a private room on the main floor.
Unlike other typical chinese restaurants, where the tables have sauces, pepper, salt etc., this place has none. Just clean tables. Bench seats along the wall and nice chairs. There was also no TV but be prepared to see other Chinese patrons talking loudly and playing their video shows while they eat - just like a typical chinese restaurant.
Upon approaching the main door, an electronic version of fur Elise will play in the restaurant. This is to let the wait staff know someone is coming in and they can hustle to greet them. No one is at the front desk to greet. First time I heard it I thought it was cool. Then with each guest coming in, the loud music played overheard until It got very annoying. Their staff can't tell if someone just left or someone is coming.
I got excited when I saw that there were photos of the dishes in the menu. The charcoal lamb chops looked so good that 3 separate tables ordered it. Warning - photos in menu is not representative of the actual dish.
The charcoal lamb chops took a while to come out. When it did, It was pathetic. Super dry, 4 bones with very little meat because it was cooked way over done. Drizzled over the bones were crushed peppercorn, smoky and not spicy. 2 of the bones even had the skin on it and don't try to chew the skin unless you have steel jaws and iron teeth. I thought it was just my dish but the next table got the same thing and commented on the skin too. $20 for 4 pcs of over cooked lamb chops is over priced. My battery ran out before I could take a photo of that dish. I also overheard the other table saying one dish is too salty and the other is too sour.
Anyway, I would not recommend the charcoal lamb chops. I might return to try other didhes.
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