This is my new favorite Chinese restaurant because of the food (generally, not too salty or heavy) and service.
We ordered:
- the fried chicken stuffed with sticky rice (ordered in advance), $38 - so good. the skin was thin and crispy, the rice was flavorful.
- the pork belly with preserved vegetable - it looks like it's supposed to be a very salty or soy sauce heavy dish but it wasn't at all. very light.
- braised fish - fried fish tail on top of bok choy with some pieces of meat and broiled/fried pork fat. the fish was fat and fresh. overall, a nice new thing to try over the usual steamed fish.
- steamed stuffed bean curd (under the chef's recommendation page of the menu) - we had expected individual rectangles of tofu stuffed with shrimp. instead, we got a platter that had a layer of egg tofu topped with shrimp, mushrooms and vegetables. a pleasant surprise. nice and light too.
- sauteed pea shoots with 2 types of garlic (roasted/fried and sauteed) - husband liked that they kicked it up a notch by adding roasted/fried garlic as well.
the last 4 dishes were served first as we had arrived early and the stuffed chicken was not yet ready. i ate those dishes without white rice and everything was very light in the mouth and stomach. nothing too salty that i needed white rice to neutralize it and nothing too oily or heavy that i felt too full.
after the stuffed chicken came, my friends and i were already planning a return trip for next week as we wanted to try more of the dishes.
and as for service, what i appreciated the most was the friendliness of Daphne who took my reservation and advance order. she was very accommodating.