Pleased with my lunch experience, I brought my family here for dinner. So I've had the opportunity to taste the following, all served with purple rice:
1. Pork Bone Soup
Asked them to make it more spicy and it hit the spot. Delicious broth, large pieces of meat.
2. Seafood Pancake
Crispy and not overly greasy. Reasonable amounts of squid. Was still tasty even after it cooled.
3. Kimchi Soon Tofu (asked for Mild)
A Korean friend said this was her fav. My teenager (who is usually not very adventurous with food) ordered this and to my surprise, finished the whole thing. I managed to steal a bite and found it quite tasty.
4. Dumpling Soon Tofu (asked for Plain)
Other son doesn't eat much spicy food so he enjoyed this non-spicy dish.
5. Stir-fried pork on sizzling hot plate
Waiter said this was one of the restaurant's signature dishes. Pretty good but in typical hot plate style, they used a lot of oil.
6. Purple Rice was lovely. The waiter scooped it out of the stone bowl thenĀ asked if we wanted to add water in the stone bowl. Seems it is the practice since you could scrape the rice off the bowl and mixed with the water, it became a sort of congee. (If you decline the water and wait to scrape the leftover rice near the end of your meal, it would be quite impossible to remove most of the rice.)
* Good customer service.
* No issues with parking both day and evening time.
* Many booths, tables were not too close to one another = pleasant ambience.
Deducting 1 star becoz:
- No free WiFi
- Same Ban Chan for quite a while now, judging from pix from other Yelpers
- Restaurant felt cold
- Tea refill was inconsistent