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| - Came here as a party of 5. It's dim inside (very classy and romantic in certain parts i.e. where there are booths :) ). There was a 20% off promotion (i don't know when it ends though).
Server seemed really rushed when we first met him. He did know his stuff though (we asked him for recommendations for sauce pairings and just what's good to eat). We did have to wait a bit for the bill.
Friends ordered pineapple fried rice, surf and turf special. I tried the baked oyster, the filet mignon in chasseur sauce, and the soft shelled crab.
fried rice came in 1/2 a pineapple (we found out later that they don't pack the pineapple in the takeout (if we could, we were going to make a friend wear it as a hat when we had dessert at Destiny (bubble tea place). So they either re-use it or ... they reuse it :) we didn't get to see the bottom of the pineapple-bowl, so we couldn't tell if it's been reused (scratches from forks, etc).
surf and turf was a really good deal - came with a 6 oz steak and a whole lobster tail. Apparently the lobster tail was really good! The server forgot to give one of the girls mashed potato (gave her sweet potato fries instead) and came back with the mashed potato (he noticed right away, after we waved him over, and didn't really need us to tell him).
soft shelled crab - there was a peanut-y sauce for it, and it was on a bed of mangoes. Mangoes aren't quite in season yet... so maybe in that case they shouldn't use mangoes - it was still fairly unripe. Peanut sauce worked with the soft shelled crab, but it wasn't anything special.
Baked oyster - YUM YUM YUM. a must try. it's one big oyster, with a yummy sauce (can't recall what was in it). Warm and had good texture.
Filet Mignon 10 oz - we asked for medium rare.. .and actually got medium rare! The knife easily sliced through the meat. Chasseur sauce (red wine + mushrooms) was good - never had that type of sauce before. It came with carrots, peas, and radish.
No complaints with the place (and the 20% off :P ). Everyone was really full by the end of it and fairly impressed with the restaurant. Could be a 5 if we didn't have to wait for the server and if our food order didn't get messed up.
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