Such a wonderful experience and the food was superb!
The ambience of R&D is a definite 5/5, and the serving staff go out of their way to make you feel welcomed. My friend and I shared the tuna tartare, CSB bao, and mac & cheese. Every dish was packed with flavour, and I honestly have a hard time describing which would be my favourite.
Price wise, the tuna tartare is a bit on the expensive side, but it's so delicious I'm willing to pay the money and order it again and again. The mac & cheese is a very generous portion and matched well with the price. The bao was different than I thought it would be, but of course was delicious.
Only odd thing was that they charged us $3.00 for "filtered water", which I thought was unnecessary (or at least they could have told us and we'd have ordered regular water...?)
Overall, a very pleasant experience with top notch food. Will definitely be visiting again!