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| - I'm not really sure where to start with Sens other than I have to admit that I was disappointed. I am a HUGE fan of tapas, and after hearing that an Asian tapas place was going to be opening only minutes from my house, I knew I had to go. We decided to go for my birthday, bringing along a couple of friends.
My disappointment comes a lot from the service. We walked in the door and saw maybe 4 other diners in the place. We stood for about 5 minutes waiting to be seated. A bartender and 2 servers ignored this and continued chit chatting and rolling silverware, a task usually designated for times when you have nothing to do. This was not one of those times. When we finally got someone to pay attention to us, we were seated and given menus. The waitress never asked for our drink order, which irritated me. The menu looked great. There are lots of options, all of them creative and inspiring, especially when Pei Wei and China Chili are the extent of your Asian culinary knowledge.
We ordered a small assortment of dishes to get a well rounded taste of the menu. We chose the Papaya Mango Springroll, 5 Spiced Chicken Wings, SugarCane Pork, and one more thing, but I can't remember. Here comes the next disappointment. These are small bites for 2 people not 4. I've been to a few Spanish tapas places, and all of them provide enough food for 4 people to taste. I understand tapas are essentially snacks, and not meals, but please explain to me how I am supposed to split two messy chicken wings among 4 people? The food, I liked for the most part. The chicken wings were delicious and tender with a ridiculously tasty spice rub/marinade. The sugarcane pork was also crazy good. It was sweet and crispy and really moist. The spring rolls however I thought were revolting. They tasted like grass and I could not find any papaya in there. Oh well, the husband liked them and ate them. We ended up leaving after being rather unsatisfied, both in our bellies and mouths, and headed over to Hanny's (we were better off staying at Sens.)
You know, I didn't really like Sens the first time around, but as I write this review, I think they need another chance. This time I will go with just my husband. I suppose this is probably a good place to go as a couple. If you want to go with larger groups and still want to feed everyone, I suggest Lola Tapas.
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