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| - I really wanted to like this place- I was counting on Dragon-I to bring good pho and Asian food to State Street, where there is a very hungry market for this kind of food.
Getting right to it:
Food Quality: D
I have eaten at nearly every Asian restaurant in Madison, and being asian myself, I cook Asian food often. I enjoy all kinds of Asian food from splurges at Lao Laan Xang to very humble bowls of pho. Disappointingly, Dragon-I's food was appalling. I ordered a bowl of pho and the lemongrass chicken- Both were awful.
The pho was scummy (it had remnants of leftover fat and other gross substances) because they hadn't skimmed the broth and cleaned the soup bones properly. This left a gross film of fat all over the bowl and my mouth. There is no question about it, this is the worst pho I've had ever, anywhere. Also, the pho was served with a bizarre ladle to sip the broth instead of the conventional spoon. Clearly Dragon-I is more focused on gimmicks than food quality.
On to the lemongrass chicken: I ordered this with the pho but the restaurant served it to me way after I was finished with the pho. They brought out my check before the entree actually got to my table, because I had been done with my pho for a while and they thought I was done eating. The lemongrass chicken itself was disgusting. It contained no lemongrass whatsoever and most closely resembled a chicken dish you would get in a Chinese restaurant in a mall (it tasted EXACTLY like your standard-mall 'bourbon chicken'). It did not resemble a freshly cooked entre at all.
Finally, I ordered a mango bubble tea. I watched my server make it from instant powder, it cost me $3 or $4 (I don't remember the exact price). Anyways, if you are going to charge someone this price for a drink, at least make it from scratch. You can go next door to the Tea Steepery and order the same thing for the same price and it is much, much better. Dragon-I is not aware of how much they are lacking competitively to other restaurants in the area. It is really sad that Dragon-I"s food quality cannot match that of their interior.
Oh yeah, one more thing:
MY PARTY (of 2) WAS THE ONLY PARTY IN THE RESTAURANT AND THEY STILL MESSED UP MY ORDER AND THE FOOD STILL STUNK.
The food was not even mediocre- it was bad. It is disappointing that one cannot get a decent bowl of pho in the campus area anymore since Asian-One is gone (RIP Asian-One!!). Oh well, I guess I will still have to drive to willy street or to Saigon's to find pho-hapiness.
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