This is my second visit to this restaurant on the same week because food was that great!
Their service is generally pretty good until they get too busy. Well it is a Chinese restaurant, so my expectation of service is typically lower.
Okay now their food. I haven't tried one dish that I didn't like. They make their food just the right amount of salt unlike some other shanghainese restaurants in town. Let me break down to the list of all the dishes that I've tried.
Appetizers
1. Smoked fish($7.99)- I like the sweet and not so salty smoke flavor. This is a appetizer so expect a very small plate. However, there was lots of bones in the fish so don get it if you are not a fan of picking the fish out of the bones.
2. Cold chicken in wine sauce($7.99) - I really like this dish in general. Theirs were pretty yummy! Not too salty but I wish the wine flavor can be little stronger.
Appetizers was the reason that I took off one star because the portion did not measure up to the price and they had to charge for rice. I guess many restaurants now do charge for rice.
Shanghai tapas
1. Xiao long baos($6.99)- they are pretty tasty although we had some that was broken so there was no soup inside of buns.
2. Pan fried buns ($7.99) - flavor of the buns was pretty good but there was no soup inside of buns which was not what I had expected.
3. Rice ball in wine soup($6.90) - I love this dessert here! Homemade rice balls are so yummy!! And the soup matched up so perfectly!
Entrees
1. Sweet and sour spare ribs($11.99)- it's one of my favorite dish there. I can eat half plate by myself lol. It has perfect amount of sugar and vinegar in the sauce.
2. Meatballs with vegetables (lion heads)($10.99) - I really like this dish too! It's very authentic. The homemade meatballs taste very fresh because I can tell when pork has been sitting in the fridge for too long.
3. Braised pork in soy sauce($10.99) - this dish is pretty good too but if you are not the fan of fat then you should not get this dish because half of the dish consists of fatty part of pork.
4. Braised sea cucumber($16.99) - the favor is not bad but I think I personally like sea cucumber in lighter kind of sauce.
5. Stir fried shredded eel($16.99) - it's not bad but not eel is not my personal flavor. Although the sauce did make it more appealing to me.
6. Beef with peanuts in hot sauce ($9.99)- I love that they put a lot a lot of mushrooms in this dish. Beef was kinda chewy so I will order chicken one next time.
7. House friend rice cakes($7.99) - flavor was good but I personally would like it withe just a little less soy sauce.
Soup
Duck soup with bamboo shoots($18.99) - I love soup and I love this clean light broth that came in a clay pot with generous portion. I couldn't get enough of this soup!!
All entrees has really generous portion. I'm so thankful there is another great Chinese restaurant in town and wanted to thank my friend Jackie who brought me there! I will definitely return regularly.