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| - I was so excited when a friend of mine suggested this place for our lunch gathering after hearing rave reviews about the place. It is indeed exciting that there is going to be authentic hong kong food (think roast meat and the likes) along regent, adding and complimenting the wide array of food choices around the area.
As we had a group of four, a lot of dishes were ordered and I tried all of them. So there are a lot to offer. Let's start with the good: The create-your-own noodles was fantastic. You select a type of noodle from their wide variety, including hong kong style thin or thick noodles, japanese udon, shanghai noodles, mi fen, thin rice noodles, and even pho noodles. Next, you select a broth, they offer beef broth, pork broth and spicy broth. Finally you add your choice(s) of ingredients to your creation. Here you can be as cautious or adventurous as you want, think green vegetables to pork intestines and stomach. This is the best part, the noodles are relatively cheap, almost certainly less than $10 with a decently huge portion unless you choose to add a tonne of stuff to it. If you crave for more carbohydrates, extra noodles is only a dollar more. I tried both the pork broth and the beef broth noodles and they were light and not too salty. Their wonton and chicken wings make great addition to the noodles.
I also tried the congee ordered by my friend. The texture of the congee is smooth and flavorful, but serving is small. There are places in Madison where you get similarly great congee but double the serving at the same price (or super close). Another dish we tried was the yang chow fried rice. That was oily and fills you up fast because of that reason.
I was also excited by their roasted meat series. Tried the 'double combo', consisting of char siew (BBQ pork) and crispy roasted pork. The char siew is decent, just enough flavor to keep it one of the best traditional classic hong kong dishes. But the roasted pork was way too salty. The skin was salty, the bottom part (where they applied a layer of spices etc to it) was also salty. Wouldn't recommend that unless you love drenching your food in salt.
Service was meh, you almost always had to call for someone if you needed something. And like a couple of reviews pointed out, having someone in your party who speaks mandarin will be an added bonus to your overall experience. I would probably not be a regular here, but their noodles are worth a subsequent visit for.
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