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Like many other yelpers have mentioned, the service is very transactional, but not necessarily rude. The restaurant itself is a clean hole-in-the-wall, if that makes sense. I noticed there wasn't any carpet (thank god) and everything appeared pretty spotless.
Then, for the most indecisive person in the world, the moment of doom: three menus (count 'em) chock-full of delicious/strange sounding noms. I just about had a panic attack trying to pic something when I remember fellow yelpers saying it's best to just order off the wall. Perfect!
Our table of three way over ordered, but it was wonderful to be able to try a little bit of a lot of stuff! I ordered the roast pork wonton soup with noodles and the hot and spicy beef. The rest of the table ordered the garlic greens (name?), house potstickers, turnip cakes, roast duck wonton soup, fried pig intestines, and HK-style fried chicken. Let me start off by saying I did not have the balls to try the intestines, but my companions said it was crunchy, almost like a pork rind. I'll just have to take their word for it.
The hot and spicy beef, garlic greens and pot stickers were my favorites. The beef was super tender and the sauce, although spicy, wasn't overly so. The greens were perfectly cooked and seasoned and the potstickers were crispy on the bottoms--yum! I tasted a little fishiness to the turnip cakes, so that turned me off and I didn't really try anything else.
The bill was super small for all the food we consumed--eer boxed up, rather. But it was definitely a great first experience to truly authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food. I'd definitely come back to try more off their three friggin menus!
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