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| - I've wanted to try Ku Noodle since the SLS opened. I saw Ku was the restaurant for the Sunday 50% off for Nevada residents so I made a reservation and went along with the recommendation of a good friend.
Shortly after being seated, while I was looking at the menu once again, two friends from Yelp--some of the first people I met when I first started Yelping--were leaving and stopped by to say hello. They then pointed oiut the two best dishes in their opinion. Who was I to disagree with that?
I started with a Thai iced tea and some water and then ordered two items--shrimp and pork siu mai and Hakka fried rice pot. The shrimp and porl siu mai have a nice blend of jicama, mushroom, peanut, shrimp, and pork. The dumplings were topped with some gold leaf. At the same time the dumplings were brought, a server came with the rice hot pot which is finished at the table. The rice is in an extremely hot pot and the server adds chile sauce for spiciness (if you want), mushrooms, and soy broth. The server mixes the rice, vegetables, pork belly, and sausage with the items he put in. The pot is left with two spoons for getting this richness out.
From then it was having one siu mai, some fried rice, one siu mai...repeat. Both dishes were very good. The Hakka fried rice comes in two sizes, regular and a 1/2 size for someone dining alone like myself.
My server asked me about dessert and I had been prompted by all to enjoy the shaved ice but I wasn't sure I could finish the large bowl it comes in. My server told me they now have a smaller portion of the shaved ice. Bingo. Dessert for me. I got a small order of the shaved ice and I chose the malted milk topping, crispy chocolate pearls, Maldon salt, and bacon for the three additional toppings and I got chocolate sauce drizzled on top. This shaved ice is like nothing I've had before. It's almost like ice cream it's so rich. The toppings were all good and the smaller size was perfect.
Service was excellent. The servers were attentive and helpful with suggestions and I appreciated their help with letting me know about the smaller portions. With 50% off the total, the meal was a bargain when compared to normal prices.
Now I can go back sometime and try the noodles. They sound so good.
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