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| - I've seen this place mentioned a few times on Instagram and Facebook so I've wanted to try it for a while. Unfortunately, it may be a long while before I return.
At first impression, the decor and lighting looked kinda nice. They have lots of big screen TVs that didn't necessarily fit in. The paper placemats didn't seem to match the decor. I though so anyway. The music was a bit loud so I indicated a table for two with my outstretched hand. A server motioned us towards a nearby booth and dropped some menus on the table.
Hmmm, my friend and I thought there were some odd items on the menu. There was Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, and who knows what else. Dishes included Spaghetti Bolognese, Russian Bortsh Soup, Baked Chicken in Portuguese Style, Korean Beef in Stone Pot, Stewed Lamb Shank with Red Wine Sauce, Angus 3A Sirloin Steak, Cantonese Style Fried Noodle, Proscuitto and Leek with Spaghetti, Malaysian Larksa with Chicken Noodle in Soup, and lots more. I've been to food courts and food shows with less choices!
We had some questions about the menu so I waved a server over. She approached eagerly with a smile but I couldn't understand what she said. Maybe the music was too loud? No, that wasn't it. I have no idea what language she was speaking but it wasn't English. No English at all and no help from her colleagues. Since we couldn't ask her about the dishes that interested us, we ordered the Baked Chicken Portuguese Style and the Grilled Thick-cut Pork Chop by pointing to them on the menu.
Apparently, my meal came with a bowl of soup and a salad. I'm not sure if you could actually call it a salad because I finished it in two bites. Literally. The soup was a cream of potato with corn. It was just okay. Not very hot.
My friend's chicken dish arrived and it wasn't what we expected. Every Portuguese chicken dish I've seen has been grilled, piri-piri style. This was a coconut curry chicken served over a bed of rice after it had been baked (slightly burnt) in an oven. She said it tasted good.
My pork chop arrived, covered in a brown gravy that I wasn't expecting. It was served with a generous helping of white rice and steamed vegetables. It was a little on the dry side, despite the gravy and I could have done without the gravy. The pork chop could have been seasoned a little more.
Overall, it was a very confusing experience. We were puzzled by the menu, left guessing by our server, mesmerized by the TV that had a two second delay from the one next to it, playing the same program, and then there was the loud Billboard 100 Pop music. Oh, I almost forgot the screaming kid in the booth next to us.
On the bright side, dinner for two was a measley $23.90.
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