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| - I really really wanted to like this place. I was excited to try it, and had high hopes from some of the reviews and photos. We came in tonight (Sunday evening) around 6:30 pm and I was so sad that I raved about this place, only to walk in and see that there were no shrimp/salmon options (for my pescatarian friends and I) on the menu despite there being photos and reviews of salmon and shrimp bowls. Where did they go?! I would understand if they ran out for the day, but those options were nowhere to be found on the menu. Still, we decided to give this place a chance...
I am newly vegetarian/pescatarian (on most days) but my husband proceeded to order a bowl. We decided on the beef/gyudon bowl; half salad and half brown rice with a soft egg (unfortunately $1 extra) and the "house special" black pepper sauce. I wish I took a photo of the menu because a bracket [{] made it seem as if the "house special sauce" was black pepper AND garlic sauce, and I did want and asked for both (I didn't mind paying another $1 extra for extra sauce bc I'm a sauce kind of girl) but the girl taking our order told me I couldn't do that (EVEN THOUGH the sign indicated $1 for extra sauce), so I didn't push it to save my dollar. They were also out of the apple milk tea that I really wanted to try, so I went with black currant. Just these 2 things alone (bowl + milk tea) cost us $14+... in my head, I was hoping and praying that this bowl would be well worth it...
.... about 15-20 minutes later our food came out. There were two small parties who ordered before us, however my husband noticed that our bowl was done for awhile before being called out. My poor husband stood there waiting for someone to hand him our food that whole time. Though we appreciate how freshly made the bowls were, he and a friend witnessed that they were taking their sweet time putting together each ingredient and even cutting each piece of meat very very slowly. You would think they would have a quicker system, especially when they're busier?! We still thought, okay, this must taste good though. But dang it, it was very underwhelming and bland. I ate around the meat but expected the sauce to give the salad, rice and egg some ummph and flavor, and I kept waiting and waiting for it but it never came. Also, we didn't feel that the full-sized portion we ordered was nearly enough for the price. Sad to say but both my husband and I were so unsatisfied, that we had to order something else from another food establishment at Mekong.
From the inconsistency of the photos and reviews, I'm guessing this place is still trying to figure out what works for them and I sure hope they do soon and that they bring back the seafood options because I like the concept but found it to be very disappointing from expectation to reality. Hopefully I just came on a bad night but sadly because of their lack of options for me and steep prices, I'm not sure if I would come back. Darn...
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