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| - To start, yes, this place is expensive chinese food. If you're not ok with that, you should move on.
That said, we very much enjoyed our experience with Hakkasan. The interior is breathtakingly beautiful. The staff was helpful in explaining dishes, and helped me (who can't have spicy food) navigate the extensive menu. The steamed dim sum starters were tender & delicious. We ordered the pork belly, and had to send it back because it was too chewy & the fat wasn't rendered at all; kindly, our waitress removed it from our bill. For main entrees, we had the Chilean sea bass w/ Chinese honey and Jasmine tea-smoked chicken. The sea bass has ruined my hubby for all other sea bass dishes; the best he'd ever had. My chicken was on the dry side, but given my sensitive stomach, I didn't mind. Especially after two Buddha's Palm drinks -- of which I drank two & was super happy with the proper chunk of ice in my bourbon drink. Hubby had a couple of Green Destiny drinks, also very satisfying. All of this we topped off with pistachio semi-freddo, which was so pretty, we were afraid to put a spoon in it. But when we did, oh boy! Our taste buds were happy. Even though the pork belly had to go back and my chicken was dry, yes, we still feel Hakkasan deserved a full 5 stars because it was just. that. good.
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