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| - I stopped by here this past Saturday night with my fiancé and another couple for dinner. We had made reservations for 7:30 and arrived 5 minutes before then and were happily told that our table was ready for us. This was a surprise because the place was absolutely packed, we even had a hard time avoiding people to get to our table. The décor in here is actually pretty cool as the table tops are a copper color and everything screams chic. While my fiancé and I waited for the other couple in our party to arrive we decided to get some drinks since we had seen people on Yelp rave about them. I ended up choosing the G&G Club Cocktail which consisted of bourbon, amaro, crème de cassis and orange bitters while my fiancé went with the Mai Thai. My drink was served in a brandy sniffer type vessel with an orange peel floating in it while my fiancés was served in a tiki like wooden cup that had a face on the front. I was actually a little disappointed in the amount that was in my glass for $10 but went with it anyways. It was decent but I had a hard time discerning any bourbon flavor at all from it which is the main reason that I went with the drink in the first place. I am guessing that the crème de cassis just overpowered everything else.
Whenever the other couple arrived the waitress told us that she would go over the menu with us but didn't really say too much about it other than what was already printed. She did mention that they also had some dim sum and that it would circulate around. On one side of the menu is a section entitled salads, sandwiches, noodles, etc. and the other side is entitled for sharing, small and large. The salads, sandwiches, noodles, etc. section made sense in the fact that you knew you were getting one of those but you had to discern what it was you were getting from the ingredients on it. Call me old fashioned but it's easier for me if you just tell me. Then the other side I was confused on how much food we were actually going to get from it. The prices ranged from $6 to $20 and I am guessing from appetizer sized portions to entrée sized? In the end I decided to go with the smoked brisket sandwich as well as a crispy tofu dish while my fiancé went with the beef short ribs noodle dish. The couple across from us went with the sandwich and noodles dish as well and those happened to be the 4 dishes that arrived first. My smoked brisket arrived on a baguette with kohlrabi kraut, sabayon, pickled red onions, corned beef tongue and horseradish cream with some thousand dressing on the side. The sandwich was pretty good albeit a bit messy as I almost had some oil drip off the sandwich and onto my sweater with my first bite. After that I made sure to keep the sandwich over the plate. The brisket and beef tongue on it were both tender and tasty and that went well against the crunchy baguette. I can't really say that I noticed the pickled onions on it although the kraut was decent and then I was not sure that I could tell the sabayon or horseradish on it probably due to the mixing/dripping. After all 4 of us had finished our first courses the crispy tofu came out and consisted of the tofu with daikon, bok choy, mushrooms and a foam that was supposed to be hot & sour mushroom essence. I found this dish to be ok but much more exciting in the description. The tofu was not crispy as described and ended up being more of a soft silken texture than anything else. At least the vegetables were cooked nicely and while I have had some good foams before, I was a little confused by its use here. After my fiancé and I finished that our waitress came around and asked us if there was anything else we wanted. We responded that we still had not seen any of the dim sum and then amongst ourselves commented on how we had been sitting there for 55 minutes without it. Within 10 minutes of our comment the dim sum guy was once again walking around with some food and would stop by our table twice in the next 20 minutes. On that first stop I ended up grabbing the pork belly bites while the fiancé went with the squid salad. I have to admit that I really like the idea of American Dim sum, I only wish it had been available a bit earlier. The pork belly bites ended up being my favorite part of the meal as the pork belly was cubed and had some orange, chili, garlic and ginger with them. My fiancé also really enjoyed her squid salad of which I took a bite and loved the kimchi flavoring in it.
The bottom line for me is that I probably will not be back here again in the future. Am I glad that I came? I sure am as I think the idea of the place is cool, especially the American dim sum, and love that they are located downtown. The service was also pretty good in that our water glassed got filled up fairly quickly through most of the evening and our server was around when needed. However I ended up leaving the restaurant $80 lighter in the pocket and still hungry and unsatisfied.
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