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We were lucky to be able to get a "reservation" in the first place. Originally, we were just on the waiting list (called only about 1 and a half hours before we were there), however, we soon got a call that they had an available seating for us.The menu didn't seem to have a lot of dishes to choose from (in my opinion), but I guess it might be because it just recently open. So we ordered the rojak (Indo salad), chicken, chicken rice, spicy fish, bak choi (vegetable of the day), and turnip cake.The dishes came relatively quick, I'd say about 10-15 minutes for the first dish(es), then the following dishes came 5-10 minutes following each other. The turnip cake was actually quite different compared to that of the Cantonese style. Instead of being a whole white piece, the turnip cake looks as if they have been stirred fried with some XO sauce. The rojak was actually quite decent (compared to the one I tried in Malaysia), if I had to go into details, I would say that this one was more sweet. Basically, it has red and green apple slices, pieces of fried bread, jambu (lychee like texture, can't describe the taste), and pamelo all covered in prawn sauce. The bak choi have almost very little taste.As for the chicken rice, it was actually very good, one of the best I've tasted in Hong Kong. And along with that, the chicken was good. It is a typical Cantonese style steam chicken. I never tried the spicy fish, but my parents said that it was quite spicy and too overwhelming that they couldn't give an exact comment on the the taste of the fish. We'll, at least they finished it, so I'm assuming that that suggests that the fish was good.In the end, we ordered an Ice Kachang (one of my favorite Malay desserts), however it took longer than expected to come. I guess if everyone only eats a half a bowl of it, the size of it could easily feed 4 or 5 people. Anyways, what it is is a bowl filled with milk, sago, shaved ice, red beans, green beans? (not sure), corn, syrup (the one used for shaved ice), and pieces of candy? (again, it tasted like it, but I could not determine it). Ideally, I would have liked more shaved ice with some more syrup and no candy because the 'candy' made it quite sweet, and I felt that it needed more ice.Overall, I can consider eating there again and at least the price isn't exactly sky rocketing.…Read More

Me and my 4 other friends didn't reserve. Originally, we were going to eat at another restaurant, but because we would have to wait about another 40 minutes and we were really hungry, we decided to find another restaurant. As we were walking, we came across L.I.A.N. and asked the clerk for a table of 5. There was only another group of 3 waiting. And in less than 5 minutes, a waiter brought us to our table.We sat at one of those tables with a couch surrounding three sides of the table. I have the admit although restaurant was packed and somewhat loud, the atmosphere was still pretty relaxed. Though that sense of comfort was soon gone as we lay our hands on the table. It was still sticky from the last customers. A waiter then drops off the drinks list and a couple of menus and walked away.After I decided on what to eat, I took a look at the drinks list. I was going to order the "Rumba" (non-alcoholic fruit juice mix) and it cost $60, at first I thought about not ordering it, but then since I didn't have any plans to return, I just thought "what the heck". And so we called a waiter and ordered.The speed was actually quite fast, even though it was obviously packed. Within 10 minutes dishes that could have been already prepared arrived (salads, cold dishes, and etc). What caught my attention was the papaya salad my friend ordered. The taste was average, but it was really spicy. There was also the sliced pieces of pork (cold-warm) and the foie gras salad. The pork was good but I didn't try the other salad. As for my "Rumba". For a $60 drink, it's taste was pretty average, knowing that I could drink something of the same volume and taste for about $30. My friends didn't order any special drink, but instead ordered cups of tap water. However, the water didn't come, so we needed to remind them again. But then they still didn't come, so we needed to remind them for the 3rd time until they came (took about 5 minutes?).After the first round, a waiter took away the plates and after another 10 minutes, the second round of dishes came. This time we had some fried rice, really spicy, the chilli (with the seeds) were cooked with the rice. It actually tasted really good, but again, too spicy for me. My friends had the soft shell crab rolls, I think, and they said it was really good. The curry was average. The vegetable rice paper rolls were decent, and the broccoli tasted pretty average. As for the Pho Tai? (the noodle, soup, with raw beef in it), it tasted good but I've tasted better. Also, they seem to have totally forgotten about something my friend ordered even though we asked them about it several times.Once we're finish, the waiters/waitresses didn't take away the empty plates. We set the place at the edge of the table so that they could see it better. But no one ever did, even though some of them were joking with each other right infront of us. And just a note, the waiters/waitresses that night were quite easily distracted with each other. They sometimes forget things and not notice things, but the service is OK besides that. My friends then asked a refill, but again we needed to remind the waiter/waitress twice before they did. In the end, I have to say the food was pretty good, but I can definately say that there is another Vietnamese restaurant in Central that is cheaper (in my experience) and has better tasting Vietnamese food.…Read More