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2014-12-14
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Originally I had wanted to go somewhere else for lunch but it was closed. So as I was desperately hungry, I popped in here.This restaurant sells vermicelli (called mi xian, hence the name) with a motto of no MSG in their chicken soup base. They also serve rice sets as well. Most of the food is spicy on the level of Siuchuan. Upon sitting down, I discovered they were from the same restaurant group that owns Kung Fu Dim Sum, Koon Thai Hai Nam Chicken and Greenland Corner. Restaurants I've been to
This restaurant sells vermicelli (called mi xian, hence the name) with a motto of no MSG in their chicken soup base. They also serve rice sets as well. Most of the food is spicy on the level of Siuchuan. Upon sitting down, I discovered they were from the same restaurant group that owns Kung Fu Dim Sum, Koon Thai Hai Nam Chicken and Greenland Corner. Restaurants I've been to and didn't have memorable experiences with that I made me want to return again.
The setting of the restaurant is hip. It's colored in yellow and black. Their menu is also hip with splashy photos, words written in English and Chinese. Even the waiters wore hip yellow t-shirts with the logo on it.
I was given a lunch set and it was rather inexpensive. Prices averaged $40 and included a soft drink or upgrade $3 for soyamilk. As everything on the menu was spicy (I had no idea going into the restaurant and it was too late for me to leave), I chose the only thing that wasn't spicy on the menu. Squid balls and beef balls vermicelli ($38) and added $3 for a cold soyamilk.
Soyamilk came in a plastic cup with plastic wrapped lid on it like you get on the street. This was problematic for me because I'm hopelessly stupid at trying to poke a hole into the lid with my straw. It usually takes me several tries until boyfriend just rolls his eyes, groans and pokes it for me. Well, he wasn't here and it still took me a while to poke at it until I finally did. Anyways ... the soyamilk was ok. It was a bit on the sweet side and not enough soyabean.
The squid ball and beef ball vermicelli came with nori. The size was also HUGE. The bowl was huge and the amount of noodle was the same size as the bowl. The noodles were ok. The squid balls didn't have much squid flavor but it was bouncy enough. The beef balls tasted more like pork balls but the menu said beef. It even looked like pork balls. Strange. But it tasted ok. The restaurant claims to have no MSG in it's soup but I was massively thirsty after I finished my meal. This usually happens when I eat anything with lots of MSG.
Meal was cheap and definitely they give you a lot of food for the price you pay. It's value for money right there and there is no 10% service charge. It was ok. Not something I would probably return unless I wasn't sure what to eat or just had a don't care what I want to eat attitude as most of the food seemed spicy and I don't eat spicy food.
张贴
