Well... the kitchen is very fast. My order was out for delivery in less than 15 minutes. The food was... mixed... a bit bland and not entirely what I expected from the names. The yelp order menu could do with some descriptions. So working with what I got, which was not what I thought I was getting in this review.
Apps-
Crab Rangoon, A+ version, thin and crispy skins, savory filling, glowy red sauce. Yum!
Dumplings with Garlic Sauce, B thick skins, filling was minimal, sauce was strongly flavored: garlicky, vinegary, and robust. Also very filling. It really could stand alone as a main. (The only strongly flavored thing in the whole order in the end)
Chicken Satay, C+ plentiful chicken onna stick. Four skewers and nicely cooked with a faint hint of five spice, but when I order something called "satay" I expect spices and a peanut sauce, and nope, nada. Just roasted chicken onna stick. Okay, but Satay it ain't.
So, Mains:
Chicken Pad-Thai - D- for disappointing, frankly. No green onions, one half a peanut, and no fish sauce, no chili oil, no little Sakura dried shrimps, no fish paste. I get it. There are lots of ingredients and here in Arkansas the denizens may not be too receptive to "authentic" Pad-Thai, but if you dumb it down THIS much, they are never going to learn what it is supposed to taste like either. There are many opportunities to make Pad Thai wrong. This iteration took almost all of them IMO.
Coconut Shrimp - C is for confusion. Ergo the dish was not what I expected. The dish that I got is called Walnut Shrimp or Mayo Shrimp by essentially everyone else that serves it, not Coconut Shrimp. Coconut shrimp should have... well... coconut in it. Like the breading of fried shrimp should have coconut in it. I'm not sure what part of the dish was the coconut part but I never tasted it. Had I ordered Mayo shrimp, I would have been really pleased with what I got. Big fat shrimp and lots of them in a nice mayo sauce plus rice. Super good, just not what I thought I was ordering.
Tempura Love - D. Now, in all fairness, this was a mistake on my part. I thought I was ordering the dish above this and missed. I also failed to read over my order before confirmation. My mistake entirely. Owning that... I got Tempura... and, well... tempura isn't good for delivery and it really isn't good in sealed containers with no steam vents. It was soggy. Even considering a lightning fast kitchen (it was out for delivery in 13 minutes) and speeding delivery(my driver had to be breaking the law on how fast they got here. Serious, kudos to the driver. Like on two wheels in the corners fast. I was shocked.) it was still soggy. Why didn't they put it in a oiled paper bag like they did for the crab Rangoons? They arrived perfectly crisp. Tempura (which is even more fragile) in a sealed plastic dish. Why? Why would you do that? Like, presentation be damned. Fried stuff should be CRISPY! Total fail on the crunch side. Ugh..
So overall, it was iffy. Partly because of my mistaken order, but also partly because of odd menu wording, of really dumbed down cooking and of bad take out container choices. I'll try again. But later... much later. When I can go in and ask questions. read more