To start off with - this restaurant is new, and they are aggressive with trying to get you to eat here. It's a little off-putting but more than made up for by the food (and hopefully they'll pull back on it a little).
We've eaten here twice so far and have had the beef with bitter melon, spicy fried fish with vegetables, peking pancake, spicy wonton, string beans with pork, and uhhhhhhh something else that I forgot, but was definitely delicious.
This was actually the first time I had bitter melon, and it was good! Bitter! Kinda heavy on the grease, but not so much that it was a problem. Well balanced by the black bean, although it could've used a bit more.
The dry string bean with pork is a stellar example of the dish. The pork is in large enough chunks to actually distinguish between the meaty and fatty bits, and it's verrrrry well seasoned. The string beans could've been slightly more blistered for my tastes but it definitely was in the "perfectly cooked" zone.
The spicy fish was perrrrfectly fried, and the vegetables/mushrooms were all perfectly cooked as well. The dried chilis were on the tough side but that was the only minus.
The Peking pancake was definitely the weakest item, and it was just fine. Crispy dough on the outside, a little bit wet and doughy on the inside, and the meat was fine. Flavored well. Like eating a sausage patty.
Like a lot of the other restaurants in the food court, they have free soup. The hot and sour soup was quite good, good enough to not pass up.
Right now, given how much I like to share food when I come here and how much I try to avoid carb-heavy dishes, this is probably my favorite place in the food court. read more