When we arrived at around 6pm, there were not very many people in the restaurant, but I didn't expect there to be because it was a random Monday night. The lack of customers usually makes me wonder if business is always this dim, but since I've seen the long line ups for dimsum before, it didn't bother me much. I believe many people that visit this restaurant are 'usuals'; waiters greeting them and chatting about random things with them, already knowing what food they want etc.
Tonight our eyes were slightly larger than our stomachs, so we ordered a three dish set meal, despite my aunt telling us that a two dish set meal can feed four people. That's because all set meals come with a 'free' extra dish of either lobster, crab, or chicken. So our three dish meal became a four dish meal.
After ordering, we were served a complimentary soup. All set meals come with soup. I didn't snap a photo of the soup, but it was a lotus root duck broth. It was okay, flavourful without the overuse of MSG. (I'm sure there is some in there....)
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| Lobster in a Butter Cream Sauce |
Since I was craving lobster, my parents allowed me to pick lobster as our 'free' dish. We chose to have it cooked in a butter cream sauce. Usually people will pay a few extra dollars to have noodles added to the base that will soak up all the rich sauce. But since we already ordered more than enough, we skipped doing so. This dish was pretty good; there were enough large chunks of meat to share amongst the three family members that actually eats seafood. The sauce is a bit heavy, but that's expected from cream and butter. The raw shredded lettuce helps balance that. Although the lobster was tasty, my mom says the 'free' chicken probably would've tasted better and been a better value.
