Nina S.
Yelp
Located in the 520 Plaza, Mercury's coffee shop, this place looks small from the outside, but it was spacious on the inside. You're greeted by friendly staff and a kiosk to add your name on the waiting list. There are 3 round tables for big parties (8-10 maybe), a couple of tables for 6, and the rest are for parties of 4 or less. There are 3-4 booths toward the back.
We arrived a little before 6 pm and the place was in full swing. We had to wait 5-10 minutes for a table. Menu had pictures, which was great because some of the names of the dishes are not familiar to us and sounded a bit off-putting, like "saliva chicken" (but the picture looked good so maybe we'll try that dish next time). There was only 2 of us so had a hard time narrowing dishes because we wanted to try a lot more!
Tea Smoked Duck - love how you can taste the smoky flavor! The skin was crispy. Very different from the usual 5-spice roasted duck we have occasionally. I highly recommend this dish!
Cumin Lamb - served on a sizzling plate, thinly sliced meat full of flavor! Definitely not shy with the cumin! But in addition to the cumin flavor, I enjoyed the flavor nuances -- one bite and I tasted ginger, another bite had roasted garlic, and another had a hint of star anise or some fragrant seasoning. This dish has heat and you can see it from the red chili peppers, but the heat wasn't overpowering. Not to us at least. :) Another recommendation!
Garlic A Choy - not sure what A Choy is but it reminded me of Choy Sum. In any case, it was very tasty!
Special Fried Noodle - chow mein noodles, stir fried with shrimp, beef, chicken and veggies. Another tasty dish!
The Garic A Choy and Special Fried Noodle were nice balance to the flavorful duck and lamb dish. I recommend all of them!
Service was great. Food came out quickly after ordering. Will be coming back!