Olivia K.
Yelp
I've always passed by this place, and I'm glad I finally got to try it! This restaurant has a chic and quaint vibe to it with a good amount of seating. For a Friday night, there were lots of reservations open and got busier as the night went on. I got a Taiwan lychee beer, which was sweet and refreshing. Tasted more like a light cocktail than a beer.
To start, we got the Som Tum papaya salad. This was fresh, sour, spicy, savory and hot all the right spots! The portion was generous and had a good balance of all the components. Definitely stronger in fish sauce than other papaya salads I've had, but I'm definitely not complaining!
For entrees, we got the crispy sea bass and the crispy pork belly with the basil sauce. We actually ordered the lemongrass sea bass, but they ended up giving us the crispy sea bass, which we weren't unhappy about since we enjoyed it, but it was a difference of $14. The sea bass itself was okay, but with the sauce and the mango salad, it was really delicious. The meat pulled right off of the skin and bones and was perfect to eat with the rice.
The crispy pork belly was underwhelming. The meat was too dry and almost had a pork floss consistency. The sauce was good though, and not spicy at all in my opinion. Probably wouldn't get this one again, but the portions were decent.
I also got a chicken pad kee mao to go, and it was really good. It was one of the better drunken noodles I've had and it wasn't super sweet.
The servers were polite and patient and didn't rush us even though we took a longer time to arrive and get settled. The prices are standard, but I would definitely come again to take advantage of the lunch menu prices.