Lily V.
Yelp
This restaurant apparently was located right next to the market next door a decade ago. I've been to the old place plenty of times with family and usually enjoyed the food. It's still small like the old place but definitely looks better! We remembers this place tasting the closest to the dishes we had in China but that was a decade ago.
This time, my family wanted to try it out in the new location. The place was fairly empty for a Wednesday night around 5:30, there was one server and a chef who periodically comes out to help serve.
They didn't get busy until around 6:30 when more people started coming in.
My dad and uncle ordered the dishes which included a spicy fish, lamb skewers, fried meatballs, kidney stir fry, intestine stir fry, honey walnut shrimp, fried fish stir fry, sweet and sour pork chops, kung pao chicken, and more. We got two pots of tea in different pots (same type of tea), a pot of rice, and a container of ice and cups to make ice tea for ourselves.
Unfortunately the one dish I remember from the old place wasn't ordered which was the cumin chicken bones, but I was able to enjoy the lamb skewers which were pretty spicy but juicy! Got three orders to share our table of 11.
The rest to the food were ok, I do not enjoy eating kidney, intestines, or super spicy food much therefore it's hard to rate the rest of the dishes. Kung pao chicken was good but I bit into a ginger slice and stopped eating it. The fried pork and fried fish was good but I got the fried bits that were mostly flour towards the end. I enjoyed the honey walnut shrimp and my kid loved the pork belly from the pot of vegetables and glass noodles (nonspicy). The spicy fish was topped with so many chillies! Fried meatball was ok, mostly flour though.
Since there was only one server, she had a hard time serving multiple small party tables, incoming and outgoing take out orders, and our table of 11. She did the best she could, definitely appreciated her efforts. The chef who came in and out was very helpful as well since she was usually tied up and the food is coming out.
The downside was parking, there are "reserved" parking spots for each place in the strip, just read the signs carefully, so you have the best chance parking in the market lot and just walk over.
Overall, I would only come back with family since it's more for a dinner that is family style. However, given the dishes they order tend to include offal and spicy food, I will still enjoy just some dishes they order and be happy for them treating me out.
Restrooms were in the back, clean and separated by gender.