Do you know how to say 'grease pit'? Well, you do now. Another coupon adventure, good for $25 worth of food and drink - except seafood. WTF does it matter what you order, if it's good for $25? Also, we were told you had to order 'a soup, an entree and a chow mein or fried rice'. We had Black Pepper Beef Chow Mein, very oily and the noodles overcooked, the meat flavorless and mushy, probably due to sitting in a marinade with baking soda. Hot And Sour Soup, which wasn't half bad, except they overdid it with the lily buds. Ma Po Do Fu, which you should probably never order in a resto with Cantonese cooks. Lots of cornstarch and of course no Sichuan pepper, but they did see fit to throw in some peas and carrots. Argggh! And Salt And Pepper Chicken Wings, which had absolutely no taste of either spice and were oily to boot.If you want Chinese food on 24th St., stick to Ming's Fung Lam and the Punjab. Oh, and Tobias said he barely made it in time to work where he could use the toilet; seems our lunch had a cleansing effect. Oh well, #409 out of the way. 1 on the Food-O-Meter.
BTW, a new high-end Resto called Hakkasan is coming to One Kearny St. It promises to be the Chinese equivalent of Nobu, and is part of an international chain based in Dubai.


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