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When you first walk in, the place is amazing!
It is big and beautiful. Plants, water and stone. No expense was spared
in creating an amazing looking place. The main building at the restaurant
was Chinese looking though I am no expert on Chinese architecture but I
assume it is a replica of a place in Shanghai. The carved stone floor tiles
were awesome and the entire patio area - which is the main seating space
of the restaurant - is covered by a huge and very high canopy and there
are fountains around the perimeter that created a soft and pleasing sound.
The only problem was the food portions. We
ordered a soup and a combination fried rice because everything else just
seemed a bit too out of reach for lunch. The soup bowl when it was presented
looked more like a sample serving so that you could taste the soup. I am
not kidding! Is was in a portion of less than 1/2 cup and it was something
like 60 pesos. I even commented to the waiter; Is this a sample? and I
laughed because with all of this opulence and the very pricey menu and
the very beautiful furnishings and place settings you have to ask: Why
hold back now with the food? After all, its a restaurant not a museum.
The fried rice, around 75 pesos was hardly
larger than a standard sized bowl of steamed rice although it was very
tasty and had amply sized shrimp as compared to the typical popcorn shrimp.
But come on, for the price why not give a plate full?
Definitely too pricey for the portions served
no matter how good it might otherwise be but maybe they'll adjust this
as they go. But for now don't go there hungry or broke. Still... definitely
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