After many of you wrote to me to try out this restaurant because of my review of Food Express Chinese Restaurant, I decided to stop by today to give it a try.\n\nI have to say that I absolutely love the location--off the beaten path, not on Spring Mountain like I expected, and in this strip mall on the corner of Jones & Desert Inn. I thought it was closed due to the lack of cars parked in front, but they were open, and I was happy.\n\nWalking in is like walking into a Chinese restaurant back home: cloth covered tables, those shiny, rounded wooden chairs and money bamboo and statues around the place. I love the fact that they play Chinese TV and speak their language while you're around. It makes the whole experience more comfortable and authentic, which I love. We were seated immediately and given some time to order.\n\nThey didn't take our drink order right away, which I'm not used to, but I think they were being polite by giving us five minutes to decide what to eat out of their extensive menu. They provided 3 menus--lunch, dinner, and their authentic cuisine menu. I also appreciate their Boba shake menu, which I love to drink! If you ever try one, get the melon flavor with apple tapioca or without tapioca. It's so yummy!\n\nI was happy to find the intestines, jellyfish, sharks fin, among other dishes that most people find exotic. They are all my favorites! We went for an all out lunch and ate quite a bit of food, and here's the breakdown to the experience:\n\nSharks fin soup: 1 bowl is 28 dollars unless you want the ultra fin which is 48 a bowl. I ate the one with crab and brown sauce, which was to die for! Just like home and made with real sharks fin, not that fake stuff. You can tell from the cartilidge connectors and the soft white flesh that gets stuck with some of the fin. It was absolutely yummy! Nice and salty, briny, and tasted like the egg flower soup base with a bit of soy sauce and seafood. \n\nSalt & pepper fried shrimp (without shell): Wow. This has this great, light batter that it's fried in and topped with a little chopped garlic, pepper and slices of pepper on top. Nice and spicy and with the right saltiness. It's so nicely seasoned and light that I could eat a whole plate to myself without realizing it, honestly. Great appetizer.\n\nHalf fried chicken: They have a few options of fried chicken and honestly I can't remember which one I ordered, but I think it was the Queen. Either way, it was super crispy skin and moist chicken pieces with that great salt and sugar to sprinkle on top. Great dish and it satisfied that fried chicken craving I had for days. No one can go wrong with any of their fried chicken. If you prefer no salt, they serve it on the side anyway, so season to your liking! Even without the side salt, the skin has a nice flavor to it and has that hint of salt and pepper.\n\nHoney Walnut prawns: Who can go wrong with sweet shrimp? Lightly fried, great mayo lemon sauce and a wonderfully crunchy, sugared walnuts. I loved stacking the nuts on the shrimp and eating one whole shrimp as one bite. The textures are amazing with this dish, having that soft, creamy shrimp and mayo sauce and that crunchy, sweet walnut with it--it's to die for. One of the best I've tried in Vegas. Not as preferable for me as Food Express' version, but still god.\n\nLive Steamed Lobster with silver and gold garlic: Need I say anything more than lobster and garlic? They bring it out to get your approval. I went for 4 pounds at 16/lb and it was worth every penny! Succulent, chopped up into easy-to-handle pieces and coated in that amazing crunchy garlic. It was absolutely wonderful and I wasn't ashamed to suck and slurp the pieces and use my fingers. They put just enough butter in the dish to make it flavorful but not oily, so that was lovely. Trust me--it's really good.\n\nOverall a great meal and worth the price ticket, for sure. I'm glad that I found this place because of you, readers! If you haven't tried it, please do. It is authentic and a great place for foodies to try exotic foods. For a restaurant to bring me a dish that transports me back to my childhood back on Guam is a great find, and this restaurant did it with their sharks fin soup.\n\nHop in the car and try this place. It's like taking a trip to Hong Kong without leaving the city, and you can even take that experience to go. Happy travels!
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