Malaysian curry beef brisket - One of my favorite curries in the area. Flavorful, good texture with peanuts and coconut milk, not too spicy. However, bigger pieces of beef were a bit tough and half of the pieces were fatty/tendon.  Steak and Rice (Lunch combo) Hainanese Chicken Rice - Rice was plain but different with the crispy topping (dried almonds? garlic?). Chicken pieces were large,...

 Chicken Quesadilla (with peppers, onion, cheese) ($12.99) with Sweet Potato Fries (+$2)Sweet potato fries are my favorite appetizer and they really ruined it - flat, thin, poorly fried, burnt. Very disappointed - the regular thick-cut fries looked much better. The quesadilla was quite bland.Pasta of the Day - Fusilli with chicken, mushrooms and sundried tomatoes in white wine cream sauce ($14.99). Had a bite of...

 Beef Tartar - doesn't look too appetizing, but beef was high quality with taste of pickles, paired with mayo and crisp crackers. It was good but a bit too slimy/mushy for my taste; I prefer tuna or salmon tartar.Sirloin (grass fed?) with asparagus - very plain presentation. The steak was nicely cooked (medium rare), but didn't have much beef flavor. Salmon - nicely cooked...

I just found out from 18boot's blog that 百家小廚 has closed down :( I actually drove by the other day and noticed the sign was gone. I've only been there twice for their inexpensive and large lobster (波子龍蝦) and soup and wanted to go again soon, only to find out they are no longer in business.Out of 金沙，油泡, maggi, and rice wine, my favorite was...

Hot Barley Milk Tea - actually not bad, good malt taste, better than their cold version (dislike sprinkling hard flakes on top, prefer blended in). If you order two or more dishes from a set menu, you can get a soup.  Green Onion, Chili and Pepper Chicken (椒鹽) (popcorn chicken again!) and Satay Beef (~$10.99?). The chicken was pretty good - large, tender...

Friends' first impressions: very purple & green. feels like a jewelry store. comfortable chairs. A few other people were there enjoying the free wifi. Food: I never really eat at bubble tea places 'cause it's expected that the food isn't great, but that day I wanted to try popcorn chicken. I expected it to be all batter and no meat, but it wasn't....