Last night, I had dinner with friends at a restaurant. The restaurant is called Fusion Cuisine because the food there is a fusion of Japanese, Thai, and Chinese. The place is quite modern and chic, and I'm not surprised most of the dishes cost more than ten dollars. I don't know about the sushi there (because I don't eat raw fish), but like one of my friends said, "It's more like Americanized Chinese food."
Maybe so, but I do like their crispy fried yellow noodles with shrimp. I think this dish is Cantonese and authentic, and if it is what I think it is then it doesn't quite make sense that I spent eight bucks for this dish.
I don't usually go to a Chinese restaurant, especially with a group of people. At a regular "western restaurant" you get your own dish that has everything in it—a main course and two or three side dishes, but at a Chinese restaurant (or a similar Asian restaurant) a side dish can be a main course, which is usually too much for a single person, or too spicy if eaten without white rice. So it often comes to this dilemma—should I order my own dish or one that can be shared?
This time I chose not to say anything; I just went ahead and ordered my own food. The major reason is that those entrée dishes are quite expensive, and I don't want to spend big money on Americanized Chinese food. I could order fried rice but it's such a cliché, so I tried something I didn't have before—the fried yellow noodle thing.
Still, I must say I enjoyed having my dinner at this restaurant. The decor is very nice, the place is not cramped with tables and chairs, and I'm very impressed by their black granite tabletops and floor. The food is quite good, at least according to my friends. I think I'll go back again.
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