Reviews by Matt Anderson
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Posted on August 7, 2008 at 4:27 p.m.
Good, diner-style food, great catfish. Friendly, efficient staff. Makes me miss living over there.
Posted on June 23, 2008 at 11:55 a.m.
Got to be a new record -- 4 anonymous posters in a row, hitting it 5/5, for their one-time post/review.
I'll say that we've done take-out from Ku once. It was acceptable, but not remarkable, to me. And since it was new at the time, I'd otherwise give it some leeway.
On the other hand, my wife felt something was distinctly "off" about it, and declined to finish what she ordered. We haven't been back, and don't plan to.
Preferred not to comment on the "vibe" or service since it was a take-out order that she picked up, but was required to enter a rating for those since I entered ratings for other categories -- so I just echoed the so-so "3" it got for those categories.
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Posted on April 9, 2008 at 12:40 p.m.
Noodle Wave is very good -- our office group lunches there at least once a week. It's typically very busy at lunch time, so prepare to wait if you hit the height of the lunch hour.
Be warned that it's closed on Mondays (contrary to the hours listed above), and the small map above isn't right, though the address is correct (and bringing up the larger map is also correct).
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Posted on January 23, 2008 at 11:44 a.m.
Made the mistake of stopping by for lunch. Dark, smelly, with lousy food. Mostly empty, so service was OK.
Coworker says that the evenings are bad karaoke and cheap drinks. So there's that.
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Posted on February 15, 2009 at 12:27 p.m.
Food: 5/5 Vibe: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Value: 5/5 Overall: 5/5
The place looks great, is completely redone. The restaurant is on the top, where the bar/lounge used to be, and the lower level (formerly Antares) is now for special events, catering things, etc. It was still when we arrived; they started rotating the place a little after 7pm.
It’s an Asian-influenced menu. Waitstaff was very helpful, all of them knew the menu. Great service.
Before our appetizers arrived, they came out with a little pre-appetizer (but bigger than an amuse bouche) of wok-seared green beans with candied nuts and some other stuff, gratis. Slightly spicy, slightly sweet, all good.
We started with an Arctic Char Tandoori, that was just wonderful, and a Spicy Tuna Tartare in Sesame-Miso Cones that was just spectacular. The tartare was served with a ginger that I think they must pickle in house – it wasn’t raw ginger shavings, but was much better than the typical pink sushi-house pickled ginger. The little cones were very delicate waffle-cone type things, and the tartare was excellent.
Wife had a Chinese duckling dish, served with a Chinese salad and lo mein. Very flavorful and tender.
I had the Shangai-style Maine lobster, which was cooked in the shells, then the meat is removed and tossed in some sauce, and served on top of a jasmine rice with crispy baby spinach. The spinach must have been fried, to be crispy, but wasn’t oily at all, just very flavorful and melted in your mouth.
We finished with what they just labeled a “banana cream pie”, but it was a banana-meringue piece with caramelized banana on top, served with some sort of bittersweet chocolate ice cream. Also very good, and I’m not a dessert guy.
I was in coat and tie, but many weren’t – it was obviously open to a more casual clientele.
Just under $200 for the two of us, before tip – two bourbons for me and two champagnes for her. The "value" rating above is for similar type restaurant -- it was what we expected, and a good value for a fantastic dinner.
As we left, we spoke to a few people who came in without reservations -- they could have a drink at the bar, but there were no dining seats available.
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