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This is a hole-in-the-wall Burmese/Malaysian restaurant, run by two brothers. One of the brothers is a well-trained chef, born in Burma and spent some time in Malaysia. I can’t believe I have found an authentic Burmese restaurant, run by a real chef in America! Restaurant was open just a few months ago but already gaining good reputation among Burmese patrons. For anyone who’s new to Burmese food, I’d recommend trying Mont-hin-ngar, beloved Burmese national dish made with fish-based noodle soup topped with crispy fried chana beans and hard-boiled egg. If you can take the heat, you will love Malaysian style fried rice with your choice of meat, dried anchovy and green chilli. It comes with a side dish called, Balachaung. It’s made with crispy fried onions, dried chili and dried shrimp. Another dish to try: Chicken masala – fried chicken, marinated with aromatic spices mixed by the owner himself. After enjoying the entrees, don’t forget to check out home-made desserts on the counter and the famous Falooda, made with coconut milk, ice cream and some sort of jelly. I’ve already been here several times in one month. Needless to say I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants to try authentic Burmese and Malaysian foods. PS. The big menu on the wall was left by previous owner. Current owner sells the same items plus many more. He’s still working on his own menu.

FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE – Menu with Prices – 4605 Church Ave, Brooklyn

Fried Chicken is comfort food for me so of course I would gravitate to a restaurant that’s all about fried chicken. Their chicken is way more authentic than Popeye’s. Their Caribbean seasoning is even more authentic than some of the nearby restaurants who have been serving their landmark dish for much more longer than this restaurant has been open. I have been here more times than I would like to admit and have only had their chicken which is consistently great, extra crunchy and seasoned just right! If you are in the area, I would definitely recommend that you come in and try an order of fried chicken paired with some their simple and delicious rice & peas and a spoonful of their macaroni salad which seems to get better and each time that I eat it! Oh but we can’t forget about the sauce which is superb! It’s sweet yet savory taste compliments their fried chicken wonderfully without distracting from the crunchiness of the chicken. I like my small orders covered in it but on the side with large orders… just my preference. Yes, the sauce is available for purchase separately. Disclaimer: (1) You might find yourself waiting an unnecessary amount of time for an new batch of chicken to be fried or for your order to be delivered via your preferred food delivery company. (2) Chicken is only available in dark meat that is mostly skinless.

Lin Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 927 Tonawanda St, Buffalo

Went to Lin’s on a pivot since the original dining option was closed and I was not disappointed. They were more than accommodating for our group (it was 10 of us) and the food and service were great! I had the Burmese Chicken Curry (Spice level 2 of 4) and it was delicious. It wasn’t as saucy as I would expect for curry, but I didn’t mind as the flavor and seasoning of the chicken was perfect. Our server was prompt and with the exception of one mismatched dish got everyone’s their food and beverages without incident. Definitely recommend for affordable and delicious Thai and Burmese cuisine offerings.

Pollo D’oro – Menu with Prices – 4542 Hoffner Ave, Orlando

Pollo D’oro is a Latin American family owned restaurant created by two brothers and their families working together to bring you delicious and authentic flavors. Everyone at this restaurant is warm and welcoming from the time you walk through the door to ensure you the best experience they can offer. The menu offers a number of dishes where the protein can be ordered on its own or in a meal for yourself or family portion. Meals offered include options for certain sides, while you can order other sides separately. You can see everything behind the scenes when looking past the counter to see how your dishes are made. All meats are fresh and marinated in tropical juices and spices. While waiting for your food, check out the sauce bar filled with delicious concoctions you can create for your palate. My favorites include the garlic sauce for fried items, while I enjoy the house sauce and pink sauce for my grilled chicken. The house sauce has nice spices, while the pink sauce is more mellow and is mayonnaise based. My favorite dish was the grilled chicken because it was SO flavorful, moist and tender with crispy skin. The flavors are amazing and makes my mouth water starting a few hours after eating this dish. I wish I had more… if only I lived closer. The yellow rice brings its own flavors to the table and served with some vegetables mixed in. Another chicken dish not photographed (because I was too excited and ate it fast) is their Fried Chicken Wings, which is great when dipped in the garlic sauce.

Heard Dat Kitchen – Menu with Prices – 2520 Felicity St, New Orleans

DAT FIRE. That’s really all I have to say about Heard Dat Kitchen. For a while, I indulged in their delicious dishes and never knew where the actual location of this fine eatery was. After meeting Chef Jeff at the Black Restaurant Week Showcase a few months ago, I was finally able to put a face with a name and I immediately realized I had to visit the place myself. Turns out his eatery location is a spot I used to visit as a tot for delicious BBQ. New Orleans is truly a small world. Fast forward to today and if you hop on my foodie Instagram page, you’re sure to see some Heard Dat dishes in my IG stories and splashed across my feed. After all, its only fitting that LetDatGirlEat would love a spot called Heard Dat Kitchen. From crispy fried chicken deliciousness to creamy crawdat sauce fantasies, there’s no place you can go and get authentic New Orleans cuisine that is THIS good. Not sure if its the flick of Chef’s wrist or a secret recipe, but the taste is unmatched. Also, the names of the dishes encompass New Orleans culture, which I love. Now on to my favorite dishes. The first dish I ever got from Heard Dat a year or two ago was the Superdome. Extremely fitting since the restaurant is not too far from the ‘Dome. Blackened fish, lobster potatoes, lobster cream sauce, sweet corn and crispy onion rings on top bring together a stellar dish that is different from anything I’ve ever had. The Seafood Extravaganza is also a favorite. Fried fish and shrimp with crawdat fries and angel sauce make up a seafood platter grander than any that you have ever seen. You’ll learn soon that Heard Dat is all about the sauce. And they do it pretty damn well. On to my absolute favorite, the Bourbon Street Love! If you attended Fried Chicken Fest last month and didn’t try this dish, you were seriously sleepin’. But don’t worry, you can get it any and every day at their spot! Fried chicken over mac and cheese with crawdat cream sauce with potato salad. Man..I have no words. Just go taste it. So full of flavor that a description does it no justice. And a new favorite of mine is definitely the Skeesh Salad, which I tried for the first time last Friday. Mixed greens, tomatoes, cheese, eggs, fried shrimp tossed in Skeesh sauce and onion rings. All this topped with buttermilk ranch. This ain’t a salad for the health freaks, it’s one for the big dawgs with real taste buds. Clearly a favorite of mine just that quickly. If you ever get the pleasure of meeting me and asking what is one spot you should visit for authentic New Orleans cuisine, especially if you’re a visitor, best believe I’m telling you to visit Heard Dat Kitchen. Many see this as a “hole in the wall joint”, but being that I’m from the city, I see this spot as a 5 star restaurant. For starters, if you want good food in ANY city, you’ll have to visit the ‘hood to get a taste anyways! Listen, go to Heard Dat for the food, but stay for that deep fried hospitality.

Queen of Sheeba – Menu with Prices – 716 N Sapodilla Ave, West Palm Beach

One of my little pleasures in life is to seek out the elusive hole-in-the-wall restaurant. It is even better if my find is really good. I believe I found one last night. The Queen of Sheeba Ethiopian Restaurant was a gem. It is authentic and the food is special. There were four of us at the table. We shared a platter of food, three different examples of Ethiopian beer, coffee or tea for all, and the bill came to about $25 per person. \nFor the twenty-five dollars, we got to sample eleven items off the menu. The selections were wide-ranging and covered all the bases, but the menu generally is vegetarian-centric. We had one chicken dish, one fish dish, two beef dishes, and nine vegetarian dishes to complete the menu. \nThe ordering process was easy and I recommend that anyone not familiar with the food of Ethiopia do what we did. We asked our delightful Chef/owner, Lojo Washington (an absolutely delightful human being) to order for us. She suggested, consulted and gave us choices, but in the end we all said yes to everything she suggested. I am glad we did. This is a particularly good way to order because the food is brought out on a single large platter and it was easy to share. \nContinued on the detail page\n

MaDee Thai Kitchen – Menu with Prices – 401 E 17th St, Costa Mesa

What Grace N. said… Best Thai food in OC. I’ve been exploring Thai food for the past 20 years. Thai food used to be authentic and hard to find. Now it’s everywhere and completely Americanized. I’ll use one of my favorite dishes as an example, Pad Krapow. Pad Krapow consists of meat such as pork, chicken, beef, and seafood stir fried with Thai holy basil and garlic. It is served with rice and topped up (optional) with fried eggs . The main seasonings are soy sauce, Thai fish sauce, oyster sauce, cane sugar, and bird’s eye chili. This dish is typically somewhat spicy due to the bird chilies. When it’s done authentically, the flavor of the basil and the garlic are dominant. Lastly the flavor works best when the pork or chicken is ground. In almost any Thai restaurant in OC this dish is sliced chicken breast in oyster sauce with no chilies and some bell pepper. If that sounds bland, it is. The food at Ma Dee is authentic Bangkok street food. Everything from the noodle dishes to the soups are amazing. It’s a hole in the wall but so good.

MYUNG GA KIMBAP – Menu with Prices – 9643 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax

Myung-Ga Kim Bap or otherwise known as ‘Korean Deli’ is one of two locations in the NoVA area (Fairfax and Centreville). This place is a small hidden restaurant where the old Lotte used to be. My experience with the Fairfax location is nothing short of amazing. My partner and I went on a Saturday night at around 7pm and had to wait around 15 minutes to grab a seat since seating was limited. Once we were seated, our waitress was super attentive, came to our booth multiple times and helped answer questions about the menu. We ordered Dolsot Bibimbap, Rabokki, and half fried chicken. The dolsot bibimbap was a generous about of rice, beef, and a mix of vegetables that was complimented by the delicious and addicting gochujang (red bean paste) sauce. I recommend the dolsot because it’s a hot stone pot that crisps up the rice (if you let it sit for a minute or two) and keeps your food warm over the course of your dining experience. The rabokki is a spicy ramen noodle dish that came with rice cakes, fish cake and cabbages. It gave a light mouth numbing spicy sensation, which made it more enticing to eat. The half fried chicken takes around 25 minutes to cook because they double fry it. The fried chicken was golden, crispy, non-greasy and fried enough to keep the meat moist. Ask for spicy sauce on the side so you keep the chicken as crispy as possible. I’m absolutely delighted with the service and the happy go smiles that the waitresses have. It made us feel welcome in their tiny Korean Deli oasis. Definitely recommend this to anyone out there looking for authentic Korean food.

GrannyWeavs Soul Food & Catering – Menu with Prices – 200 W P St, Lincoln

We stopped in tonight for the first time, though they do catering and delivery. We got the “2 Can Dine”, which is fried chicken, 3 kinds of meat and 2 sides. We got tips, brisket, pork, chicken thighs, cole slaw and mac & cheese. The tips, brisket, pork and cole slaw were all ok. There’s a lot of good bbq in town to compete with. We LOVED the mac & cheese. Where Grannyweaves shines is the fried chicken. Good looooord, that fried chicken. The chicken was juicy. The skin was crispy. It fell off the bone. Grannyweaves is worth an out of the way trip just for this fried chicken. Goodbye forever KFC. Raising Cane’s looks pathetic next to this stuff. We will be back for the chicken. We’d like to try the spicy cauliflower and a few other items on the menu we were curious about, too. They have great meal deals to choose from. We give 4 stars overall, but 5 for the chicken. Go for the chicken!!! **UPDATE on 10/11/18** This is a small, local business, and it appears lately, through the restaurant’s Facebook page, that the owner is struggling. He has been closing and opening the restaurant according to when he can make it in, so hours are not regular. I would still recommend a trip for the fried chicken, just check the restaurant Facebook page first.

Mae Asian Eatery – Menu with Prices – 781 Main St, Cambridge

I’ll preface by saying I’ve only ever dined-in at this restaurant once (when they first opened in January) and that this review pertains primarily to my subsequent delivery/take-out experiences (which have steadily declined in the past 10 months since I’ve been ordering from them). My partner is Singaporean so we were very excited when we first learned about the opening of a new Southeast Asian restaurant in Cambridge. We stopped by for lunch right after the New Year and were not disappointed by either the food (it was during this first visit that I fell in love with their Indonesian Fried Rice and we were recommended to try the S.P. Calamari, both of which are frequent repeat orders of ours) or the hospitality. The restaurant is owned by a friendly wife-husband duo–Yuri (wife) is the main chef and Anil (husband) can be found behind the host/hostess counter when he’s not travelling for other work. When we first began adding the calamari to our delivery/take-out orders, while the portion size was on the smaller size, we still felt that the quality justified the cost (the calamari itself is crispy on the outside, seasoned to perfection, and served with a subtle spicy mayo sauce). However, with every order, the portion size only kept getting smaller and smaller until tonight when the take-out container was barely half-filled, and that’s including 4 thick slices of jalapeno that were bigger than any piece of calamari we received. Mind you, the calamari does not come in a large take-out container to begin with. What’s more, my partner ordered the beef satay (+$1 for beef) tonight as he was craving satay. It was our first time ordering this small plate, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so disappointed over the portion size of a dish. The order consisted of 4 tiny skewers of thinly sliced beef. Being perfectly honest, even I felt a bit cheated for $10.45. I wish my only gripe was with the portion sizes of the small plates (the portion size of the other entrees are quite generous) and that I could say the flavors are on-point, but tonight the kitchen somehow managed to mess up our Indonesian fried rice. The fried rice tasted almost saccharine and conflicted with the flavors of everything else in the dish–not at all what I’ve come to expect from my most frequent repeat order. My partner and I ended up picking out the crispy chicken (which tasted slightly off but still palatable) and fried egg before we gave up on the rest of the dish entirely. We’ve had good experiences ordering the following dishes in the past in addition to the calamari and Indonesian fried rice: A Fat Kid at Heart, Pineapple Fried Rice, Short Ribs Khao Soi, and Original Street Noodles. Of note, my partner brought his parents here while they were visiting over the summer and the taste of the food was subpar. He thinks it might have been because Yuri was taking a break from the kitchen and so the food was cooked by someone else, but suffice to say, I don’t think we’ll be ordering from here again in the foreseeable future. Overall, the flavors here are fairly authentic (though not always consistent). I feel that you definitely get your money’s worth with the larger entrees but stay away from the small plates if you don’t want to feel like you’re being robbed blind.

Asian Cookery – Menu with Prices – 6760 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs

As far as mom and pop places go, this one blows most out of the water! No where else in the springs can you get Malaysian cuisine, which is what the owners emphasize. I’ve always wanted to try chicken rice, the national dish of Singapore, and here my foodie wishes came true. Their chicken was so juicy and the rice had a subtle garlic flavor that I loved. I do wish there was more chicken, though. The best dish I tried here was the dry wonton noodles. The flavor and texture of both the pork and the noodles was addicting and unlike anything I’ve had before. One star off because the very small portions. A lot of things here felt miniature: the bowls, the water cups, the bok choy, and even the wontons! The dining experience itself felt skimpy and penny pinching. I was thankful that I visited this restaurant with people who were willing to share bites of their meals. If I had only eaten the chicken rice, I would not have left feeling very satisfied. I suggest that the owners add regular/large dish sizes as options to feed those very hungry customers. Another thing I wish this place did was use actual dishes, silverware, and cups instead of disposable plastic ones that is typical of take out meals. They use these even when you dine in. Not only do I think restaurants should cut down on waste, but using real dishes and cutlery can significantly improve the dining experience. I wanted to feel like I was eating a home cooked meal, but it felt more like getting cheap take out. Using tiny, plastic water cups is not very practical when you’re serving spicy dishes either. I really liked Ted the owner’s hospitality and friendliness. It may be overwhelming having him explain to you the whole menu right when you walked in, but really, it’s helpful. I am not very familiar with Malaysian/Singapore cuisine, so I appreciated Ted for guiding us through the menu. Overall, the food is a great takeout option, as it is unique and full of flavor, but not really the kind of place you would take a group of people visiting from out. The dining experience is minimal, but I do believe that they have the capacity to make it optimal.

Vietnam International Restaurant – Menu with Prices – 3716 61 Ave SE, Calgary

Located in a strip mall in an industrial area, surrounded by medical labs, I would say that this is a pretty good choice for lunch. Around noon it is packed at the tables, so that says something! I grabbed a #20 to go – spring rolls and shrimp on vermicelli noodles. It was good. Atypical vermicelli dish and under $10. I would not recommend the shrimp – they were quite rubbery but the taste was ok. (hopefully they were just over-grilled and dried out and not old, please God!) No stars for ambiance but hey, you know what you are in for when you see the outside of the restaurant. It is one of those holes in the wall that may keep you coming back for more! Very friendly service, family owner kinda feel. Call ahead and they will get your order ready for you – there is not really anywhere to stand inside to wait for your food.

Rakhapura Mutee and Sushi – Menu with Prices – 25 Grant St, Buffalo

Mutu is the name of one of my cats. I don’t know if Mutu and Sushi would go together very well, but if I had to guess, I’d say the sushi would last about 3 seconds before he’d wolf down the whole lot (despite the fact that he’s a huge gargantuan house-cat rather than a wolf), and that would be that. What to get: The Chicken Soup omg! What else: Wear hot pink shorts when you order, it’s what all the cool people do. I’ve never actually had the “Burmese Sushi” here which we’ve now been told is not Burmese Sushi – such a thing does not exist – but simply Sushi innovated by Burmese people once they arrive in the states, to blend the tastes of Burma with a type of Asian food that is already wildly popular here, mainly with hipsters and/or Alex (the two are mutually exclusive). However the soup is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Some of the best soup I’ve ever had in fact. Just writing this review and remembering the last time I had it, makes me think that tomorrow will be the day I will rush back down to WSB and slurp it down again and be happy. It’s very cilantro-y and garlic-y and those are two of my favourite -y things. I went back and had the soup again today because I love it so freaking much. So garlicky, so hot, so delicious, so good! I usually take the lime out so it doesn’t get to limey (I’m already limey enough). Also the owner is a wonderful guy to talk to about the world and the lady that is often here is so adorable and lovely and keeps checking up on people who are eating her food to see how it is. I always forget to get this soup and make a bee-line or the amazing sticky rice thing at 007, and the combo at Abyssinia, as well as the insanely good fruit smoothies (order with no milk) at Gourmet Lao. But you know, this soup has a very strong claim for being the best item in the Bazaar. It’s definitely in the conversation. If you haven’t been to the WSB, you are really missing out. If you have, but haven’t tried this soup, then you need to return, like, yesterday. And if you must know, while I was at first thinking about a Rack-a purer thought has now entered my mind. Now I’m going to wander off, mutee-ring to myself about something.