Jonah wrote:Had what I can only describe as a poor meal here this weekend. For an appetizer we tried the steamed bread, and what they served was rock hard. To their credit, they replaced it with a properly prepared version. I'll give them a pass on this.

We ordered fairly generically: eggplant with ground pork and whole fish with black bean sauce. Both dishes were completely bland. I'm not talking heat level (one was marked as hot on the menu), but just no flavor in the sauces.

I saw several large Asian groups and they seemed to be sticking with the Szechuan dishes like chili chicken and Ma Pa Tofu. Perhaps they've dumbed down a lot of menu and only kept some authentic? So maybe you have to know what dishes to order to get a good meal? Perhaps we got the B team on the day after Christmas?

I don't know what the cause was, but I won't be back. Our meal was no better than a neighborhood Ameri-Chinese meal. Since I'm not a huge fan of Silver Seafood either, the pickings near the Green Mill are thin ever since Vermillion (which I really liked) closed up shop.

Jonah wrote:the pickings near the Green Mill are thin ever since Vermillion (which I really liked) closed up shop.

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