They officially opened a few days ago and are currently serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner beginning at 7am every day. At first glance, it seems like a relatively common cafe menu with eggs, salads, sandwiches, etc. but at second look, there's a lot more including some traditional Chinese and Taiwanese dishes which they do plan to expand upon down the line.
The breakfast menu is fairly extensive with everything from bagels to french toast to steak and eggs. Pricing ranges, but most items are well under $10 and everything is customizable with a few vegetarian options. Lunch and dinner are the same, but with the addition of a select menu of traditional noodle and wonton dishes, all around $4-$7. There is also full coffee service as well as some specialty in-house blended teas and juices.
When you said "there was a fair amount of cartilage" I was immediately excited! That's actually how it should be so I would say very authentic. Had a bowl of the braised beef noodle soup today and it was excellent all around. Can't wait for them to expand their Asian menu.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is how it should be and the flavor was fantastic! I just found that most of my pieces were more cartilage than anything else so I wanted to set expectations. I believe they'll be slowly adding to the menu over the next two/three weeks, so definitely keep checking back!
DeleteYup. The cut of choice is shin, which is full of cartilage. It is also more expensive than chuck which is not authentic.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm glad it wasn't chuck! I probably should have phrased it a little differently, but it wasn't that there was cartilage; it's that it was almost entirely cartilage along with a couple of other indicators. That said, the flavor was great!
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