My housemate and I caught a late evening meal there tonight. I have been to several Mongolian grills across the states. This one is beautiful inside and decorated with a variety of lovely ceramic tiles. The foyer, I simply loved. Very eye catching. The restrooms did not get upgraded in the remodel but, are now clean and sanitary. The odor that previously resided in the restrooms, is all gone! It was quiet and pleasant in the dining area. No dishes banging around or staff and guests talking loudly. Totally, non-rushing and most relaxing environment.
There are several ways to get your meal and the time of day you eat matters. It matters in pricing and ingredients. There are take-out and dine-in options. You can order from 7 or 8 predesigned bowls which are cooked and packaged for you. The staff delivers the boxes to you.
You can also personally select the ingredients of your bowl . The staff will assist you in selecting the sauces if desired. It's okay to sample a sauce before selecting which goes on your bowl. Just be cautions of the peppery heat some sauces contain. Some can be rather hot, especially if you don't care for that after burn. Once the sauce is selected, your ingredients are cooked together in the sauce of choice by the grill master and then brought tableside. You and your bowl have met up again via the number sign method. A large number plague is placed on your table. Your bowl gets the same number and magically, you get your own personal bowl back after it's properly cooking.
The ingredients are all raw and displayed on a cold buffet maintained below 40 degrees F to prevent growth of bacteria. Tonight's buffet presented lamb, beef, white chicken, mixed chicken, shrimp, various crab-like meats, bay scallops, calamari, and squid. Accompaniments were standard veggies consisting of onions, scallions, mushrooms, carrots, red and green sweet bell peppers, zucchinis, celery, water chestnuts, ginger, and several others. A staff member assisted me with the selection of my sauce as I was clueless about the proper use of the sauces. I am not certain to what extent the whole proteins, aromatics, and sauces have to compliment each other to derive a tasty bowl. thus, I requested a lesson in sauce selection. Surprisingly, despite having ingredients I don't particularly care for in the sauce, the bowl, when finished, was rather yummy.
I did eat a small slice of cheese cake similar to a New York Style but with a graham cracker crust. The slice was small as the price. It was just the prefect amount to finish my dinner pleasantly.
The restaurant is child accommodating but there is ceramic tile everywhere. Caution needs to be employed so your little ones have no problems. At the food bar, the children should have an adult serve the ingredients to their bowl. This addresses less contamination of the raw ingredients. Dirty hands, sneezing, coughing, and those awful runny noses have no place at the food bar. Let the servers help with the children.
The prices are reasonable. Two of us for dinner during the weekdays paid $35.00, including tip. I enjoyed my meal, the environment, and meeting the staff. The staff is polite and helpful. The staff has good command of English. Definitely, more than I in their languages.
Go, eat, have a great time. Take friends.
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