Mochi Sweet — Restaurant in Blaine

I went to the mall for a quick lunch on a weekday and saw that there were 3 Hmong establishments just like the ones at the Hmong Mall. I was delighted. This one had the most people at the counter, so I thought it must be good. I ordered the Khao Poo noodle, which is a spicy noodle dish. It looked good on the menu. $14.99 is par for the course now for a noodle bowl.

I had to order from the kiosk, but the receipt spit out on the other side of the counter. I had to go and ask for it. There was one guy working the kitchen and the counter, while there was another lady on the bubble tea side. I thought that was strange as it all looked like one business.

I started to notice that the people standing around were all waiting for food. Well it took 20 minutes for my noodle to appear. So much for a quick lunch. Apparently because of their receipt print out not being available, there was another customer who mistook my Khao Poo with his. Well I showed him my receipt and he backed off. (Pro tip: get your receipt!!!)

The noodle bowl looked very appetizing. I was excited. After taking the photo though, I dug into it and discovered that the noodles were in a clump, like they were just taken out of the fridge and poured the broth on top without stirring it. Well cold noodles with not boiling broth makes for a lukewarm bowl of noodles. I asked for pig's blood, which I paid extra for and were absent. The rice noodles were overcooked and they started to fall apart in earnest. However, the bowl had a lot of flavor. But the execution and temperature were not on point.

Their saving grace was a surprise. Since there wasn't much protein in the noodle bowl, I was still hungry. I went and ordered a Durian Smoothie. The lady confirmed that it was real fruit in the smoothie. Well they were really proud of it: $8.95 for a smoothie!! Well I didn't care. I cannot remember the last time I had a real durian smoothie with real durian. When it came, OMG!! This was insane. I had died and gone to heaven.

So 3 stars for the food and service, and 5 stars for the smoothie, so we land at 4 stars. Maybe get a burger or pho next door, and get the...

Like. Put in a pickup order for 1145 AM and the employee didn’t have like any of it ready and no mochi donuts cause it was too early?? Just remove it from the menu if you don’t have it. Or say “hey this is unavailable till this time” Asked me what the order number was and I’m like “are there 10 orders ahead of me?” Only started making my order when I arrived to pick it...

Ordered a Khao Poon to go. Had to wait over 40 minutes to get my order. Got home and opened my food and was so disappointed and hurt. The noodles were soaked in broth, no veggies, there was no flavor at all. I will not return nor will I...