Rangoon Ruby Burmese Cuisine

This was a second visit after a very pleasant first experience, both times on a Thursday evening. The staff is friendly and attentive, the venue has been recently upgraded and has an urban feel. The highlight are the blown-glass chandeliers. Outside seating is also available. The tables inside are very close to each other and overhearing the neighbors' conversation is unavoidable. From the appetizers tried the Samosas, Egg rolls and Palatas: the Palatas come with a side of chicken curry and the Samosas with a tasty spicy red sauce. All were tasty, but the Samosas were extremely hot, we burned our mouths. In contrary, the water for the tea was not warm enough to brew a tea and even more disappointing was that the water had a very strong smell, ruined the otherwise excellent and fragrant Mighty leaf Green tea Tropical, at $4.50 for a small pot. The brown rice was nicely presented, but again, not warm enough, undercooked and completely tasteless. On the opposite, the chicken curry was so oversalted, it was not possible to eat without the rice, although the meat itself was tender and cooked well. The pieces of chicken were quite large to serve with the spoon and hard to eat without a knife, but strangely, the utensils include only a fork. The highly recommended pork noodles were tasty, but very oily. I mostly enjoyed the eggplant with garlic, but that was very oily too. Overall, for the price expected much higher quality of the food and service.