Sichuan Spicy Beef Udon Noodle Soup ($12.95) at @peppercornhouse_ma. Asking for it extra spicy gave me what I would call spicy. The broth was excellent and it was mala. The beef was of good quality, not beef with icky bits that you get in the Taiwanese places. The green stuff was cooked but still had texture. I'm a big fan of udon noodles and really enjoyed these. It was a bit of a fight to eat them since they were really long. They have an really extensive lunch menu.
Lunch Malaysian Shrimp with Green Beans (9.95) from @peppercornhouse_ma. "Sauteed shrimp and green beans with a spicy Malaysian shrimp paste". For my app, I picked Wing (2) which is for once correctly described. "Wings" are not correct for this. The wing was perfectly cooked, juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. A good amount of good-sized shrimp. Unfortunately, there were dry and had the tails left on. Is this finger food? Don't think so. The beans were excellent, nicely charred, and still crunchy. A tasty lunch!
Lunch General Gau's Chicken (9.95)from @peppercornhouse_ma. Wing again, and this time with brown rice (no upcharge). I saw this option on my last visit and still ordered white rice. Go figure! The wing pieces were extra crispy today. The brown rice is delicious. There was a good amount of chicken in a very sticky sauce. Extra spicy didn't work. Some pieces were chicken with a nice thin batter, and some were mostly batter with a hint of chicken. However, all of them were crispy to a fault and were even hard to cut with a knife. For this dish, I'll stick with Mandarin in Reading. Only failure here so far.
Seafood Udon Noodle Soup (13.95) at @peppercornhouse_ma. "Japanese style or Tom Yum spicy". Tom Yum Spicy, of course. It had some heat but wasn't really spicy. It was, however, super tasty. Three perfectly cooked shrimp, plenty of scallops and squid. Unfortunately, all the squid was severely overcooked. I love udon noodles, and they were cooked perfectly. Despite the overcooked squid, I really enjoyed this. Using the default utensils, I cut the noodles into bite-size pieces, which made eating them so much easier.
5.Sashimi Lunch (14.95) at @peppercornhouse_ma. (9pcs) 3pcs tuna, 3pcs sake, 1pc yellowtail, 2pcs saba. That's all the menu said, so I was going to order a small bowl of sushi rice on the side. It turns out that's included already. The rice was at the right temperature, and it was properly seasoned. The fish was super fresh, and the pickled ginger was tasty. I swapped the miso soup for the H&S soup, and this time I remembered to ask for black vinegar, which really improved the soup. This was a very nice...
Read moreOn a Christmas day, my friend and I bought an order of food from here, as this is normally our go to chinese take out. We recieved the order very promptly and it looked great, tasted great.. untill we found GLASS inside one of the dishes.
Upon calling, I was put on hold for a manager. She finally answered and was accusatory stating, she did not know if we truly found glass or not and would only refund us credit to THEIR restaurant.
She accused me of lying and proceeded to tell me we could bring the food back if we wanted to. So we did. Upon arriving she manager grinned at us, did not apologize once and stated she had voided the purchase. She then demanded ALL the food back, which of course we had already consumed half of. She then harassed me about not having the other half of the food.. I told her I would gladly give it back to her in form of vomit if she wanted. She then proceeded to tell me she did not believe that the food had glass since it was not all accounted for.
Her attitude was very unprofessional, her demeanor was accusatory and rude. I have worked restaurant business my whole life, I understand that this sort of stuff happens but it's how you deal with it that makes all of a difference. I would advise NOT eating at this place unless you want to be accused of lying & told it's your fault that you ate glass. So genuinly upset as this place is one of our favorites and we always reccomend to everybody. Hoping that with this incident they are more careful with...
Read moreMy daughter had been here before and requested this restaurant for her birthday! I made a reservation and also made sure they would have lobsters ... my daughter wanted Lobster Ginger Scallion... we brought in balloons and they had set up a gorgeous table for 6-8 We ordered shrimp tempura crab Rangoon an appetizer w chicken curry Then we go 2 different rice dishes drunken noodle beef w broccoli and two lobsters .... everything was perfect!! They sent a couple of presents to my daughter which I thought was so classy!! The staff was awsome and we can’t wait to go back again!!! Excellent all around!!! Ok i wrote this review a few years ago i just want you to know it’s gotten even BETTER!!!! The women that work there are also THE BEST!! They really care and you get excellent service!! I’m eating my leftovers for breakfast and they’re AMAZING!! Thank you Peppercornhouse you are Sublime!!! Try the Shrimps w pineapple and walnuts sounds bizarre but it’s now my favorite dish!!!!!Malaysian Fried Rice w chinese...
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