There are just a few too many things wrong with M.Y. China - things that get in the way of the otherwise top notch-ness of this brand new place from TV Celebrity Chef Martin Yang.
And it could be that 50% of what's wrong comes from it being open less than a month. The other 50% probably comes from it being run by a "celebrity".
Either way, nothing could save it from its location - inside the Westfield Mall. It's not just that it's in a mall. It's that it's wide open to the mall, and sucks in shoppers with their kids and attendant detritus.
Last night for example, after we'd got past the usual inept host - "Even though a quick glance from Stevie Wonder could tell us there are at least five tables ready, set and waiting for your party of four, why don't you amuse yourself at the bar while I just check to see if I can move mountains to get your table ready" - we were sat at a large, corner booth, only to be joined by one table of two couples, one baby, several bags of shopping, and one movie-player to amuse the baby while it dragged two plates to the floor. And as if that wasn't enough, two other brats from another table had to keep coming by to hang out with our neighbor's baby in order to watch the movie and threaten to pull at the Buddah statuettes lining the wall.
Our first course: Wild Boar Juicy Dumplings, Pork & Black Truffle Juicy Dumpling, Spicy Seafood Dumplings, and Bang Bang Chicken Wings, was perfect in every way. But our Peking Duck course was just "Hoy Sin sauce makes everything taste better" good. And finally, our Wok course: Hong Kong Crispy Noodle with Chicken, Wok Sauteed Mushrooom, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Five Spice Pork Ribs was a bit all over the place in terms of quality, preparation, and taste.
The whole M.Y. China experience proved consistently inconsistent.
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