Great atmosphere and I love the mango tea that they served. This is the only place that I know that sells Hong Kong style French toast that tastes the same as it did in Hong Kong! However it's a bit on the expensive side but that's to be a given since it's in the heart of the city.
Try a few things for lunch take-out and was disappointed with the quality. Don't waste money on the HK styled milk tea as it is worse than what you can get from a can that you may get at some asian grocery stores. Sandwich is way overpriced - $10 for a simple egg sandwich! in all I would suggest skipping this place as it ain't worth your time and money.
The food was delicious - we had the skillet Mac and cheese noodles, elote fried rice, string bean tempura, and peanut noodle salad. Washed it down with the watermelon bomber, which came out in a beautifully served watermelon bowl. Everything was fresh and exactly as I would expect for a place like this. I can't wait to go back and try more of the specials soon.
A solid 4.5 ? (too bad Google doesn’t have half point stars).Walked by many times but never had the urge to step in until this time. Perhaps the name or the menu looked too unconventional for those looking for Chinese cuisine, simply not “authentic” like Dumpling House or Lee’s seafood. I had to admit my inherent biases after the visit.Owned by the two Chin sisters (hence the name Double Chin) who shared their deep passion for Chinese cuisines, they wanted to created something unique yet preserving the Chinese cuisine’s identity. Double Chin’s menu was simple and many items can be found in many Asia-fusion restaurants, however, their specialty menu page was what caught my eye.To be honest, it is a daring act to create a fusion menu when it is Chinese + something due to the dominating flavors demanded by Chinese style cooking. So I gave them a 5 ? for taking on the daring act.We ordered two recommended items from the specialty menu, the Corn Elote Skillet Rice, mixing lime spice used in preparing corns among Mexican street vendors and melted cheese with fried rice. I was pleasantly surprised by the refreshing taste from the lime spice and the taste of fried rice on a skillet.The other item was Hong Kong hot chicken Katsu Boluobao-wich, the easiest way to describe this is basically chick-fil-a + Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich on steroids. Covered by the Hong Kong style sweet tasting Boluobao buns (one of my favorite pastries), the deep fried chicken (as tender as those from chick-fil-A), sits right in-between the buns, oh and there are spicy kimchi in the place of traditional pickles. Take a bite of it, the mouth-watering taste of five layers of sweet->spicy->tender->spicy->sweet travels through every taste bud in your mouth until you furiously taking the second bite. A little heavy for sure, but who thought of Popeye’s spicy chicken sandwich being heavy when we were devouring it?Overall, I was impressed with the innovative menu items and their courage to offer a never-tested fusion menu in the highly competitive and brutal Chinatown Food Colosseum, where restaurants frequently open and closes every couple of years.A must try for those enjoying great food and especially the foodie explorers!
So delicious!! It’s my new favorite restaurant in Massachusetts ? Don’t forget to check out their bakery on the side for some delicious fresh baked items!!
Attitude of the works there were pretty bad but the chicken sandwich was really good. Never had a combination of juicy chicken with kimchi inside a pineapple bun. It was phenomenal
Modern Chinese restaurant with poorly executed creative menus.Saw the hype on social media about their toast and spam fries and decided to take a visit. Their idea of modernizing Chinese dishes was mostly confined to infusing street food elements. Sounds great on paper, but their execution was fairly unremarkable. With the exception of the seafood crispy noodles which I liked, all the menus I ordered were mediocre at best. The sweet chili sauce on the cauliflower was too watery and poorly integrated. The ramen crust on the chicken barely made any difference in texture, and the quality of chicken was also not great. Nothing from the spam and taro fries and the Double Chin fried rice were worth the hype on social media. I haven’t tried their famous Cube Toast so I cannot comment on those, but their regular entree menus were certainly disappointing.
Ordered peking duck fries for $16 and no duck at all. The restaurant refused to address the issue at first and argued that "the ducks are in thin slices so you may not be able to see them". LMAO. After an hour and half back and forth between the customer service of the delivery app and the restaurant, the delivery app decided to refund me for this dish. The other two dishes (shrimp and chicken wings) are pretty bad as well. It is my first and last time ordering from there. I strongly suggest you avoiding this place.
Desserts are good! Tofu dishes are average and the ambience is great as well
Absolutely amazing food.Everything about this place is unique, innovative, an exciting. The atmosphere feels trendy and gives a welcoming vibe. The food is always perfectly cooked with just the right amount of seasoning.I had the tofu chinwhich which was the perfect combination of crunch from the scallion pancake, softness from the tofu, and the crispness from the vegetables. Not to mention the honey sauce was amazing.To drink I had a lemon cola which was also great.My friend had the Poutine Your Mouth with the fried egg (sadly I don't have a picture) which he also said was amazing, and it looked amazing too.For dessert we had the Matacha Ma Call It cubed toast, which was basically different pieces of French toast in a cube with green tea ice cream on top of it, plus fruit, mochi, cereal, poki sticks, and chocolate syrup on it. It was probably the best dessert I ever had and certainly worth the wait.This is probably the most unique restaurant I have been to in Boston and a must-visit if you are in Chinatown.