5/5 Cosmin P. 3 years ago on Google
I
will
write
this
entire
review
in
English
to
make
it
accessible
to
anyone
interested
in
a
fair
bit
of
reading.
For
whoever
wants
to
read
this
in
Romanian,
Google
Translate
is
your
best
friend!
I
will
try
to
be
as
objective
as
I
can,
although
I
have
some
bones
to
pick
with
a
few
of
the
other
reviews
that
don’t
do
any
justice
to
this
restaurant.
First
thing
first,
my
personal
impression.
To
make
it
clear
from
the
beginning
I
will
compare
Xiao
with
my
previous
experience
with
Chinese
restaurants
and
not
Internet
stories.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
eat
in
restaurants
in
mainland
China,
more
specific
Shanghai.
Also,
I
have
eaten
great
Chinese
food
in
Europe
and
USA
from
local
Chinese
communities:
Amsterdam,
San
Diego,
San
Francisco,
etc.
I
can
tell
that
most
if
not
all
dishes
at
Xiao
are
Chinese
sourced
and
the
recipes
are
followed
as
close
as
possible
by
the
chef(s).
The
noodles
are
high
quality
and
well
prepared,
the
vegetables
in
any
dish
are
perfectly
seasoned
and
cooked
and
the
meat
is
tender
and
juicy
(at
least
in
all
the
dishes
I
tried
and
I
tried
quite
the
lot).
My
personal
favourites
are
the
soups,
especially
egg
and
seaweed
(algae)
or
sweet
and
sour
soup.
The
main
dishes
that
I
recommend
most
are
the
hot
plates
combinations.
They
come
in
a
tough
cast
iron
plate
in
which
they
are
prepared
and
it
burns
your
skin
off
if
you
touch
it
by
accident.
As
much
as
dessert
goes,
I’m
in
love
with
their
sesame
dumplings
(which
also
have
a
peanut
butter
filling).
Now,
how
does
this
compare
to
the
real
Chinese
food?
They
have
reduced
the
heat
and
spiciness
in
the
dishes
to
accommodate
the
Romania
market,
which
is
understandable
since
it
looks
like
I’m
the
only
client
insisting
in
ordering
ultra
spicy
and
never
gets
enough.
Next
time
I’ll
try
to
persuade
them
to
make
my
soups
Sichuan
style.
Another
thing
that
lacks
is
some
of
the
more
hard
to
get
ingredients
like
lotus
bulbs
for
instance
or
weird
mushroom
species.
Nevertheless,
the
menu
is
plentiful
even
without
those.
Oh,
and
they
don’t
serve
the
“weird”
dishes,
but
that
is
also
understandable
since
probably
nobody
would
order
them
anyway.
And
sincerely
no
restaurant
outside
of
mainland
China
I’ve
eaten
at
has
fried
pork
intestines
in
their
menu.
Concluding
on
the
restaurant
focused
part,
I
say,
and
I’m
being
subjective
but
honest,
that
Xiao
is
probably
the
best
Chinese
restaurant
I
had
a
chance
of
eating
at
in
Romania
and
probably
one
of
the
best
I
have
eaten
at
outside
of
China.
Kudos
for
that
and
hopefully
you
will
keep
the
business
unchanged.
It
has
and
is
a
blessing
to
be
able
to
come
to
you
every
time
I’m
in
Targoviste.
Now
the
bone
picking
part...
I’ve
read
reviews
about
the
food
being
too
spicy
or
too
oily.
Well,
that’s
how
it
is
supposed
to
be:
Chinese
food
is
usually
oily
and
spicy
and
peppery
and
garlicky.
I
suppose
you
expect
dishes
that
have
the
little
pepper(s)
next
to
them
to
have
at
least
a
little
bit
of
heat.
Like
I
said
above,
the
Romanian
market
is
not
used
to
Chinese
spicy,
but
you
can
probably
order
something
that
is
not
spicy
at
all
if
spicy
is
not
for
you.
There
are
also
some
reviews
about
the
food
tasting
like
fast
food.
Let
me
tell
you,
it
is
far
from
fast
food.
Now,
I
don’t
expect
all
people
to
appreciate
this
kind
of
food,
but
to
call
it
fast
food
only
because
you
had
chicken
noodles
and
didn’t
like
it
is
plain
rude
and
mean.
And
the
last
bark
out
of
my
mouth
goes
to
those
complaining
that
eating
inside
is
a
bad
idea
because
your
clothes
will
catch
a
bit
of
food
smell.
Isn’t
it
normal
for
that
to
happen
if
the
kitchen
is
actively
used
and
the
food
comes
steaming
with
flavour
to
your
table?
For
example,
In
most
restaurants
in
Japan
chefs
cook
on
a
hot
stove
right
in
front
of
you.
That
smell,
with
which
you
leave
the
restaurant
is
the
smell
of
quality
food.
Yeah,
it’s
sometimes
bothering,
but
everyone’s
got
a
washing
machine.
Anyway,
hope
you
had
some
fun
reading
this
review.
Is
by
far
the
most
detailed
and
passionate
I
have
written
so
far.
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