Mama Lin’s Asian Kitchen

I was here just a month ago to eat won ton soup at Saigon 5.

Now Mama Lin’s here.

I ordered the won ton soup with egg noodles.  I had a bad feeling when I saw the garlic pieces floating on top of the soup.  The bitter garlic flavor was the main flavor of this dish.

Egg noodles had a very mild flavor.

I liked the mix of pork and shrimp in the won tons.  3 slices of char siu had a nice 5 spice powder flavor.  Overall this dish would be ok if I can order it with no garlic otherwise I wouldn’t get it again.

2nd visit I tried the beef short rib combo.

The combo came with green tea.  I was expecting plain green tea like most of the Chinese restaurants I go to offer.  I was surprised by how sweet it was.  I gave it to Maggie but she didn’t want it either as it was too sweet for her as well.

Rice was very moist.  I liked the light flavor.  Beef was very tender and juicy.  There was not enough beef to match the huge amount of rice.  Also I didn’t like the flavor from being marinated in black bean sauce.  I much prefer the flavor you get from Hawaiian places like Island Style Cafe.

Steamed broccoli was room temperature and had a mild broccoli flavor.

Cashier was nice and food came out when I was done shopping.  I miss Saigon 5.  They had a really delicious won ton soup.