Cooking Papa

EXCELLENT food I live literally down the street from Cooking Papa and finally made it over there this last week. My first impressions - ambiance leaves a lot to be desired, really not much to look at in there or reason to stay and relax at your seat (at least at this location). A touch on the pricier side but that’s what you get with Mountain View. The food, however, was incredible. Very, very tasty. I know they have some Michelin mentions and it’s apparent why. The beef, the rice, the chicken, the pot stickers - everything was clearly made fresh and handmade. Could’ve ate until I was sick. Service was very fast - you can actually just choose your items on the electronic menu they leave at your table and they’ll come by and send it to the chef and you use it to pay as well. Very efficient. Would definitely go back! (Or at least order online)

Clean simple decor. The appetizers were average. The lobster with rice noodles were delicious, fresh lobster, tasty noodles, not sure it was a whole lobster though for $25. The fish fillet was above average, but the dish was like warm, not sure why. The fried tofu was good, but a bit too salty. The sweet and sour spare ribs was thin, but flavorful.

We've tried this place a while back and thought it was really good! Back then, it got pretty crowded and it was really popular. So we decided to try this place again on Christmas day since it was one of the few restaurants that were open. We expected a large crowd at the door but surprisingly,not wasn't that busy. When we first came in, we were sat immediately but needed a high chair, which took a while to get. After we got the high chair, we were not handed the menus until we asked for it. They offer complimentary tea as well. However, our service was lacking. A lot of times we had to wave down a server to get something we needed. For the food, we ordered 3 different dishes. Egg and Prawn chow fun, Peking duck and house pan fried noodles. The food was pretty good, especially the Peking duck. Skin was crispy and best of all, no bones! Then wife and kids enjoyed the prawn and eggs, but I found the pan fried noodles just ok, not exemplary. Overall, not a bad place if you are in the mood for some Hong Kong food! Give this place a try!

Food is just okay. The traditional Cantonese duck is good. The thing that made me disappointed was we waited 20 minutes before the first dish was served. People at next table came 10 minutes late than us but got their dishes faster than us. When asking them why our dishes are so slow, they gave no explanation.