During spring break, my friend asked me if I wanted to help taste test her cousin’s/uncle’s (Asian family structures are convoluted) new restaurant, Mangosteen, which is taking over the former Kim’s Vietnamese space. When posed with a question concerning free food, how can I answer with anything other than a “HELL YEAH!”? I guess I could say “I would be positively delighted!” But I wasn’t feeling particularly dainty. So hell yeah to free food it is.
While I thought this would be some awesome free multi-course feast of tasting, we were only presented with two dishes: jiggling(?) beef and drunken chicken. While it wasn’t the feast I expected, I was still happy to get free food. Besides, I had already had one lunch less than 2 hours before this tasting, so the belly was already bursting before I even arrived at Mangosteen.
Anyway, since this meal was free, and the restaurant is still tweaking its recipes, I’m not going to comment on the food. But there are pictures!
Perhaps this dish was called “shaking beef” and not jiggling beef. Yeah…that sounds less gross than jiggling.
Drunken chicken.
Mangosteen opens towards the end of April. Check it, yo.
Also, does anyone know what happened to the owners of Kim’s? Rumor has it that they’re planning to reopen in another location.
To whom it may concern:
I am the manager of mangOsteen restaurant and I have read your posting. I don’t believe we are open to the public for food tasting yet. The chef that prepared those dishes was just a gesture to welcome his personal family and friends. I don’t think it was meant for the public to post it on the website. It would be much appreciated if all future comments be address to me. However I do appreciate your posting. Any further questions or comment regards to this posting please contact me directly.
Sincerely
Hi adammangosteen,
Thanks for reading. I was invited by a family member of the owner, I believe, and not the chef. I actually have no idea who the chef is. And in any case, I asked for permission to take pictures and post them on this website before we started the meal. I also don’t believe I said that mangosteen was open at the moment–I mentioned that the restaurant was aiming for the end of April to open to the public. If you would like me take this post down, however, I will be happy to oblige.