LOL. ‘The sleek darkness of the space always gives me the impression that the restaurant is trying to have sex with me.’ In SF’s case, I didn’t feel its so dark, but definitely darker than the usual brightly lit Cantonese banquet hall places. The restaurant felt like though that its designed as a soft introduction to Cantonese-Chinese food for a crowd who typically spends their money in sleek looking restaurants but not necessarily overly familiar with such food. (I haven’t been, but I guess you may be able to make a similar argument about Eight Tables.) Our servers are definitely trained to handle diners who are used to showing up at e.g. One Market, versus Koi Palace. None of our servers are the usual curt/ efficient Cantonese types. Nothing wrong with that, just different.
I’d be curious to know how their food at dinner is.
