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miniqooper -
2 years ago
First time to Leroy’s and I’m very curious of the Vietnamese fusion, blending of modern and old style cuisine. The menu looks promising for instance banh mi and the fried chicken. To be fair, I will need at least two or three visits just to sample a variety of items. For now it gets three stars. Leroy is a nice establishment away from the busy district of Canggu. Heavy competition for tourist money, everywhere. I ordered the calamari and the spicy chicken with egg noodles. The food came out promptly with little time to spare, since I was maybe the third customer in the entire establishment and it was 5pm. The thinly sliced calamari that was cooked just right-soft, thin golden colored batter coated each one. They had no crunch but nicely garnished with red shavings of peppers, green onion and cilantro leaves. It came with a sriracha mayo dipping sauce-that looked like a long worm snacked itself into a heaping pile. The calamari was agreeable with my self and the three flies who kept me company. They each took turn dive bombing the dish. It didn’t bother me much since I grew up with siblings and squatting near the ear for meals was typical growing up. Bugs were not a challenge at meal time, it was something that helped you be more efficient at consuming your meal and not wasting food. I felt like the flies were a welcome distraction, it remind me that the dish was appealing to someone. The chicken dish was a miss, like MIA poultry. Hello? Are you in there? You had to wonder if they even put it in the dish. The sauce had a nice taste balanced of tartness, semi sweet and some sort of plum sauce present. But it was a little thick like an 8 year old dumping the ketchup on French fries. It also made me wonder if I could tell if the sauce had an origin-Indian?nope. Cantonese? Nope. Thai? No way. Then Asian? Not sure. The egg noodle by themselves were the best part since it was cooked to a nice soft texture. Yeah, something right. I think there was some sort of leafy greens. Maybe bok choy leaves and something else that resembles the cabbage family. Unfortunately it was heavily masked by the dark mystery sauce. Finally the price of the meal, uhhh...overcharged. Yes I read the price on the menu, did the 3 grade math and it was overcharged. Yeah I will not come back. Sorry lowering the final score 1 Star. And I was so optimistic...uggh.