Double Crown - Mmmm...Daikon Fries

There are two words I want to leave you with about Double Crown…daikon fries…daikon fries…daikon fries!! Indeed everything is better fried, and it's epitomized by Double Crown’s daikon fries. Less like slices of the actual daikon root, and more like thick fried cuts of the daikon/radish cake served at Chinese dim sum…warm, starchy center surrounded by a salty crust, and coated with a spicy sriracha mayonnaise…PERFECTION!
Another reason to have brunch at Double Crown is their specials:
$20 – cocktail, entrée, and coffee/tea
$32 – all you can drink Bloody Mary’s, entrée, and coffee/tea (they have a fun DIY Bloody Mary Bar with all the fixings you could possibly think of and more…like Vietnamese fish sauce!)
The restaurant’s cuisine is inspired by the British colonization of Southeast Asia; hence the name Double Crown. The cocktails are also creative and quite tasty (like the Anjou Pear & Darjeeling Fizz).

Spicy beef salad with pickled green mango – exactly what I was hoping this dish would be…tender slices of beef tossed with tart and spicy strands of green mango. Great texture and in-your-face bold flavors.
Crispy pork belly with chili caramel, mint, and fried egg on steamed rice – my mouth was watering when I saw this dish on the menu. It sounded incredible, but they totally missed it on the execution…the pork belly was dry and overcooked (a sad day for pork belly!), and the chili caramel sauce was too faint.
Sambal prawns with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, and avocado – the flavors and components came together really well in this dish…sweet, smoky prawns, creamy avocado, savory eggs, and just enough acidity from the tomatoes.
Lively atmosphere, interesting food, reasonable prices…and most importantly, their daikon fries!

BITE METER: Double Crown – 4.0 bites (out of 5)