Assignment #1 For my first restaurant choice, I decided to eat at Masa located on Monroe Street. The menu of this popular restaurant consists of Asian fusion choices. The service and food were both outstanding. To start off, I ordered edamame, which are immature soybeans that are very common to Japanese and Chinese restaurants. It was served with a spicy black bean sauce, which I found to be interesting because I never thought of that as a Japanese flavor. However, I must say I have never tasted a better flavor to go along with edamame. Also as an appetizer, I ordered the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Wonton, which was my favorite part of the meal. This dish definitely had an American feel to go along with the Asian style because of the cream cheese. They were deep-fried and served hot with a sweet duck sauce to dip them in. They were unbelievable. Next up was my entrée! I decided to order the Chicken Pad Thai, which is a traditional Thai dish. The rice noodles were stir fried with carrots and scallions in a traditional Mandarin sweet and spicy Pad Thai sauce. The sauce included a hint of Thai curry, which blended all the flavors of spicy, sweet, and peanut into a delectable dish. I have had many Pad Thai dishes before, but this one was right up there with the best of them. Being at an Asian restaurant, I decided to go away from my norm and picked the Green Tea Crème Brulee. I was very interested to see how it would come out considering Crème Brulee is a French dessert that is usually flavored with vanilla. Green Tea has Asian origins, which is why they used that flavor. The dessert was not my favorite, but I had to try what is customary to the restaurant. Overall, this meal was delicious and I plan on returning in the near future.