It's Friday!! Time to check out a new eatery! As the Miami vibes continue so do the eats. We’re checking out CH’I @chibrickell in Brickell City Centre @BrickellCitycentre. This double gem is an experience in its own right as it’s a part of the indoor-outdoor experience. That includes a Garden, Restaurant, Lounge, and Mercado-- a grab/go eatery experience which provides a vintage – Modern Chinese decor.
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The Brickell City Centre is a spacious indoor/outdoor experience with open ceilings and amazing views of Brickell. The Centre includes shopping, eateries, and unique experiences. Make your reservations online to avoid a possible wait.
CH’I is located on the fourth floor in the Centre. Once approaching the eatery you’ll see the Garden on directly in front of you before making the right into CH'I. The garden is an outdoor part is an open air terrace with an island bar, and DJ. The venue you're entering in first is Mercado another restaurant apart of the CH'I family for fast causal dinning.
For lunch or grab to go for deliveries such as Spring Rolls, Dim Sum, and a variety of Lo Mein dishes. Want a late night bite ? Look no further, late night eats available until 11 PM during the week and until 3AM on the weekends.
The Chinese style market is funky and intriguing. A red rug flows down the walkway with lanterns hanging from the ceiling, along with artwork, neon lights and classic arcade games that you can play for FREE! - GAME ON!!
Now how do you get into CH'I .... at the end of the hall way in Mercado you'll see a wooden door that slightly blends into the wall. Don't forget to look up as a neon pink sign stating " Don't Look Back" is right above it. Ta-da.. You've found CH'I, talk about Speakeasy vibes. Instantly you're transferred to a sexy Latin / Asian experience. The space is dark with lights illuminated in shades of pink, purple, blue, and red. Cream lounge couches, mirrors with exquisite art pieces with a bar on the left side. Don't forget to look up to see the lanterns each with different art work.
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The hostess is instantly on your right and will seat you to your seat, even if your party hasn't fully arrived. In my case it was a party of 2 so tread lightly on that one. Plush teal seats at every table with a lamp. You can control the brightness with just a tap. For larger groups a plush booths with pillows are available. Each wall has ginormous florals paintings along with wallpaper of palm tree leaves. Chandlers hang above with palm trees throughout. Once you're seated the table is plated with a black round matte plate, gold chopsticks, a fork and knife. You'll be handed a menu that matches the aesthetics to a T.
Ohh y'all must be ready to get into the eats... The menu was very impressive and if you're feeling undeceive the waiter can offer some good suggestions. To quench my thirst I started with the Chi'-Chón .. What a sweet sensation? As white and dark rum combined I wasn’t ready for this. The mix also includes coconut cream, pineapple garnish and a cinnamon stick to finish. This purple delight is perfect for any sweet lovers.
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For the appetizer I indulged in the Vegetable Summer Rolls, now the presentation was stupendous. How creamy can you make avocados...? As it graced the top of the vegetable roll with cayenne pepper on the side. The roll consists of carrots, Napa cabbage, scallions, rice noddles avocado of course and honey chili sauce. The honey chili sauce adds on spicy of the vegetable roll. If you want the full impact of each roll add the cayenne pepper on top and dip into the sauce. I had to step back for a minute as the spices were getting to my sinus.
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For the final dish I had the CH'I Fried Rice.. don't let the photo fool you the portion size is just the right amount for one or two if you're being generous. Filled with shrimp, pork, chicken, Chinese sausage, egg, red bell peppers, scallions, jasmine rice and tamari sauce its an incredible dish. Each bite you devour your tasting each ingredient stirred together.
I though I could finish this but was clearly wrong, and took the remainder to go for left overs.
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Lastly, if you go on a Friday night or possibly on the weekend a live DJ is playing hits all night. For a unique experience a live Saxophone player is playing in harmony with the sounds from the DJ. !! -Weekend Brunch is also available.
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