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| - You know what? I had really low expectations going in... so that helps.
This place was just fine! It's been in the Beach for 30 years... amazing!
I was feeling too lazy to cook, and it was nearing 8 p.m., so we went to just-eat.ca and looked at our options. I don't think Mr. Rosie S. and I have ordered Chinese delivery for ourselves EVER (lots of other types of delivery food, but somehow never Chinese... weird).
Honey Bee also has a Richmond, BC location, though I don't know which is the original.
We ordered Spring Rolls (veg) and Egg Rolls (meaty) for $1.50 each to start as well as the Honey Garlic Spare Ribs app ($9.75). I wasn't sure about what would be included, so we also ordered a couple of orders of steamed rice ($1.75ea) just in case (I threw leftovers into a chicken soup today). Turned out we didn't need it! The Spring Rolls could have used more seasoning or flavouring of some kind, but they were totally passable. I was also starving... so I basically inhaled them.
I got the "Mixed Vegetable Lo Mein Chow Mein" (I know, but that's really what it's called) for $8.95 and Mr. Rosie S. got the "Chicken and Mixed Vegetables" for $9.25.
They sent six fortune cookies and TONS of soy sauce and plum sauce packets. Nice! No chopsticks, though, which I thought was odd.
It arrived EXTREMELY piping hot - highest temperature delivery food I've ever had! Love that.
However, most of the vegetables (carrots, broccoli, onion, celery, mushrooms, bean sprouts, baby corn, bean sprouts, many of which I suspect were canned) were undercooked and everything was a bit greasier than I would like. That said, we were both full and not sick at the end of the meal, and there were lots of leftovers. Total bill came to $45.71 with tax.
No doubt we'll order from here again, which cannot be said for many of the take-out and delivery places we've tried around our 'hood!
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