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| - A while back, I decided to not write reviews for places that were unpleasant, as it may come across as being overly critical and small business owner deserves a fair chance for survival. Aberdeen Delicatessen had reignited my desire to publish reviews about local businesses that are simply sub-par. It is important for fellow Yelpers to learn from my experience at Aberdeen Delicatessen.
While the business owner claims she only uses the highest quality ingredients, the food was awful. It was a deeply disappointing experience as I was looking forward to Chinese dessert soup (tong sui). My friend and I shared the Hasma Almond Soup ($5.50) and fried Black Sesame cake ($4.00). The flavour of the prior dessert is dominated by rice rather than Hasma or Almond. It was by far, one of the worst Chinese desserts I have ever had; worst than free desserts from restaurants. Surprisingly, the nearby Fantasy Eatery's dessert soup is far superior and has stronger South Almond and North Almond flavours. Both establishments claimed the almond is grinded raw, but one is clearly a cut above the other. The flavour of the latter was null. While I wanted appreciate that it is low in sugar, it lacked the robust sesame flavour I come to expect from these types of desserts. My friend and I both agreed that both dishes were not palatable.
I can tolerate poor desserts, but I find it difficult to stomach the owner's attitude.
The lack of respect for patrons is more unpleasant than the food quality. I had respectfully asked for a metal fork, as my goal this year is to reduce the consumption of plastic. The owner suggested that it is not environmentally friendly to take the bus and also to drive. As well, the food they serve here is extremely not environmentally conscious due to the high level of waste and amount of electricity it requires. I still feel there is nothing wrong with wanting to contribute a little to mother earth by making small changes in daily actions. This was my small acts to celebrate earth. However, the owner kept interjecting with statements about actions that are not environmentally sound. She then suggested that my Chinese is poor and she has a MBA from SFU, which was irrelevant in the conversation. The whole conversation becomes nonsensical to the extent of which I no longer want to respond. In the most immature way, the owner decided to make gestures behind me. It is possible to have different opinions while respecting each other, but this individual failed to recognize diversity and fail to respect silence.
The food deserves one star. The attitude of the owner is worthy of negative stars. If Yelp allows it, Aberdeen Delicatessen (still uncertain about the name Delicatessen as nothing is fine about the food being served here), earned itself zero stars.
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