As an enthusiastic vegetarian, I can pretty much name any veggie and vegan place in town, but going to eat at them is another story. After two years of hearing about Cafe 668, I decided to drag my mom along for a nice meal.
We were impressed by the decor. We were impressed by how the place was absolutely freezing. We were impressed by the menu (which is only Asian food, unbeknown to me at the time, not that it matters).
We were impressed that our food was disappointing. How could that be?
We both had an appetite to satisfy and found that our meals lacked a single item to give it umph.
I felt like my tofu was too soft and too doused in coconut sauce, the way your fingers start to get wrinkly and annoying to touch when you've been in the tub for too long.
My mom basically got a plate with some beautiful looking crispy noodles that was basically the equivalent of ordering ramen noodles' super attractive older, classier-looking sibling. In the end it was just served on a prettier plate.
All in all, for $40 (cash only!), totally not worth the hype.
PS It's not even at 668 anymore!