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Since we had 3 non-spicy food lovers in our group (including my 3 yr old), we ordered various items carefully avoiding any dishes with 3 chillies. We ordered general tso's chicken (not at all spicy, my toddler ate these no problem), some pork rib soup in a bamboo container (meh), beef fried rice (ok), sliced fish (basa) in spicy broth laden with dried chilies (way too salty and not spicy even when I ate so many of the dried chilies), cold steamed chicken in chili oil (the best dish of the night), lamb skewers (too tough and not enough cumin), stir fried baby pea shoots (bleh), some pork belly dish with dried long beans (tasteless and the dried long beans were too chewy) and steamed rice.
Overall, the quality of the food was underwhelming at best without much consistency. The service on the other hand was just atrocious. There were maybe 3-4 other tables and the 2 servers in the hall were running around like a couple of chickens with their heads cut off. We had to repeated ask for rice and water and they brought out our food and just stood there, waiting for us to make room on our table for them to put down the dish.
To add insult to injury, we were seated next to a huge group with some 4-5 pre-teens who couldn't sit still at the table during their meal. They were running circles around their table, constantly bumping into the back of my seat and my daughter's seat. The adults at the table didn't seem to think that was a problem at all and even after a few dirty looks from me, they just let the kids be. Unbelievable.
The bathroom was just disgusting with tissues everywhere on the floor and smelling worse than some port-a-potties I've had to use. My daughter gagged as soon as we walked into the bathroom corridor even before entering the washroom.
All points combined, I will not be re-visiting Konner again any time soon. I hope there are better Hunan restaurants to discover in the GTA.
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