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| - Located in a somewhat new and semi-popular mall Splendid China lies this restaurant... if you can even call it a restaurant. This is my first review, and my experience at this restaurant has driven me to create an account and get typing.
First things first. I arrived at the restaurant with my family for lunch on 1/4/2015, a cold Sunday afternoon. The atmosphere was fairly quiet, not too many people talking. The loudest thing in the room would be the chef's cooking, as part of the kitchen is visible. We were seated to a table that was just cleaned, the tabletop still wet. The first thing that I noticed would be the table itself (photo included); it is a glass tabletop with grime on the side... the thought of eating on it wasn't too pleasing. We had to ask the waiter to bring napkins so that we could actually wipe the table ourselves. There were two waiters in the restaurant who were running about, attempting to take orders, and there was a man who I will assume to be the manager or boss who was assisting the waiters.
There were no utensils or water given upon being seated. -1 right there. They give you a piece of paper where you can write the orders you want, quantity, and what option you want with it. The option means what you want to come with the lunch set... for example, I ordered a Curry Chicken w/ Rice which came with either HK tea, Bubble Tea (I chose the Bubble Tea), or Soup for $6.50. The price wasn't that bad.
After ordering, the waiter brought three bowls of soup for our family (dad was working), and what struck me was the overwhelming smell of bleach. I could barely smell the fragrance of the soup... disgusting. I tasted some of the soup and was greeted with the flavor of pure salt... there was no taste of broth or anything of the sort. It seemed as though they put water into the soup to help boost the quantity of it. No vegetables or meat in the soup. At this point my mom asked for our dishes to have less salt in them because of our experience with the soup; she told a woman who was working the counter. The woman stayed at the counter and didn't bother telling the chefs.
Within 5 minutes of the soup coming came my dish: the Curry Chicken w/ Rice. The rice portion was fine, but it seemed too dry. Curry was alright; too much sauce however. I assumed it would be a Chinese curry, but it turned out to have an Indian sort-of twist to it... very spicy due to the amount of pepper. After eating some of the curry it was apparent that I needed water due to the spiciness of it that was burning my throat... the waiter brought 3 cups of water promptly. The smell of bleach was still apparent on the cup, so I avoided the water as much as I could.
Bubble tea came when we were halfway through our lunch. Way too much sugar, but a good portion of tapioca was inside the bubble tea. The table next to us ordered a Mango-flavored bubble tea; the waiter brought normal bubble tea and said it was Mango. They also ordered honey-water and found a rock inside the cup. How does that even happen?
To finish the meal off I drank some of the water. Big mistake. When standing up and preparing to leave, it was apparent that not many people liked the food as well; most of the tables that were finished still had food on the plate.
On the drive home all I could taste was bleach in my mouth... when I got home I rinsed out my mouth and tried to avoid throwing up.
Avoid Station Asia if you can. Don't be tempted by the somewhat low pricing... you can get better at Pacific Mall for the same price which is across the street.
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