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| - This is a somewhat informal, low-key restaurant in an unassuming commercial area of Montreal.
The restaurant was empty as we arrived before dinner time.
We ordered the Cambodian soup, fried tofu, chinese broccoli with oyster sauce, imperial rolls, vegetable fried rice, and two soursop juices.
The soup was very good, somerhing like a tom yum soup. It had lemongrass, tomato, celery, and straw mushroom. The fried rice was also good, especially with the pickled hot peppers that are furnished on every table.
For some reason,we did not receive our broccoli or drinks, and the owner/waiter did not check on us or ask us if we needed anything or advise us that the chinese broccoli is unavailable.
Also, a complaint we have about this and other similar restaurants is that they are "vegetably challenged". They tend to use minimal vegetables of the lowest grade such as celery and carrots, and do not include other asian vegetables such as greens, bamboo, baby corn, mushroom etc, which add variety and flavor.
In this case, there were at least five vegetable dishes on the menu, and the owner/waiter told us three of them were available, yet apparently none of them were available. It may be that nobody ever orders these and that's fine, but if it's on the menu they should keep it in stock.
This restaurant has been in business 30 years and I guess they do not need our business, but it's unfortunate, as the service,food and experience could be a lot better, and good southeast asian restaurants are sorely needed in Montreal.
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