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| - I'm always looking for new places to try out in Markham. The pocket of Markham/Richmond Hill where It's Abao time is, has some super great places to eat at, so I was sold on trying it out. Plus the pics on their website didn't leave me thinking twice about going. I stopped in on a Saturday just after 1pm (they open at 12pm). There was only 1 table with 2 people eating. I already knew what i was going to order for everyone, so i went up to order. First: no personality on the staff working there. No smile, no hello - nothing! 3 out of 4 things i tried to order, they were out of? Really? They open at 12pm. If a place of business is planning on staying open until 7pm and can't provide 3/4 of their staple menu ingredients why even open the doors? We settled on 6 items plus fries (4 adults) for take out and went home to eat. My first problem with the food was, that all the sandwiches were put into a bag that was way too small. The wrappers were so hard to take off some of the buns, that the buns fell apart. None of them looked like their advertised tacos & bao buns on their website or even on Yelp for that matter. I was not impressed at all at how dry and small the chicken was. The pork belly was so undercooked that i gagged when i bite into it. It's supposed to be "roasted pork belly", it looked like it had been boiled. Everything tasted the same, well because all the toppings are the same give or take 1-2 different sauces. All bun & veggies, with very little meat. Trying to be fair, we did give them a 2nd chance and went back with the same friends. Honestly, it was no better the 2nd time around.
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