The hubby and I were starving and pulled into this plaza to eat. You know when you get a nasty feeling in your gut when you walk into a place but you are so hungry that you pretend you didn't feel it? Yeah, that was me at the door of Mix Zone Cafe. It's a dark and dirty looking place but it got pretty good reviews on Yelp so we gave it a try.
We ordered some chicken satay which was decent...a bit dry but the peanut sauce was yummy. We also ordered some curry chicken (the white curry) which was also OK. The lemongrass iced tea was a bit on the sweet side but still refreshing. The curry was OK. The noodles were OK. Everything was pretty much OK considering where we were eating (not the classiest joint, if you know what I mean). Everything had kind of a funky aftertaste, though, but we were so hungry that we didn't care....yet.
The wait staff was kind of strange. Telling me what I would like and adding things like we were at a nail salon. The house salad was horrid. Their house dressing was pretty much mayo squirted all over the top of some lettuce. When I asked our waitress if there was any other kind of dressing she seemed annoyed and took the plate into the kitchen. Then she came back and told me that "he" (I'm assuming she was referring to the cook) said since "we have to throw it away now, you have to pay for half". She was pretty straight-faced and awkward about it. What the?? I wasn't trying to get it taken off of our bill! I just wanted different dressing! She didn't even bring it back.
I was a waitress during college so I have very high expectations from the waitstaff of every restaurant I go to. Personality goes a long way. If my waiter/waitress has a bad personality, it ruins my whole meal. I was pretty much done after that so we paid our bill (which ended up being almost $40 for lunch!) and left. They do have lunch specials which cost less. We just ordered off of the regular menu.
All I can say is, we were dragging for the rest of the day. Zero energy, gross feeling in our bellies, etc. Maybe it was all the MSG??? It felt like we abused our bodies for lunch. Why would I expect more from a hole-in-the-wall type of place in a shady strip mall? I blame myself for this one....should have trusted that gut feeling when we walked into the place.