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| - My mom actually told me that she heard this place was "OK", so I went to try it with her. Just to give you a heads up, I would catagorize this food as "westernized hong kong chinese". It's cafe style with everything from noodle soup, to pork chop casseroles.
From the outside, I was really expecting a highly urban area, with newly designed decor. Reason why I say this is one of the first things that they advertise is a big sign saying who owns the store, who manages it and who designed it (I figured they used a "designer"). Upon entry, I guess some of my expectations were true; everything was newly renovated (the place is relatively new) with sleek elegant designs. The place where they failed is the bar and seating area. I mean, it looks like a fast food court.
The service is about the same as a fast food court too. At least with table service (think about sitting in the 100 levels at a Toronto Raptors game). It really seems that they treat you like another person taking up a seat, which can eventually be filled up by another person...
Other than that, the food is mearly so-so. I mean it wasn't exactly mind blowing. I had the pork chop casserole and my mom had the onion pork chops. Each dish was alright, I would probably give it about a 5/10 if I had to grade it. It isn't the best thing I've ever had.
While the food is not that amazing here, the thing that boggles me is how much food you get for the price. I mean, for the buck, you get a lot of bang. To give you an example, for a 8 dollar meal (onion pork chops) you get a beverage, about 3 bowls worth of rice, and about 2 pork chops. Insane... how can you possibly eat all that over a sitting of lunch? Oh ya, I forgot, I wanted to fall asleep at work.
My only con about the "value" of this place is that most places will include soup as part of the "combo". I guess that is attributed to this place being more like a food court and less like a cafe.
All in all, I would recommend this place if you want a place to eat cheap (ie. office lunch trip).
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