rev:text
| - I was really looking forward to this place. I love Hakka - Chinese food, and I hadn't had any in a while, so I was really craving some spicy goodness! I came here with high hopes for a delicious dinner, and left with the bitter taste of disappointment and bad food in my mouth.
We ordered the chili chicken, fish pakoras, and "famous" corn soup, which everyone recommends and seems to love. My mouth was watering at the thought of the feast that awaited us. The corn soup arrived first, and it was basically semi coagulated jello with bits and chunks of crab and corn kernels. The crab was fishy, and although it was real crab, it tasted so damn fishy, I could hardly bring my self to swallow it. I'm still trying to erase the gelatinous memory of that soup from my mind.
The fish pakoras were OK. Pretty bland, and the fish inside was somewhat mushy and not seasoned at all. They weren't terrible, but not good either. In fact they were the only non terrible part of this meal.
The chili chicken. I almost cried when I tasted this. I absolutely love chili chicken, however their version of it was just a plain pathetic excuse of this dish. First of all, it had no spice at all, no heat, no kick! It was cold, as if it had been left out for a while before being served to us. The chicken wasn't lightly battered, and the sauce was basically just a stickier version of soya sauce. It had no onions, and I only found one single chili pepper in the entire thing. Terrible. In fact this was so bad, that I would have rather had Machu Wok than this. Sad :(
The waitress was rather rude and inattentive, but whatever. I could have experienced stellar service and it still wouldn't have made a difference. On the way out I saw a lot of newspaper clippings of all the press and praise this place has received. Really? I wonder what kind of people enjoy such mediocre food, but certainly not me. Won't ever be coming here again.
|