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| - Dropped by this place over the weekend for breakfast. Let's just say, with My Kitchen literally next door, it had a tough act to follow.
Pros:
Portions are good
Cons:
Food is average at best
Very dirty under the tables
I'm a little biased here maybe because one of ma favourite places for breakfast is just next door. We decided to try this place to see how it was like. When you walk in, the place is pretty big. There are a lot of tables so wait times are almost never a problem. We are seated very quickly.
Taking a look at the menu, I see there are actually very few breakfast specials. They have 5 items and 4 of them include congee. The menu also says any special with congee does not come with a drink. That's a drag because I'm used to any special always coming with a drink. Also, there's a completely separate special menu but it's all in Chinese. There's no English anywhere on it whatsoever. I'm always against all Chinese menus even though I'm can read them myself. When you're a business in Canada, you need to have English included in your menu plain and simple.
I ordered the beef brisket noodle and my GF had the french toast with "beef cookie" which was ordered from the all Chinese menu. For those who don't speak Chinese, I translated "beef cookie" directly from Chinese. This item is usually ground beef that's steamed in a round (cookie-like) shape. However, when we received the French toast, it just came with ham. We have a word for ham in Chinese but it's not beef cookie. I guess they couldn't be bothered to change the menu or something. My brisket noodle was alright. The bowl was pretty big and it came with a lot of noodles. The brisket though was mainly fatty pieces.
Halfway through the meal, my little one dropped her cup under the table. When I went to pick it up, I noticed how dirty it was. The floor was basically covered in dirt and filth in the corners. I couldn't give back the cup to my little one after. It was a complete turn off.
So all in all, i think i'm going to stick with My Kitchen next door. I just wasn't impressed with this place at all. I may have been more critical because of the competition next door, but when you do have competition you should step up your game to meet or exceed it. Chi Star did not unfortunately.
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