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| - Let's just say, the gigantic "bingmayong" type of horses in their front entrance had us fooled! NO STARS for the food, ONE STAR for the waiters because they really tried. And the waiters weren't even all that great - I can sense their nervousness: first from them trying to explain to us their "house" pot stickers sauce, which was this: PURE WHITE vinegar, soy sauce, and chili oil. We just knew the outcome was not going to be good, when she mixed the yellow wasabi sauce, with soy sauce, and chili sauce. Not only did it looked gross, it tasted like I could do this at home, but I won't because if I wanted wasibi soy sauce, I would have ordered sushi! And plus, our potstickers came with the plum sauce already, so I didn't get point of this (but then I realized, all the other tables had it) And I guess this is equal to "BREAD" being served at anon-Chinese restaurant. (I would have preferred the bread). And you wont' believe this, she told us, if you want to bring the spiciness down, just add the white vinegar. LOLz.... I am use to the yellow or red vinegars we eat at Ding Tai Fung - I could have sworn, it was just the regular vinegar you get at Loblaws! I don't blame them, I guess PF Chang needs to live up to their grand ambiance, so they have to play a little show for us
Anyhow, I ordered the EGG DROP soup to start and boy, TNT Grocery Store makes better take-out egg drop soup than them. I am under the suspicion that the brown pieces were not eggs, but dried chinese bean curds, that looked like eggs, LOLzz.... seriously!!!! For our starters, we had the Crab Wontons. It was the worse I have ever eaten in my life - mayo MUSHED CHEESED-flavoured crab meat (I didn't see any bell peppers) and the bottom was soggy, but the top was crispy. It was soooooo gross. Their plum sauce was disgusting too! Tasted like the Y&Y ones you get at Loblaws! McDonald's have better plum sauce!
On to the main, Dan Dan noodles. Waiter put on another show, it was not a big plate, but anyway, he pulled out a portable table, and introduced the mediocre presented dish to us and said, I will mix it for you guys now and also cut the noodles for you, because he said "noodles symbolized long life and I don't want you guys to be cutting your own noodles." He was kind of also trembling a bit when he was explaining this to us because I guess he realized he must looked really silly saying this to us. haha... Come on now, we Chinese people do not need to cut our noodles into little pieces. On top of that, the noodles were not spongy, but soggy. Asian Legend had better Dan Dan noodles that didn't cost me $12.99!!! And for $12.99, the plate size would have been doubled at Congee Time! LOLz....
Ok... enough bashing. I lived in the States for a good number of years and trust me, US lacks GOOD Chinese cuisine. My Chinese friend who lives in California came to Toronto to visit and even thinks Toronto has one of the best Chinese cuisine around for being in North America. PF Chang's will be crushed by them like A LITTLE ANT in Toronto for sure. hahaha... I want to end with this note that my husband, normally is not a picky eater, but he is a Native Chinese, so I would have thought it would be normal for him to think it's bad, but me, a CBC Chinese equally thought it was horrible. So, believe me, it's BAAAADDDD!
Like one of the commentaries down there stated, PF stands for PURE FAKE! I totally agree!
I am totally baffled by some of the 5 stars given here. But it seems like the 1-2 stars outbeat the 5's, so I guess I am not totally crazy.
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