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| - Came here after reading pretty decent reviews here and trusting in Yelp's fine reputation. I must say, I am sadly disappointed with my first Yelp-assisted experience.
Food:
I came here to have the char kuay teow and malaysian-style chicken curry (as those are my absolute favs at Restoran Malaysia in Richmond Hill) and I also tried the Popiah (I don't know why I was under the impression that it was similar to Filipino Lumpiang; maybe something I read?.. But not at all!!). I was also so excited to get my bf to try something new and this place failed to make either of us happy. We took most of the food home (as I seriously hate wasting food), but even I couldn't have the leftovers. :( It could be the fact that this place tries to cater to so many nationalities (Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, etc) that it can't perfect a single one.
The kuay teow had more beansprouts than anything else. The curry wasn't saucy enough and actually had pieces of beef in it! We asked the lady, but she pointed to a chicken piece and said "see? Chicken". My bf and I didn't want to argue as she was an older lady and didn't speak the greatest English. Also we're not averse to beef or anything, but this could've been a real issue had we had religious reasons for not eating certain meats. Or allergies. And it was obvious that they threw whatever they had altogether as we got there late and they were wanting to get rid of what they had. It was very inconsiderate though.
Service:
Also, I did not like the fact that there was absolutely nothing on our table as far as utensils, napkins, condiments, etc so we had to ask for extra napkins one at a time, a fork for my bf, to have our water refilled and so on and so on.
Also, the older lady that was waiting on our table was VERY noisily clearing the other glass-top tables, which added to the VERY loud conversation that was going on at the family table in the corner.
Thumbs way down. I'd give this place a zero-star rating if I could, but I can't. :(
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