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| - I was here yesterday evening for just a bowl of congee. I've been here before when I was much younger, and recall my parents always giving it rave reviews.
I was seated fairly quickly as the restaurant was about a quarter full. It was roughly 9pm. I ordered a bowl of congee, but the lady there said I had to order more because the minimum was $5. They had a handful of items on the menu that was under $5, and ordering another dish for myself would just be too much so I ordered a lemon tea. Don't see why they should price things under $5 if they aren't going to sell just that one dish to a customer.
My lemon tea came, and the waitress also placed a plate of fried beef noodles onto my table; I told her that it wasn't my order so she went back to check and was almost insistent that I ordered this. If I had ordered that my bill would already be over $5, I would not have had to order a drink on the side... they finally realized that order belonged to the table across from me and left. I was left with my lemon tea and no congee for awhile. When the congee did come out, it was whatever; anyone could cook it better at home. They mixed the congee with too much flour to make it look thick, but after about 5 minutes you will start to see it turn very watery. What turned me off the most was that the congee tasted like it would spoil very soon. The pork used in the congee did not taste fresh.
Besides the BBQ hanging in the front, which looked pretty decent, I most likely would not want to dine in this restaurant again. Customer service is horrid, and the food was nothing special even if all I did order was congee. But if they could screw up congee that badly, then how much better can there other dishes be?
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