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| - Ah Chinook Centre. How can it be so ridiculously packed on a weekday?
Don't you people ever work? Found myself in the food court at Chinook, and in between looking for likely escape routes in the event of a sudden zombie apocalypse (an involuntary reaction in crowded places) I searched for the shortest food court line.
I don't expect haute cuisine in a food court, in fact if the sludgy meniscus of congealed sauce looks like it's less than a week old, I'm checking for Michelin stars. There was no line for Petite Cuisine, which is worrying considering it's situated next to a Manchu Wok.
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As it turns out for food court Chinese, it was actually pretty good. I had some kind of spicy chicken, that featured a little bonfire of red chilis on top, (that you don't actually get to eat, they're display chilis which are disappointingly recycled onto successive refill trays.) I also had a peppery beef and green bean creation in what appeared to be a black bean sauce, along with some perfectly cooked mixed vegetables.
I can't wax euphorically over the dish, the predominant flavour is, well, "salty", but the chicken dish had a little heat, and the beef was filled with MSG goodness. What I can say is that the food - and particularly the vegetables - was very fresh.
Seemed to be a pretty good food court alternative.
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