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| - I was looking forward to checking this place out, but I (we) were left severely disappointed.
I ordered the nangyi, which is supposed to be a cold dish per the menu. Only a few bites into it did I come to the realization that my dish was actually very warm/hot. I asked the waitress if they had brought me the wrong dish, and she said that the chicken was cold, but that the noodles warmed up the dish. Since there were only a few tiny strands of chicken in the dish (more on the chicken later...), I guess that makes sense - but why state on the menu that its a cold dish when it comes out *almost* piping hot? I was also dismayed, while my mom laughed, that the noodles were spaghetti noodles. The cherry on top was the generous amount of fried wonton skins scattered throughout the dish. I hypothesized that my very warm cold dish of spaghetti rice noodles, chicken strands, and Fritos would taste better after being microwaved, so I packed it up. I hope I'm right.
My friends ordered a pho-type dish and a beef chow fun-type dish. The pho was ordered non-spicy, but it still came out spicy. I think it was an unanimous decision that the beef chow fun-y dish was the best, but then I'd rather just go to a Chinese restaurant and get the real thing.
My mom ordered the burmese curry with chicken, and although the taste was alright to me, the chicken was not alright to anyone. You see, the chicken was overcooked in both chicken dishes. Like overcooked and left out for a long period of time. When we mentioned it to the waitress, she at first said sorry and walked off without another word. She came back a few moments later and asked if they could make a new curry for her free of charge. It usually comes across in a better light if you do that before you walk off rather than after. My mom opted to get another beef chow fun-y dish instead.
We also got hot tea, but both times the tea pot was refilled, the water was lukewarm at best. Lukewarm, flavorless tea is no way to drink tea, dawg.
Another friend came in when we were done and asked how it was, since it was his first time there also. I hope his dinner was much better than ours.
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