Walking in we saw a young lady come up to us and told us to go upstairs. We thought she was a customer or student walking out the door after a meal.
The upstairs was not a bright clean communal lunch hall feel like the downstairs, but rather like a dim red mood resto feel with group table arrangement.
I did something I regret. I ordered the Basil Beef here as I looked and dissect it while enjoying the Hot & Sour Shrimp Soup. I was feeling for SOUP warm soup so I ordered my soup and wanted Noodle Soup too and the waiter looked surprised, I do tend to think untraditional methodology at times.
He was friendly enough to say that the Soup was similar to Noodle Soup so I asked him to choose an item for me. I told him I wanted Rice and Beef, and he said Basil Beef and whats better than one of my all time favourites right?? WRONG!
It came looking all SOUPY, all the Vegetables were boiled rather than sweated or stir-fry which DID make it a healthy chose but it lost all the INTENSE flavours of the dish.
The Beef was over-boiled and tough as if I was a COW chewing Grass except I am not a cow and do not like chewing tough TASTELESS Beef slices.
The steam rice that came with the Basil Beef was CLUMPY? How can an Electric Rice Cooker screw up rice?
My friends Pad Thai and Fried Rice wasn't much better but at least what they have going for them is a good VALUE. FYI, the services spoke Cantonese so maybe I can make better relations with them next time and find something BETTER to eat.