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| - I have never written a review before, but my experience today was extremely disappointing. I've been here at least eight times, and this will probably be my last time here. I'm so so disappointed by the food and milk tea today. My first warning should have been none of the old staff here since they moved to their other branch Phusion Cafe (which is fantastic by the way).
Milk tea
- Large pearl black tea. I asked for light ice and sugar. It came out tasting only of milk and no tea flavor. Extremely disappointed because I love milk tea and Ten Ren milk tea is one of my favorite milk tea stores. Boba was still good. I didn't feel like asking them to remake it.
- My two friends got Jasmine Milk green tea with pearls with light ice and sugar. Slightly better tea flavor, but mostly milk flavor. Still good boba.
Food
- Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup. I ALWAYS get it when I come here. Why? Because it is my comfort food that reminds me of home since my mom makes fantastic beef noodle soup. This time, the soup (which is typically dark brown and flavorful) was bland and watered down to a light brown. The beef was still marinated well.
- Minced Meat Rice. My friend always get this and both her and I were disappointed. The sauce is supposed to be slightly thick, but this time it was so watery. It was pretty much had no taste with a weird sour aftertaste. Honestly, it seems like it may have just been premade and then reheated, but maybe kept in the fridge too long.
- Kung pao Chicken. My Caucasian friend got this and even she couldn't finish half of her meal. The chicken was bone dry and had no flavor. The peanuts were not cooked well and tasted and crunched like just normal salted peanuts. The celery was literally mush in your mouth. The fried rice was extremely yellow and tasted so bad that I spat it out.
Service
- We were ordering to eat at the restaurant, but had to pay first and order at the front desk. In the other times that I have been there, this was never the case. We were always seated, given menus, and paid at the end. I'm not sure if this is a new store policy or something.
- The food also came out in takeout containers and takeout chopsticks despite the fact that we ate in the restaurant. I saw the Indian cashier take my take out container and pour it into a bowl before serving me. My friends still had take out containers though. It wasn't even close to closing hours too.
- It honestly just felt like we had ordered takeout and ate at the restaurant instead.
I'm so so disappointed about my food and drink that it is almost hilarious. After this, I will be going to Phusion Cafe since most of their workers will be there and I won't risk the chance of having one of my favorite foods and drinks being bad.
EDIT
After emailing Phusion Cafe, I was notified fairly quickly that there is no relation between China Sea and Phusion Cafe. They are separate restaurants and I will still be going to Phusion Cafe as China Sea has gone downhill.
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