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| - Despite apprehensions of the 1st review here I decided to try this place for somewhere different after talking to a Co-Worker about this place.
Upon entering, the atmosphere was nothing like the China Star on Maryland and not very inviting at all. I cant put a finger on it exactly and am in no mood to disect it at this time.
As usual, I arrived around 3pm still making it for lunch. The kitchen is visible through open glass & while I didnt inspect it or pay much attention to it, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, when I went to get some sushi, which is adjacent to the kitchen, the girl making it was giving me this look. I just looked back at her and said "DAMAGE INCORPORATED" taking a big plate of rolls. The "seafood salad" that I accompay my sushi with looked like it was opened from its container and placed in the bowl = no mayo and no attempt at all to cut it up or add ingredients to it. In hindsight THIS sets off some alarm bells for me.
The sushi was nothing special and the wasabi had a soup-like consistency to it. In addition to this, they offer your normal chinese fare and the stand out was the Coconut Chicken which instead of being all batter was "all chicken" in a light to medium batter and very good. The spicy chicken was just plain weird = orange, dry & not spicey at all. Everything else seemed normal and standard.
As far as the service goes, they seemed freindly enough & I realize I get to these places when the help is having thier lunch and they have to eat too, but I still had to get up and ask for a water refill and that is NBD to me at all under the circumstances.
Overall it was what it is for the &6.50 price & that would have been the end of it and I wish it was. I would have done this review ending it here saying: "It was ok but I wont go out of my way to return there as there are way better places as far as quality and more offerings like shrimp etc. for the same price" and given it 2 stars.
But THAT wasnt the end of it as something followed me home and "sat" on my stomach giving me a queezy feeling all night. Then in the morning I woke with a fever and not feeling good at all and after trying to swallow a sip of my morning coffee began to puke my guts out. I was GLAD to get whatever it was that was making me sick out of my body!! I barely made it into work and the whole day I was lethargic and C0-workers could tell I was under the weather and not my normal self (which they all probably enjoyed!! LOL). I didnt eat anything until late in the day & it was a small yogurt and forced at that.
My guess is that somewhere along the line, as presented with the seafood salad, someone cut corners and compromised some raw food or something. All I can say is based on my own experience is "BEWARE eating at this place". I'm writing this 2 days after the fact & I still have no appitite due to the above outlined experience.
If anything positive I can take away from this and pass on to the reader is:
STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW & DONT BE SO ADVENTUROUS!!" uhhhhh ............word to the wise
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