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| - We had great plans for New Year's Eve... there was tickets, themed outfits and champagne to be involved. However the evil little cold bug hit and ruined everything. It was late afternoon when all I wanted to do now was sit in my pajamas, eat Chinese food and watch movies (in self-pity of course) to ring in the new year.
So, with that in mind and thinking that everyone else is going to be out having a fun time, I call to place an order first at a different location at 5pm. I am told very politely that they will not take orders until after 8pm... because they are crazy busy. Since I'm hungry, sick and just kind of want to have dinner before 9pm I decided to try out Hong Kong Gardens... I heard good things.
We walk in to place the order and I am very shocked at the line, it's at the door! So, we wait for maybe 10 minutes and our order gets taken and are told to come back at 7pm for pick up... however when we arrive back... it was even crazier than before! (I guess everyone had the same idea) I think they could have fixed this by doing what the previous company I called did and just tell people no... but well.... They didn't.
We didn't get our food until about 45 minutes after originally told and it was like waiting in line for a lottery, just hoping when they bring out the next bag from the kitchen that they call out your phone number. Some people were quite agitated.... I didn't mind too much.
Once we brought it home we indulged in the prearranged group dinner for 2 (includes: ginger beef, sweet-sour pork, fried rice, spring rolls & mixed veggies) we also got a large wonton soup...
First off, portions are very generous. I found the spring rolls to be just meh but everything else tasted fresh and was just what I was craving, it even tasted good the next day - with the exception of the ginger beef being on the chewy side when reheated but that's probably my fault.
Overall I must say I was happy with the end result, I will just not go again on New Year's!
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