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| - 1. I got shooed out because there was an event one day. So that wasn't great. There was no signage outside at all to indicate that there was a private event, so this was an unpleasant first impression.
2. The prices are insane. I get that they're downtown where rent is expensive, but $6.90 for a single serving (and not even a large plateful) of ?? (fish balls) is ABSURD!!! Equally preposterous is $5.90 for standard ??? (cha chaan teng/HK greasy spoon restaurant) drinks like lemon tea, milk tea, and yin yang (milk tea + coffee). I would NEVER, EVER pay the price of bubble tea for a Hong Kong style milk tea or lemon tea, with no toppings in it. Ever!!! I'm honestly floored that anyone would. The only thing that isn't so offensively priced is their regular ??? (egg waffles) - $3.50 each. Up in Markham (AKA Where the Asian People Are), the going rate has always been $3 for one waffle and $5 for two. So I can kind of accept $3.50. $4.50 for a flavoured one is kind of silly, but I'm not as offended about this as I am about the drinks.
3. I hate to be a jerk about things like this, but I am also not afraid to be a jerk about things like this - this is supposed to be a HONG KONG restaurant. If so, why is there simplified Chinese on the menu? I find this offensive. Sorry to get political, but we Hongkies do not use butchered Chinese. We use traditional Chinese, the beautiful script designed the way it was originally intended, thank you very much. This also leads me to believe that the food here must not be authentically Hong Kong style.
That's all.
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