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| - It's sometimes unfair to judge a restaurant based on its takeout, but I don't think that even eating in house could have saved my experience. The interior of the restaurant is nicer than the outside, but that is my
The 'choose your own veggies' concept is not entirely unique, but the first time I've seen it done in the area. I was a little puzzled by the set up, but tI suppose the method prevents the "ew, what is this?" factor often experienced by some eaters when trying new asian foods.
My order for the night included 'make your own bowl' with the sesame ginger sauce, tom yum gong, and lychees on ice.
Perhaps I was hungry today, but I noted that my 'bowl' was a surprisingly small portion, and had a mere four shrimps. (I'm pretty sure I get more everything, not just shrimp, from Spring Rolls just down the street). The sauce was quite flavourful, but not with the sesame or ginger flavours it was apparently supposed to have. As for the vegetables, I obviously cannot say anything about what was placed in it. I can, however, comment on how the snow peas did not have tough stringy sides removed, and the bamboo shoots tasted like they just came out of the can. The noodles themselves were clumped together in a mass in the middle, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt, and say that it may just be a product of take out (instead of dining in).
The tom yum gong was watery, flavourless, and had canned fruit salad in the bottom. Yes, fruit salad. The kind I used to eat out of a small can when I was in elementary school. To be honest, I doubt I would have recognized it as tom yum gong if I hadn't ordered it myself.
The best part of my order was definitely the lychees on ice, which was simply five canned lychees served cold in their syrup. Good, but again, no extra effort out of the can.
Overall, this meal warrants no more than one star, but I think that the one star belongs to whoever supplies their canned foods.
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