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| - Ugh. Saw the great reviews of this place, had been meaning to try it for years. Finally had an errand to do in the area, dropped by. Friend and I ordered off the Chinese menu: fried pork chop with noodles and Shanghai fried rice cakes. Waitresses speak Cantonese (and Mandarin)!
After waiting an epically long time for our food, the fried pork chop with noodle soup came first. Noodle soup was all right, fairly large portion. We asked for the pork chop on the side, since it usually comes in the soup, which makes the fried pork chop kind of soggy. We asked the waitress if we could borrow food scissors to cut the pork chop into strips (as is typical at every Chinese place I've been to that sells this dish). She was confused, and when we asked her again, she picked up my knife and my friend's fork and tried to cut it for us herself at the table. Exasperated, we gave up and did it ourselves. A decent portion of the pork was raw. As in, it was red. Not just barely-there pink. We left it on the table since we didn't have time to ask them to fix it since I had other errands to run. At least the noodle soup was fine?
The Shanghai rice cakes came next and it was near unidentifiable. It looked overcooked and mushy, and after tasting a couple pieces, it was evident that it was not Shanghai style, nor was it cooked properly.
We paid and high-tailed it out of there. They did apologize for the raw pork even though I made no mention of it.
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