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The Good:
Blistering fast arrival of food; fast but satisfying meal; large tasty jumbo wontons, good price
The Bad:
Service could be better (everything is self-serve including getting your own tea); servings could be a little larger
Overview:
After a long morning occupied by a 4 hour meeting, my coworker and I decided to go for something tasty but at the same time fast as we were expecting some e-mails back at work so we decided to come here. Been here many times before but first time for my coworker. We entered the main door, asked for a table of two and sat down. The menus were in plastic menu stands on each table and was quite limited in terms of what you can get. Wonton noodles in soup, Sliced Beef noodles in soup, Fish Ball noodles in soup and combinations of them (could have been more but these were generally the ones I can remember). Of course, they're known for their wonton noodles in soup so we each ordered one of these. Each was $4.50. We also decided to share a dish of Chinese vegetables (was either $2.50 or $3.50, can't remember). Right after the waitress took our order I told my coworker about how getting tea is self-serve so we walked towards the corner with the Styrofoam cups and tea. Even before I could start filling up my cup via self-serve, our vegetables had arrived at our table. Wow. As were joking about how fast it was, the wonton noodles in soup arrived right after, before I even sat down. Wow. Talk about fast service. Did this mean the food wasn't fresh? Not at all. I've been there many times, once at 11AM and I've seen them preparing the wontons for their typical lunch time servings. They'd sit in one of the main tables where customers normally sat and wrap wontons. I once asked how fresh the wontons were and they answered that the "lunch time" wontons are prepared ~11:00AM for lunch servings up to 1:30PM. They basically have them prepared, get a bowl, scoop up the noodles and soup and add the wontons so your food's ready in less than 2 minutes.
Noodles themselves were quite tasty and the soup base was your typical wonton noodle soup. The wontons themselves were different from others in that they were huge! Stuffed with shrimp, they give you 4 and I found them to be quite tasty. Vegetables were normal with a side dish of oyster sauce; nothing special but it goes well with the wonton noodles since the oyster sauce is salty and some may find (i.e. my coworker) the soup to be a little bland. Right after ordering, the waiter writes your bill and hands it to you. You go to the cashier with it when you're ready to leave, so technically they're not really waiters. Bill came out to be $7 each.
Place itself isn't really that large, it mainly has tables accommodating parties of 2-6, but then again I doubt this would be a place you'd want to bring a large party to sit down, catch up and just talk since your food would arrive and you'd be done in less than 15 minutes.
Overall, a pretty decent quick bite. Good for those in a rush (like we were) and if you really love shrimp then you should definitely give their wontons a try. Just don't expect the best (if any) service.
- Simon
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