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I'll start by saying the food was ok. Not spectacular, not terrible. That's why id give it 2 stars. However, I do not recommend coming here if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions. Or if you don't like to be treated disrespectfully by an arrogant and overly incompetent manager.
After ordering vegetable dumplings and double checking with the host to make sure it was a vegetarian menu item, I gobbled up 1 and bit into another before realizing that I was eating meat, presumably pork. I was not happy because those few bites could make me sick, but understanding that mistakes happen, I just showed the waitress and asked for the vegetable version. The waitress Catherine was very nice and apologetic, however after a quick trip to the kitchen she returned, embarrassed, with the manager.
Apparently the meat in the dumpling had caused an argument in the kitchen and the manager, looking none too pleased after being pulled away from his cigarette, said he would fix it and came back from the kitchen with one dumpling on a small plate. He then proceeded to demonstrate what I will call "science class for the clinically insane". As he vigorously cut through the dumpling I realized that this was not a courtesy, this was a challenge.
He pulled the two halves of dumpling apart in front of me as if to show me that I was crazy, and obviously annoying him for no reason, but unfortunately the pork tumbled out of the dumpling, disproving his hypothesis.
In a twist no one saw coming, he pointed to the meat and said "see, only vegetables". I pointed to one especially greasy lump of meat and asked "what type of vegetable is this?" To which he replied " I don't know...vegetables. You know, tofu or something."
If you are ok with eating things without knowing what is in them, this place might be fine. If, like most humans, you prefer to know what your are spending your money on and putting into your body, my advice is to avoid this place.
And if you are from Red Bowl and would like to know which manager it was that was so rude, I can't tell you because he never introduced himself and wasn't wearing a name tag. I can tell you that this unfortunate lunch took place on 4-2-15 at 1:30pm.
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