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| - Monday lunch, around noon. Why did I come back? Because of the convenience. And I feel as though that's where they get most of their business.
I ordered the deep fried dumplings. Then I asked if I could get the Jap Chae with chicken instead of beef. The lady said no, beef. So I went on to say, oh ok so it only comes with beef? And she said yes. So then I proceeded to tell her I will have the stir fried chicken udon (while gesturing to the item on the menu). My father ordered the ox tail soup with rice. My mother ordered pork bone Ramen.
When the food came, the first dish was the beef Jap Chae. I told her I ordered the stir fried chicken udon. Basically, she thought I wanted both. When I told her that I never indicated I wanted that item, and that I only asked her about it, she seemed really annoyed to have to take it back. I was not pleased. I wanted to leave right then and there. Had I been with my husband instead, I would have.
To be "fair," she did read out the letters/numbers of the food items back to us. How are we supposed to keep up with a call back like "A11 H38 B13 G44 R33 with chicken." (these are not the exact characters, however, similar style). All I heard was "with chicken," which meant it was my stir fried chicken udon (because choices were chicken or seafood). First of all, she did not call the order back in order. If she did, my order would have been called second, not last. You can't expect me to know what characters belong to which dishes, especially when it's not in order. This just brings confusion to a whole new level. Second of all, it's not my job to know the characters and the dishes. You need to read the actual dishes back.
The food itself. The side dishes were average. Nothing special.
The deep fried dumplings were okay. For the price, it's good. The filling was bland but deep frying anything will up its game.
My stir fried chicken udon was pretty tasty. I did like it; tastier than average.
My dad's oxtail soup seemed kind of "dinky" - not a lot of substance to it, a few pieces of bones with some meat. He said he probably would have rather ordered the regular pork bone soup.
My mom's pork bone Ramen was okay. She actually didn't know it was Ramen. Apparently, in the Cantonese translation, it did not indicate that it was Ramen, but rather, it indicated it was like a home made stretchy noodle?? I'm not too sure what she meant, but she said the translation written in Cantonese was not Ramen. You can be the judge. The item she ordered was on a separate laminated double sided menu (apart from the main menu).
The lady said bye as we left. I'll give her that. But I felt uncomfortable being there. I'm glad the food came out as she took the Jap Chae back in because I'm paranoid about spit being spat in food.
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