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| - I think corporate should have placed less attention on the decor and put it into the food.
There is no love, no care, no interest in the food here. It tastes like conveyor belt, boxed frozen crap.
I ordered Thai dumplings - the sauce - peanut and some sweet concoction - literally tasted like a PB&J sandwich - except picture that flavor on chicken encased in disgusting, over cooked pasta that was clearly boiled in unsalted water.
Everything else was hideous: the lemongrass chicken had that thick, gloopy sauce that screams inauthentic, the teriyaki chicken had a flavor beneath it which told me it wasn't seasoned. Coconut shrimp that was pounded flat and overcooked in the fryer so they were 'tough as old boots' (thanks Gordon Ramsay). The pineapple fried rice was a joke: can someone tell me when raisins have ever been included it that dish? They threw everything but the kitchen sink in - cashews, shrimp (hey, I don't mind - but there was only one), chicken (two pieces) and thick, under-cooked green onion.
I didn't want to keep ordering but given the price I felt I should try and get my money's worth - so I just ordered edamame (which was also clearly defrosted and burned in the microwave), and spicy eggplant which could have been decent had the overly thick and salty gravy not ruined it.
Then, to add insult to injury they have the gall to charge for dessert!
Next time, I will do myself a favour and go to Mandarin - they definitely have their flaws but they're 100% better than Spoon & Fork.
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