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| - My first ever one star review. I don't know what happened to Noodletasia, but I suspect they're under new ownership and management. We got food there tonight and it was one of the worst experiences I've had in recent years. It started with a flyer in the mail, a menu with "30% off" handwritten in red marker. "Kind of a cheap way to do a coupon" I commented. Our first mistake was not looking at the menu. After all we eat there a lot and know what we like. Liked, I should say, because it's not the same menu. Missed that clue. Anyway we show up at the restaurant and they've changed the layout a bit. Nothing major, but that was another missed clue. The wait staff seemed a bit frazzled even though it wasn't all that busy, like they didn't quite know what they were doing. Clue #3, and by now I was beginning to suspect that this wasn't the same Noodletasia. The menus, once nicely bound and elegant, were now just printed on plain sheets of paper and stapled together. A lot had changed on the menu, with signature dishes replaced with generic Chinese food. We ended up getting our food to go, and that's probably for the best. The first thing I noticed when we got home was that the generic packets of "soy sauce" weren't actually soy sauce. Not a soybean to be found on the list of ingredients, just water, salt, corn syrup, and coloring. One last clue for what was ahead. I'm sure I won't surprise anyone when I say the food was bad. The chicken in my wife's meal was tough and dry. That's still better than what I got - mine was mostly raw. Obviously I can't tell you how it tasted since it went straight to the trash. Even the rice was overcooked. Overall a miserable experience. Goodbye Noodletasia. You used to be one of our favorites. With as many choices as there are for decent Asian food in the area we won't be returning.
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