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| - I am a New Yorker, very familiar with Traditional Chinese Food from eating in it's suburbs of Flushing, Queens, where the population is heavily chinese. I came here expecting real authentic scrumptious food based on the reviews. Quite to the contrary. First off, the establishment/location didn't turn me off at first sight as you migrate your way through the steep downward stairs to reach the basement level "restaurant".. Then you situate yourself at one of the 12 various-sized tables.
My issue comes with the cleanliness of the interior & quality of the dishes. When you sit down, you lay your hands upon the table. Sticky... Nope. Worse- sticky is not even the proper word to use. Use your imagination. Whatever.. I kindly proceed to ask the server to wipe down my table. No issue. She was actually very sweet, despite the language barrier. (Unlike the 30-something year old man cooking, very rude)
Second, we damn near ordered everything from the menu. Pork/Chive Buns, Pork/Shrimp Soup Dumplings (unappetizing extremely thick dough), dan dan noodles, cold noodles, off the menu chicken broth with noodle soup, my husband ordered biangbiang with added "shrimp" (+$5 surcharge)--no joke, they charged $5 for 6 minuscule shrimp, you know, the ones that come in a microwavable noodle soup (cup-o-noodles/maruchan)
All in all, we ended up getting everything wrapped to go & paid $70. We had to throw away the food and walk around to find anything to fill our growling bellies. My husband and I are not cheap whatsoever. We usually pay north of $70 minimum for a decent meal (Not including drinks)
Though here, I have never had such regret going to an asian restaurant. We barely touched the food. One small bite and done. Never again. Very unclean, food laid out, soy milk in a bucket on the floor, and food had no flavor whatsoever. Ohh and the wait for food to come out while we were the only ones there: almost 50 minutes. If your hungry and have taste buds, do yourself a favor and go somewhere that's not here.
(P.S- I am a kind reviewer but I truly felt the need to be transparent and detailed about this place. They need an overhaul. Fast.)
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