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Having been to Wok cafe quite a few times in this particular location, my last meal there was nothing more than an absolute disappointment.
We arrived on a Saturday afternoon around 2:45pm for lunch time. We were famished. When I say "we" I meant three of us. Not at all a large group.
The restaurant was rather quiet with four other tables being occupied, aside from ours. Each table had 2-3 client.
For our meal, we ordered vegetable fried rice and sweet & sour pork. Nothing complicated or elaborated, right? That's what I thought.
However.. 45 minutes later, our order has not been served to any of us. That's right, 45 minutes! Keep in mind, the tables around us who arrived after we did, were already served and eating. How are we still waiting?!
I politely asked our waiter.. What happened to our food? He responded "We don't prepare food according to the order the orders are placed, we do it in a random order" We apologize. Also our cook were on break for 10 minutes. That's right.. While we were famished and waiting, they were chatting on their break.
Finally our meals have arrived! Was a I happy now? Absolutely not. General Tao chicken was lukewarm. The "sticky" rice, was far from the authentic sticky rice any Chinese household would eat. The grains were tough, under cooked, and not sticky. The General Tao chicken had 90% batter with 10% of meat. The batter was tasty, yet drenched in a artificial tasting sauce, that tasted more dessert like, of how sweet it is.
Luckily, the vegetable fried rice was descent, then again it's rice with frozen veggies. No, they were not fresh veggies. They simply used the frozen mix of peas and carrots among other things. Mixed with a unnecessary large amount of salty soy sauce.
Cafe Work is mainly a place that focuses on reasonable prices(Inexpensive) with large amounts of foods, that do not focus at all on quality nor freshness. Much less authenticity.
A little helpful fact that I will share with you! How do you know if a Chinese restaurant is authentic and good? Once you arrive, if you see most tables being occupied by Asians, that's an excellent sign! It means that they will eat there because it's as good as they would eat at their own home from meals their parents prepared them. It's traditional!
Cafe Wok is far from being traditional, it has a much stronger taste of your typical Americanized non Asian meals.
I'd say, steer away from Cafe Work(Either location) and take a little short drive to China Town. That's where you're most likely to find good quality, authentic, fresh, and warm food served to you. At the same price or lower.
I also did not appreciate the pile of boxes, unorganized clutter and mediocre clean bathrooms.
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