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| - Got lost looking for another restaurant, and ended up eating at the Noodle Bowl. I don't really know why we decided to go in, but it was probably because the place was packed on a Saturday night, and usually when a restaurant is packed it means it is good, right? I usually refuse to eat at empty restaurants for this reason. Well, I was dead wrong about the Noodle Bowl. It was packed, and yet, it was one of the worst dining experiences I've had in Toronto.
So thank you, Noodle Bowl, you've made me rethink this assumption, and I stand corrected. I've learned my lesson.
So we went in, and quickly noticed the "help wanted" sign on the door. We could tell everyone in that restaurant looked stressed out and overworked, which is usually not a good sign.
The menu has a lot to choose from: Chinese, Szechuan, Cantonese, Thai, Viet, etc. With so many options, you have to wonder what makes each dish special. After looking at the almost 10-page menu, I knew I couldn't expect a complexity of flavours from the Noodle Bowl. No chef could pull off such a feat.
We ordered dumplings as our appetizer, and as our entrees we ordered the General Tao Chicken and the Chinese chicken stir-fry. For drinks, we had a Labatt Blue and a coke. We got our drinks right away. Sadly, my soda was really warm, and our waitress disappeared without saying a word. She never came back, so I was stuck with a warm soda for the rest of the night.
The dumplings arrived 5 minutes later. They were good, not great. They were a little bit too oily and bland. About 10 minutes later, my fiance's General Tao chicken arrived. At first he tried to wait until I got my food to start eating, but I told him to go ahead because I had a feeling I was going to be waiting for my food for while. I was right. By the time I got my food, my fiance was halfway done. And when I thought the night couldn't get any worse, I tasted my food.
It was probably one of the blandest things I've tasted in my entire life. No flavor whatsoever. The sauce had a pretty disgusting after taste, and the noodles were way overcooked. My fiance, on the hand, seemed to be enjoying his food. I guess I must have ordered the worst thing on the menu.
So I asked for a bite of the General Tao chicken, and even though it was a little bit spicy, it was also pretty bland and dry. It was better than my stir-fry, but not by much. No wonder they have such a huge menu! I'm a pretty terrible cook, but I'm sure I could come up with a better tasting meal given the same ingredients.
I hate being so overly critical, but the only reason The Noodle Bowl does so well is because the food is ridiculously cheap and it has huge portions. If you have money to spare, I would avoid this place like the plague. You can find tastier food, better service, and lower prices a few blocks down the street. Hell, give me the money and I'll cook a better meal.
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