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| - 2 years ago, I would have given this place a higher rating. Now, the food changed though the names stayed the same on the menu and it is not worth eating anymore.
I came here with my parents a couple of times on break from college, and it is really not the same the last couple of times. The last time really made us never want to come here ever again.
We used to love the chinese bbq pork sandwich, but now it is dry and bland and even looks completely different (different bun and meat cut). The yang rou pao mo (shredded lamb and pancake soup) is a Chinese classic, but is no longer the dish it used to be. Now, the stock does not taste like it was properly made and the flavor is pretty underwhelming. We also got the hot oil noodles, the and the Chinese name escapes me, but it's supposed to be wet and oily. Not being authentic would be okay, but it was really dry and the texture of the noodle was awful. No flavor except your palate feels completely overpowered. There was one other dish, but it was so not memorable I don't even remember what it is. We only barely ate half our meal. Just... nothing was right.
The waitress was polite at first, but when we inquired about the noodle dish, she said she didn't know, and that's the way it was supposed to be. We were surprised but didn't send it back because I don't think it could be improved upon anyway... but afterwards, she seemed to tend to any of her other 3 tables (the only other 3 in the restaurant and she didn't seem swamped at all) except for ours, though we were clearly trying to get her attention for boxes and our check and leave. There was a clear change in quality of service, for reasons I can't understand.
Worse food and service... I wouldn't mind a change, but this is not a change for the better. With How Lee next door, save yourselves the trouble. Granted, this is really a review of the food they used to advertise as authentic, which has stayed advertised as so on the menu - but none of it tastes right (or good) anymore. I would give this a 1 star, but +1 for benefit of the doubt for their sushi and Americanized-Chinese menu.
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