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| - I went to Fate because I had been hearing from people for a really long time that it was just a fantastic place and I really should try. It happened to be right by the Roosevelt where we were actually going to meet up with some of you Yelpers. You know who you are people. Hi guys! It was fun!
We parked and walked up and went inside. The decor was nice. It seemed to have a decent atmosphere but I am not the type to be suckered in by all that crap. If a place sucks, I don't care how chic the atmosphere is. I will call a spade a spade.
The place wasn't full, quite the opposite really. Maybe 2 or 3 tables were occupied. So we go up to the hostess and tell her we'd like a table for two and she says that it'll be about 5 minutes which I am fine with but when I ask her if we can wait in inside she says "No. Please wait outside." What the fuck is that about? I could understand if they were super busy and they didn't have any open tables for us to even sit at putting us in the way but if it weren't for the damn techno-look-at-me-I'm-cool music they were playing, you could hear crickets chirping in this joint. Strike one! So we go outside and wait. She comes out after awhile and gives some other people that are waiting some drinks then tells us she'll be right back after she goes and grabs a couple of menus. They must keep the menus in the parking lot or something because it took her awhile to come back.
She sits us in this corner that's pretty much hidden away from everything. So here we are eating in a restaurant that I'm convinced people go to only to be seen and here we are not being seen. Oh woe is me! Woe, woe, woe is me! However will I earn my cool points for the month?
The waitress was very nice and attentive. I'll give them that but god damn could they keep this place any darker. I realize it adds ambiance but when you're struggling to read the damn menu it's a little much. Strike two!
We order a couple of $4 Republic of Teas and the pot stickers then proceed to peruse the rest of the menu. The variety is somewhat lacking and a common theme is sweetness. As anyone who knows me will tell you, I don't do sweet. So I order the Cantonese Dragon Beef and my significant other orders the Szechuan Chicken.
The waitress comes back with the pot stickers. They sucked. They were identical to the ones you get at Costco. They are just like the ones they serve at Casey Moore's during happy hour only there they're free. Here they cost $6. I eat one and that's it. Strike three!
Then comes the entrees. Decent sized portions. I can't really tell you if the presentation was good because it was so damn dark in there but I'll just give them the benefit of the doubt on that one. Mine was in a word, crap. The best thing you could say about it is that it tasted weird. I didn't even like the mushrooms. I am a mushroom fanatic. If there are two things on a menu that both look awesome and one has mushrooms and the other doesn't, the mushrooms always tip the scales. But they didn't even save this dish. I am beginning to think the baseball metaphor wasn't the best route to go as here we are already at strike four.
So in my disappointment I decide to give my girlfriends Szechuan Chicken a try. Baseball was definitely not the way to go because we're at strike five now.
So now my only option is the white rice that came with the dish. This thankfully was perfectly adequate. Now if I go to a fucking CHINESE restaurant and the best compliment I can give the food is "At least they didn't fuck up the rice", we are in some ugly territory here people.
If you're looking to go to some hip chic place cuz you want to here the latest spins from DJ Such and such, skip Fate, hit up Hunan Express and then just go straight to Myst or Drift or where ever the shiny shirts happen to be on that given night. Nuf sed.
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