"2013-07-24T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . . "2"^^ . "Really, I was not trying to be cheap!\n\nI came here with good intentions since Congee Star has 4 Star rating and it is close by Shops at Don Mills and we were all hungry.......\n\nThere is a good selections in the menu and the price point here is really good. Portion is huge but most of the dishes we ordered were meh to bad...\n\nOfficially now I had the worse ever Beef Short Ribs in Honey Pepper Sauce ($10.95) here. The ribs were chewy, tasteless, rubbery and dry. The sauce was bland and tasteless too....\n\nRice Noodle with Beef and Black Bean Sauce ($7.95) has the same rubbery beef, tons of noodles but not enough sauce.\n\nEggplant & Minced Pork Spicy Sauce in Hot Pot ($8.75) was overly sweet with no spiciness or the \"fish fragrance\"\n\nGarlic Shoots with Garlic ($8.75) was a little oily but was the best dish of the evening.\n\nService was excellent and friendly but sadly the food was not up to par.\n\nI just hope my Yelp friends were drunk enough and would have eaten anything."^^ . "1"^^ . . "2"^^ . .