"2013-03-27T00:00:00"^^ . "It would be a one star review if the waitress wasn't trying exceptionally hard to be friendly.\n\nWe came to this restaraunt with about 10 people for a birthday party (which seems to be a trend these days... birthdays. Cut it out already, people! Every year!?) and we were quickly seated to a large table. We came here on a recommendation from a couple of friends that are vegetarian, as defined by eating cheese and rice dishes. Not your \"tofu\" or \"tempeh\" kind of vegetarian. We were going out on a limb already.\n\nWe got our orderd quickly taken away, and the tea was incredibly hot, but tasty and served in tiny little cups. The water took a lot longer than I had expected to be refilled, but it was a large table. \n\nThen came the food. Bleh. I saw a review saying that \"this is your grandfather's chinese place\" and that couldn't be more right. It was like buffet style food in a restaraunt setting. Everything was overcooked and slimy, the bamboo shoots were clear and weird, the sprouts smelled a little strange. The crab puffs had NO crab in them, weren't really all that puffy, and contained the sick moist nothing-but-cream-cheese filling I've learned to hate over the years. You can't really eat them without the cakey dough like texture getting all in your mouth and tainting your next bite.\n\nBoyfriend got a Bao Po platter (something like Pu Pu, I'm assuming?) and I couldn't really eat any of it. The \"Egg roll\" had chicken and pork, so that was out of the question. I ate some sticky rice just to get by.\n\nThe sweet and sour sauce ended up being gelatenous -- as in, we poked a fork or a wonton in it multiple times and NOTHING came out. Jello sauce. The deep fried shrimp looked like a deep fried seahorse. It was HUGE and in the shape of a horseshoe. We affectionately called it the shoe-horse all night. \n\nI had a really good time here because I have friends with a good sense of humour, but this place tried very very hard to get me to have a bad time. Wouldn't go back unless I had already eaten."^^ . "4"^^ . . "1"^^ . . "3"^^ . . "2"^^ .