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2013-09-04
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I laughed when I saw the name of this place because it's the name of my good friend Maureen. I told her about this place and we decided that this would be the place for our next gathering. Then, I made a reservation a few days ago for today for Me, Maureen and another friend to check it out. No problem there. We got there a bit early and the place was empty. The resturant is pretty small and narrow but overall it had a good vibe to it. With some nice mellow music playing in the background, it
We were asked if we wanted to sit at a table or highchairs, and we chose the table. A nicer older staff set the table for us and gave us menus. The menu was simple with basically every kind of meat to choose from like beef short ribs, pork, chicken, salmon,duck, lamb etc...It had something for everyone, but I only had one thing in mind, which was the beef short rib! We were given lunch menus even though it was 1800 so we asked, and another staff B informed us that there was only 1 menu to order from.
Okay....so we ordered..As we were waiting for our food to come, we checked out the menus again and it explained what Maureen was about. It was then that I realized that the staff never asked us if we wanted original noodles or spicy noodles. Then, after waiting for 30 mins, another younger staff came over and told us that there was something wrong with their beef and that they couldn't serve it to us but that the lamb that we ordered was ready as well as the noodles. WTF. Why would you tell us 30 mins after we ordered and not when we got in. I came here especially for the slow cooked beef short rib. I would have left if I knew. What made it worse was her attitude. As we were looking at the menu again to decide on which meat to choose, she made a comment saying that we should be ordering from another menu but she'd let us order from the one we were looking at anyways. Ha! Thanks for your pity miss. That was why we asked if we were given the right menu in the first place. Then the staff suggested to me and my other friend that we should have the hoisin pork or salmon because they require less time to cook. Pardon me, not suggesting, she was kinda pushy so we felt rushed and pressured to make a decision on the spot. With the only meat I wanted gone, I chose the pork and my friend wanted the duck. The staff informed us that the duck would take 20 mins and asked again if we really wanted it. YES, we wanted it. Thank you very much. We waited for 30 mins . what's another 20 mins . She obviously wanted us to order something quick just in case they get busy later but we're holding up her table.
THE FOOD:
Since we ordered lunch sets, all sets came with their famous Lo Mein, a bowl of soup with a choice of meat. The noodles were pretty good. Guess what the white stuff on the top is? It is actually sesame oil! ..haha. According to the menu, the noodes are a mixture of northern dandan mein and southern noodles. They were cooked just right and tasted fresh to me. I liked them. The soup of the day was wintermelon with pork. It was just a small bowl. It was okay, i thought it was a bit bland and could have had more flavours.
First up, lamb. My friend Maureen liked this meat dish the best since she said it had the "lamb" taste. I had a bite and thought it was decent but not tender enough. Also, you could really taste the mint, almost a bit overpowering.
Next up was the hoisin pork. Ha~ A few slices of pork with a chinese style ginger/green scallion dipping sauce. The pork was greasy and fatty but I guess it tasted good. I struggled to taste the hoisin sauce though.
Last but not least was the duck. I had a small bite as well. Even though I don't eat duck, i thought it tasted pretty good in the plum sauce. The meat fell right off of the bones and was nice and tender. Surprisingly, I thought that this was the best meat dish of the night.
Final verdict:i ain't going back. There was no service and I didn't feel value as a guest.
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