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the
restroom
now
had
a
large,
red,
OUT
OF
ORDER!
(their
exclamation
point,
not
mine)
sign
on
the
door.
I
started
looking
over
their
very
limited
menu
when
a
girl
came
from
behind
a
new
screen
which
gives
a
semblance
of
a
hint
of
an
idea
that
the
front,
ordering
counter/tables
area
is
separate
from
the
back,
storage/kitchen
area.
I
said
to
the
girl,
in
a
questioning
tone,
"new
management?"
to
which
she
replied
that
she
has
been
there
for
about
a
year.
I
know
I
have
stopped
in
less
than
a
year
ago
and
the
old
owners
were
still
there.
It
occurred
to
me
that
this
was
a
completely
different
restaurant,
as
far
as
I
was
concerned.
With
any
new-to-me
Chinese
restaurant
I
visit,
I
have
found
that
the
only
accurate
way
to
assess
the
inherent
nature
of
the
entire
establishment
is
to
sample
their
egg
rolls
and
won
ton
soup.
How
they
pay
attention
to
the
little
items
will
indicate,
to
me,
how
the
rest
of
their
selections
will
be
prepared.
So,
before
I
waste
my
money
on
the
more
expensive
items
on
the
menu,
I
check
the
level
of
care
the
restaurateur
takes
with
the
more
mundane,
everyday
items.
In
this
case,
it
was
a
wise
choice;
the
operative
word
in
my
previous
sentence
is
"waste."
I
ordered
six
egg
rolls
and
two,
large
won
ton
soups.
[There
is
no
size
distinction
for
their
soups
on
the
menu,
nor
separate
pricing
therefore.
I
simply
asked
for
large
and
was
charged
double
the
menu
price.]
I
paid
for
my
order,
[waited
a
bit
longer
than
I
should
have
had
to,
for
so
simple
an
order
and
considering
the
number
of
cooks
in
the
kitchen!]
accepted
my
bags
and
her
thanks,
and
drove
home.
The
$1.75 "Made
with
Chicken
&
Shrimp"
Egg
Rolls:
At
first
look,
the
egg
rolls
struck
me
as
being
on
the
rather
small
side,
but
maybe
not.
The
shrimp
are
salad
[smaller
than
a
dime]
size,
which
is
entirely
acceptable.
I
found
three
in
one
of
my
rolls.
I
didn't
dissect
the
others.
The
chicken
is,
for
lack
of
a
better
description,
pulverised.
I
can't
really
describe
it
any
better:
it's
not
ground;
it's
not
minced;
it's
not
chopped;
it's
almost
powdered.
The
white
stuff
sprinkled
amid
the
shredded
cabbage
and
carrots
and
shrimp
in
my
accompanying
isolated
picture
of
the
egg
rolls
is
what
I
take
to
be
the
chicken.
If
it's
not,
I
probably
don't
want
to
know
what
it
really
is.
The
rolls'
overall
texture
was
dry.
For
a
brief
moment,
I
considered
that
what
I
took
to
be
pulverised
chicken
might,
in
fact,
*be*
sawdust!
I'm
sure
it
wasn't,
but
they
were
just
that
dry.
As
to
their
flavour,
I
found
the
egg
rolls
to
be
quite
bland.
None
of
the
incorporated
parts
lent
anything
whatsoever
to
the
taste
of
the
whole.
Not
even
the
cabbage!
I
was
glad
of
the
duck
sauce
and
mustard
packets
which
were
included
in
the
bag;
they
were
the
only
saving
grace
for
the
egg
rolls.
The
2
x
$1.75 Won
Ton
Soup:
As
opposed
to
straight
chicken
broth,
there
seems
to
be
some
added
flavouring
in
this
soup.
It's
almost
a
fishy
taste,
but
whatever
it
is,
it
is
not
what
one
would
customarily
find
in
won
ton
soup.
Considering
this
was
supposed
to
be
a
large
size
order,
you
can
see
the
skimpy
portion
of
won
tons
which
were
included.
As
it
turns
out,
this
was
probably
a
good
thing!
The
noodles
in
wonton
soup
are
usually
folded
to
enclose
a
small
lump
of
some
type
of
ground
meat.
There
was
only
one
such
lump
enfolded
into
one
of
the
noodles;
the
other
two
were
plain,
open
squares
of
cooked
won
ton
noodle
dough.
And
overcooked,
at
that.
[Think
lasagna
that
is
boiled
for
20
minutes. Bleh!]
Two
things
one
can
reasonably
expect
to
find
in
won
ton
soup
are
some
chopped
green
onion/scallion
tops
and
a
few
pieces
of
julienned
pork.
The
onions
were
present
but
the
pork
was
not.
My
overall
assessment:
Considering
the
overstaffed
kitchen,
I
expected
more
attention
to
be
paid
to
the
quality
of
food.
If
they
don't
care
about
the
small
items,
then
they're
not
going
to
care
about
the
big
ones,
either.
From
my
initial
order,
I
WILL
*NOT*
be
going
back
to
China
Renaissance!
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