Orient #829

Things that were once really popular but have now been taken over by something better;

1.  Blackberry phones
2.  Coffee machines that dripped the coffee through a paper filter
3.  Walkman
4.  Phonecalls
5.  Video rental shops
6.  The macarena
                         7.  Chinese restaurants

So here we are at a Chinese restaurant. The door is really difficult to open.  I don't think it gets much use.   It is dead quiet.  There is no one here and only one couple enter throughout our visit.  Chinese restaurants have been over taken by other cuisines in this neighbourhood and fair enough too.  There is just not enough flavour to these dishes and we have all got a bit more sophisticated over the years.

The kids are with us and we take a seat at a table with a Lazy Susan.  This is the highlight of the night; spinning the Lazy Susan and rehashing the old conversation about why it is called Susan?  Anybody?

Rice paper rolls -deep fried

The ambiance is terrible; bright lights, paint chipped walls and silence except for the Chinese shouting happening in the kitchen.

The food is bland.  We order Chicken with cashews, fried rice, beef with black bean sauce, pork with BBQ sauce (probably the highlight) and fish curry.  The entrees come out murdered by the deep frier - even the rice paper rolls. 

The bowls are chipped and why do we only get the one bowl?  All the sauces get mixed up and the sauce from the last dish you ate imposes on the new dish.  This whole cuisine needs a rethink.

Still, it was nice to go out with the family and spin our food around.  Do go somewhere else.