3 /5 Serene Dubois-Lee: I had Chinese food for dinner against my better judgement and I’m really not proud of myself. We were lazy to eat out so I thought to take away some fried rice and fried noodles which surely couldn’t go too wrong. But turned up at the restaurant and was swayed when I was shown a Chinese-only menu. In my experience such a menu for only Chinese people should be good - but I couldn’t be more wrong. The duck horfun soup was still edible, but the Mala chicken noodles was just oil and a pile of bones. I guess I had images of Tsui Wah’s Mala chicken rice noodle soup in mind and the reality shocked us all.
The meal was not cheap either. So in such provincial Chinese takeaways I would advise one to stick to safer dishes like fried rice and noodles. Meanwhile I do not know if the owner was having a bad day, but a little smile once in a while surely wouldn’t hurt.





