Oh the struggle continues to find a decent dining experience!!

Oh this is a good one.  I felt it in my bones the minute I walked in.  Wait, did I say good?  What I really meant was shi!!!!.  Ok I am not new to noodle houses, and the steamier the better and more traditional, but this place on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver was a disaster area! 

Given the signage and the fact that its known to be a “cheap eats” kinda place, that is no excuse for what one walks into. 

Notes:

1. I walk in –the main door doesn’t open, so I check for alternate entry. 

2. Upon entry, a waft of noodle smell and humidity hangs in the air with a touch of senior home smell (I try to ignore that most customers are seniors, and while I love seniors and working with them, I cannot handle this type of eatery)

3. My Uncle and I remain stunned but gracious as we note the high air conditioning which blows upon our heads whilst mixed in with noodle steam.

4. All the while I keep trying to escape the AC but get distracted from the radio playing in the background and 2 TV’s on high volume.  Feels like a schizophrenic attack–although I  have never had it so I can’t claim to really know it.

5. We order our food –this place boasts its noodles (obviously), japanese, vietnamese and chinese food choices…I opt for Japanese (don’t ask me why). I request 3 times to make sure that I get sweet and sour chicken (not pork).  I don’t get it. I also don’t get the server–she never returns to check to see if  I want anything more, or want a top off of my green tea, water etc. or to ask how our meals are.   I request regular tea for my Uncle and again the server (oddly ignorant and stubborn) repeats it twice but continues to serve him green tea.  I ask about it and she claims it is.  I tell her he wanted black tea…she keeps nodding…and so it goes on till he gives in (kind of like I did with the sweet and sour PORK which I didn’t want). 

6. I cannot wait to leave.  In fact I asked myself, do I really want to stay?  Well….we couldn’t decide where to go and I had never tried this place which had been in business for a few years (use to be “Cazba” persian restaurant–ahhh good memories come floating back

7. That was my first and last time at this joint.  Too smelly, steamy, cold, ignorant and stubborn for my taste.  Food was greasy and tasteless. We order Bento boxes which had half jap and half chinese food in them..confusing as heck but it seemed ok.

The End.