What's for Dinner #90 - the Days are Lasting Longer Edition - February 2023

" Chi-Star, Richmond Hill " …WARNING!! - Quality in ‘steep’ decline!

Once a darling and our regular go-to place for speciality wok-hay dishes and other authentic, traditional Cantonese fare. Dining experience tonight for our group of 5 was totally abysmal!!

‘Stirred fry beef with flat rice noodle aka Gone-Chau-Ngau-Ho’, once consistently great and a talk-of-the-town candidate was pathetically and loveless-ly executed. The resulting product, lacking in wok-hay component and mediocre in both appearance and taste! 😔

Our near $100, over-priced ‘Oil poached Thai Marble Goby fish’ was bastardised by the kitchen. Known for their sweet, delicate and velvety flaky flesh, our ‘live fish’ was way overcooked, rendering the texture of the flesh tough and hard. What a sad ending to a supposedly gorgeous fish!! 😠 Maple Yip!! Please re-open!!

Last but not least, our lady server rounded off our already unforgettably bad evening by handing us the bill without our asking, hinted to us that there are other patrons waiting for our table. Then for a climatic finale, she proceeded to address our near explosive scenario by ‘pouring gasoline to the flame’, counting the cash in front of us and complaining that our tips were not adequate!!

Are you kidding me?!! 🤬

A text-book example in Yelp or Tripadvisor for a 1* out of 5* rating!!

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