Legendary Noodle House
1074 Denman Street,
Vancouver, BC
Tasty or Not Tasty?
NOT Tasty at all!
AWFUL! NEVER GOING BACK and here is why:
- too salty
- too oily (food drenched in oil)
- too much MSG
- trying to cater to non-Chinese, by cooking with lots of oil and adding things like broccoli and making things way too salty! Non-Chinese people do not appreciate that!!!
- staff were screaming at each other in front of clients, which gave everyone an uneasy feeling. You didn't need to understand Mandarin to understand that they were yelling at each other...their body movements and facial expressions said it all.
- waitress asked if we wanted tea or water...we said tea...she gave us a special tea (which was the best thing there btw) and charged us $2 without letting us know. Chinese restaurants usually provide complimentary tea (unless you are having Dim-Sum) so they cheated us a total of $4
Here's what we ordered:
- Beef Noodle in Soup
- Minced Pork with Sauce On Noodle
Service Good or Service Bad?
Service Okay...other than the screaming and bickering amongst the staff
The Denman Location tried very hard to "Exoticize" their restaurant.
I believe they did this to lure in the Non-Chinese people and not for authenticity reasons.
The restaurant uses predominantly dark brown and dark red colours, which is not usually used by Chinese people. They also hung some beaded curtains at the entrance of the door....I don't know any Chinese people who use such devices. If you check out their Main street location, it's nothing like the Denman location. This place was just trying too hard to succeed on Denman in all the wrong ways....Just cook good food and provide a comfortable warm place to eat and people will come.
Price:
Expensive for what they offer. I believe my noodle in soup cost $7.25. You can get noodles in soup usually for less than $6 anywhere else. The other dish was about $9 and it was really small...not worth the price
Ever Going Back?
Hell NO!
I don't recommend it at all.
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