For lunch, my mom and I went out to
Park Chow. Couldn't decide on a place for a while because my stomach wasn't feeling too well (probably from the terrible food last night!), then we decided on something local, an old favorite we knew we could depend on for great food. It took a few minutes to get a seat, not that there weren't any, but because the waiters were pretty busy. Took more than a few minutes to get our orders in, and even longer to have our food bussed to us. Service overall was borderline terrible - staff was indifferent too. We would make eye contact with them after sitting there for 15 minutes, and they would look at us and look away.
When food finally arrived, I was pretty disappointed. It was cold, so it made me wonder how long it was sitting there before they had the chance or desire to hand it to us. Well, my mom's porkchops were delicious (and hot) at least! I was unfortunate in ordering the grilled mahi mahi...1) cold 2) overdone. Rice tasted weird, bottom-of-the-pot lumpyness.
There were a few great things though about my meal! The apple juice in the top right was delicious (as I had remembered from the last time I ventured here) - organic and freshly pressed. Not sure if you can see, but the top of the cup has about a centimeter of frothy bubbliness! Very tasty. Also, the brussel sprouts were so right on too. I think they boiled or steamed it, then grilled it, and tossed in apples, bacon and sweet onions. Yum! Will have to recreate one day.
Mom's porkchops were way better. Super juicy, tender, fatty, and most of all releasing steam when arriving at our table. Don't know whether I love the restaurant or not. Hate love relationship. Hate the service, love the brussel sprouts. Hated the mahi mahi, loved the apple juice...this is tough. Conclusion - undecided.
