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The Congee Tried Out / 2009.04.07

The Simple Neon Sign

We went to tried out this place last week because one of our friends mentioned it is pretty good. But at the end all of us just think this store has nothing special and I think it will just close down soon like the previous Wonton Time (云吞生).

We thought the store might have something new since the name changed. To our surprise, nothing has changed. Everything stays the same or too bad that I have to say it got worse actually.

The thing we complained the most is the size of the dishes does not match the price. All the dishes are just way too small compare to the price we paid. The food quality is decent but nothing suprised us. And the food we can order there (like noodles and congee) are just so common that you can order in any other Hong Kong style cafes around. Why would we pay for this price for such common food here again? I believe I will not come back to this place again.

My Ratings:
Average Price: $7~15
Food Rating: 6.0/10
Decoration and Presentation: 5.0/10
Service: 6.0/10
Environment: 5.0/10

Address: 19 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 284-2722

牛肉腸粉 / Steamed Rice Noodles with Beef Wrapped Inside

Dinner at Face Cafe / 03.30.2009

Face Cafe used to be OK Cafe, DJ Cafe and Sika Cafe. It is actually located in a good spot but somehow the management always change, but the people who work there are basically the same, but along with the time, most of the waiters and waitresses I remember left.

Well, many of my friends do not have good impression of this cafe but we decided to give it a try after the new name is adopted.

To be honest, I have neutral views towards this cafe, it is just the same as other Hong Kong style cafes around. With the new decoration, I think the environment is pretty good. I like its newly interior. The food quality is just the same. So far I never found any Hong Kong style cafe is exceptionally better than another. But some cafes do have some unique dishes that are exceptional which I can recall anytime from my memory.

That night we ordered some common dishes like steamed rice noodles with beef / cha siu (bbq pork) wrapped inside. The rice noodle tasted good with very thin rice noodle skin. The congee with order tasted very good as well. The dish I didn’t like is the fried noodles with eggs. It was too oily.

Address: 301 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 282-8899

My Ratings:
Average Price: $8~15
Food Rating: 6.0/10
Decoration and Presentation: 6.5/10
Service: 6.5/10
Environment: 7.0/10

The lunch does not come with appetiser and sweet dessert. Lunch special has great price, we have about 10 people today and we ended up paying $8/person including tips for 9 different dishes.

I found most of the food are overly oily and it somewhat lowered my appetite.

My Rating:
Average Price: $8~10 (Lunch), $15~25 (Dinner)
Food Rating: 6.5/10
Decoration and Presentation: 7.5/10
Service: 8.0/10
Environment: 6.0/10

Address: 684 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Phone: (626) 289-0088