The Manchurian

After being abroad for 6 weeks, still too Jet lagged to go out & really not in the mood to cook. We decided to take the easy option & eat from one of the Cornerstones of English cuisine; The Chinese Take away.

As I parked the car & looked at my destination, I wasn't going to be fooled by first impressions; everyone knows first impressions can be deceiving.
Confucius says "Only a fool ignores First Impressions"

As we reached the door a Young Chinese girl left carrying a couple of bags of food. Now this was a real positive sign, remembering the well established rule to always buy Indian where the Indians eat, Italian where the Italian eat & Chinese where the Chinese eat...
Confucius says "Never assume Girl leaving with food is customer & not delivery girl"

The Menu is well presented & the choice comprehensive with a Singapore twist. We ordered two starters & three main courses. The wait was broken by short walk to the ATM as they don't take cards.
On our return the Counter area was quite busy with around four people waiting on orders. Everyone knows that the good places become popular & always have a bit of a queue... right?
Confucius says "Full shop can be due to quality or more often slow & poor service"

My Partner didn't want Ribs covered in Sauce, so I asked if I could get the Ribs without any Sauce. This took sometime as the women taking the order didn't have the worlds best grasp of the English language, the summary being;

Me: Do you have any Ribs that don't come with a thick sauce
Authentic Looking Chinese Women: Ribs? Yes!
Me: Yes, Ribs. But I don't want sauce, Dry Ribs
Alcw: Ribs! Yes. Dry Yes.
Me: Okay Good.

I didn't let the small language barrier put me off as everyone knows the best place to eat Chinese is where it is cooked by native Chinese. I was looking forward to this.
Confucius says "Only Idiots believe that crap!"

The starters were poor & the main courses very dry & overcooked. One bad meal I would put down to a bad choice from the menu, but three people all getting a poor meal & not one offering anything positive?.

Of course, there's always the other possibility that it was entirely my fault as my dry ribs order was taken for the entire meal?

Going Back? When Hell freezes over? No! Not even then.