Cafe 89'C - Burnaby

Today I went with my friend to Café 89º in Burnaby, which calls himself also a “Wonderful House Restaurant”. It was not full; just few guests besides us. We ordered as dinner combos (which came with a soup and a spring roll) Shredded Moo Shu Pork with Pancake (a recommendation by my friend) and Sautéed Pork & Vegetables with Spicy Sauce. But in order to take our order the server had to have the help from another colleague since she obviously didn’t understand English well enough to communicate. The provided tea tasted good; it had a lightly sweet flavor. But the server was not able to tell me where the sweet flavor came from. He said that it is just a black tea … My friend asked also for the password to the internet since he saw that internet from that restaurant was available. But the server refused to give him the password and referred to Shaw Open and Telus. The soup was kind of ok. I ate certainly already better ones. And I realized that on the tables were not seasoning items (e.g. soy sauce, chilli sauce) which are usually standard in such restaurants. The spring roll was not good: It was mostly dough and little filling. That’s why it was pretty dry. Also the Sautéed Pork & Vegetables with Spicy Sauce quite disappointing: Almost no pork was visible when it got served; and the tofu in it was not mentioned at all. The overwhelming ingredient was just cheap cabbage. And with the Shredded Moo Shu Pork they try to cheat and not to serve the pancake. When my friend realized that the pancakes are missing and I requested them; they laughed and said something in Chinese. My friend understood that language. So he heard them talking about my demand in a way that indicated that they didn’t like that I requested the pancakes. And it took them also several minutes to make them which also indicates that they even were not prepared to make the pancakes. And the Shredded Moo Shu Pork itself was also served without accompanying Hoisin sauce.The staff of that restaurant seems to use every trick to save cost; even if it is on the expense of the service and the quality. My friend and I were pretty disappointed. I cannot recommend that restaurant if someone wants to have a good meal at a reasonable price.

Today I went with my friend to Café in Burnaby, which calls himself also a “Wonderful House Restaurant”. It was not full; just few guests besides us. We ordered as dinner combos (which came with a soup and a spring roll) Shredded Moo Shu...Pork with Pancake (a recommendation by my friend) and Sautéed Pork Vegetables with Spicy Sauce. But in order to take our order the server had to have the help from another colleague since she obviously didn’t understand English well enough to communicate. The provided tea tasted good; it had a lightly sweet flavor. But the server was not able to tell me where the sweet flavor came from. He said that it is just a black tea … My friend asked also for the password to the internet since he saw that internet from that restaurant was available. But the server refused to give him the password and referred to Shaw Open and Telus. The soup was kind of ok. I ate certainly already better ones. And I realized that on the tables were not seasoning items (e.g. soy sauce, chilli sauce) which are usually standard in such restaurants. The spring roll was not good: It was mostly dough and little filling. That’s why it was pretty dry. Also the Sautéed Pork Vegetables with Spicy Sauce quite disappointing: Almost no pork was visible when it got served; and the tofu in it was not mentioned at all. The overwhelming ingredient was just cheap cabbage. And with the Shredded Moo Shu Pork they try to cheat and not to serve the pancake. When my friend realized that the pancakes are missing and I requested them; they laughed and said something in Chinese. My friend understood that language. So he heard them talking about my demand in a way that indicated that they didn’t like that I requested the pancakes. And it took them also several minutes to make them which also indicates that they even were not prepared to make the pancakes. And the Shredded Moo Shu Pork itself was also served without accompanying Hoisin sauce. The staff of that restaurant seems to use every trick to save cost; even if it is on the expense of the service and the quality. My friend and I were pretty disappointed. I cannot recommend that restaurant if someone wants to have a good meal at a reasonable price.

I'm surprised this place doesn't get better reviews.

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