After all, this simple looking nondescript restaurant with an equally unimaginative name actually won the Most Innovative Dish title awarded by The Chinese Restaurant Awards in Metro Vancouver. We just got to try it. So, we decided to get hold of Whitney and Ken to join us since this is the kind of place where the more people you have the better. I think they have grown up … no longer a noodle house but a full fledged restaurant. Really, if you just drive past this restaurant you will definitely give this place a miss.
The signboard is totally devoid of any design. Even the bars on the windows tends to tell you that this location is not too good part of the neighborhood. It is actually just next door to Au Petit , one of the most popular Vietnamese restaurant on Metro Vancouver.
The place is awfully small. I hope they never expand and keep doing what they do best. They are opened at PM for dinner. We were there about 10 minutes early and the waitress Sandy was her name, I think was very gracious to open up to let us in. I read that she is a super waitress who does everything in the front … take orders, deliver dishes, give you your bill, the whole shebang … all alone.
And she does it so cheerfully too … we like her immediately. Well, except for one thing. She was so hell bent on making sure she maximize her table turns. When we told her we are a party of seven and that we did NOT have a reservation, she hesitated a while.
You see, apparently ALL the tables were already reserved for PM except for this one table that fits seven just nicely … but Whitney and Ken was no where in sight yet. She wanted to only give us the table only if our entire party is present. So, I lied and told her they are just a couple of blocks away and pretend to call Whitney and Ken to confirm. Except that she came around every 5 minutes asking where they are! Mind you, Sandy is very gracious about it but I understand seeing how disciplined the other tables were.
