The Holtonian

Trouble In Little China

So we all know the Chinese place next to the old bi lo near the pizza hunt off of broad. If you know what I'm talking about you know that there usually is a cute little girl that is always there. Her parents most likely own the place and so she sort of is raised at the restaurant.

In the past it was sort of cute as she would sit and talk with us while we waited for our food. Or play a game of slap hands as we picked up our to go order. It was all sort of cute but this was quite some time ago.

Well tonight it went from cute, to creepy in two seconds flat. We went with the kids we're watching this weekend and sat the table. The two girls we're watching brought "My Little Ponies" to sort of play with at dinner. The girl at the restaurant was some what infatuated with the toys. So what a normal kid might do is ask to play with them.... she just up and took them off our table.

It was sort of weird but our kids just sort of rolled with it and didn't say anything too rude in response to the girl's rude behavior.

Now taking a toy is one thing, not a big deal, i mean she gave it back at the end of dinner.... but during the entire dinner, which we were the only people in the restaurant all night, the girl stood beside our table and watched us....

Now its hard to eat when someone's staring at you, its really hard when its someone standing next to you that you don't know.

For a good thirty minutes to eternity (that's what it felt like) we were stared at by this little girl and occasionally our girls toys were snatched off the table or out of our girl's hands. So awkward and uncomfortable.

So needless to say we won't be going back there. I mean it would be one thing if the parents tried, even tried to get the girl to leave us alone but her mom just walked by and said nothing. It was like, "yo lady your kid is creeping out the customers!"

Its really kind of sad, because most likely the girl is schooled by her parents, raised in that restaurant, and never has any interaction with people except for customers that walk in. I mean it was very obvious her social interaction was limited. I guess its another example for people to not homeschool, or at least to get them out once and a while.

So if that weren't enough the food is pretty awful too. I mean i like the lo mein but you can't screw that up. I've had a few dishes there and all have been mediocre to bad. My top three favorite chinese things are Potstickers (which are horrible there), crab rangoon (which i had tonight and were awful), and lo mein (hard to screw up).

So far the only chinese place i like in this town is the Moon at Noon, China Moon over by the new walmart. Every one else i've been too is just awful.

Posted by holtonian at January 28, 2006 09:17 PM | TrackBack