Kyoo C.
Yelp
Been driving by so many times on the way home for years. Recently noticed they had online ordering so gave it a try. Easy ordering system and pick up time chosen, payment due at pick up, so no need input any cc info, just cell#.
Arrived and food was packaged ready to go and it was piping hot, so far so good.
CC swiped and left, but noticed the swiped amount was some $1.20 more than what the online receipt showed including $0.99 online fee, so not sure about the $1.20 difference. No big deal.
Got kind of worried driving home since the smell from the package was not very appetizing. Wasn't sure what kind of flavors it would be with the strange smell.
Once home and opened up, the 2 items looked great actually. Beef chow fun and Shrimp lobster sauce.
Beef chow fun = the first few pieces of beef was actually surprisingly good, which I didn't expect much quality out of.
But then as the dish got down, there would be bites of strong cheap/old oil scents, which seems to be what the smell was in the car that wasn't pleasant.
It's strange cause the food would taste good, but then suddenly you get a bite with the oil smell. So you end up getting ups and downs and end up undecided if you enjoyed it like some bites were, or disliked it like some bites were.
Shrimp lobster sauce = the shrimps were plump and had decent amount (pic doesn't show much but they're under all the sauce). Again the protein quality was better than expected like the beef was. But again the oil smell lingered through the bites and overall ended up unable to enjoy the otherwise good quality foods
Here I sit post meal and I have a slight oil scent lingering in my mouth which I guess can drink some soda to wash down maybe.
But the burps from inside def brings the oil smell up...
There is potential with the food quality, but that oil smell...
Maybe it's an off day? There were only 2 or 3 folks eating there, so maybe the wok or oil has been sitting unused for a while?
Seems reviewers are having good results with lunch, so maybe lunch is when things are rocking and not idling.
As for my first try, I'm not inclined to risk the oil smell again...