| Show Shanghai Cafe Caf serves up great food horrible service Leslie Conder Community Reporter f irritated host asks rushing us to our seats and shoving menus into our hands While I have come to expect this service at Shanghai Cafe Caf located just two blocks north of the South City campus at East 1300 South I sometimes wonder if the horrid service is worth it Two minutes go by and the waiter host is back pestering my date dale and me about our orders We order our vegan-friendly vegan meals and are left to enjoy one another's company for company for fora a split minute Before we can even get into a great discussion our meal is thrust upon us My order the Vegetarian Chicken Fried Rice My dates date's the General Tao another vegetarian chicken entree e. e I load up my fork with a fair amount of rice and a piece of faux meat unsure of my decision to become a vegetarian and plunge it into my mouth with hesitation Surprisingly the food is delicious That first bite is rapidly followed with several more I look over at my dates date's plate thinking live or die I dont don't know why Karate Kid movie lines are arc going through my head but it motivates me to steal a bite from his plate If I wasn't before that bite sold me meon on the food With all the food Im I'm heaving into my mouth Im I'm feeling a little parched and my water glass is long empty But because the waitress host waiting on the entire restaurant I figure I Ican Ican Ican can be patient Finally I have time to look at my surroundings The place is nice for how inexpensive the food is Its It's adorned in traditional Chinese restaurant colors colors colors- dark reds with shiny gold trimmings trimmings and and all of the benches are upholstered with distinguished faux leather vinyl Above the seating are arc chiseled wood headboards reading Shanghai What a unique touch I note Of course an even more unique touch waiting wailing until your your meal is completely devoured devour d before your water is refilled If you are a carnivorous cater eater there arc are plenty of entrees es for you to choose from I challenge you however to try one of the vegetarian entrees es My brother who has eaten a slice of pepperoni pizza between a double whopper tried my vegetarian chicken fried rice and didn't believe that it was not real chicken The service at this restaurant is not at all pleasant If you go intending to kill them with kindness in the hopes that they wilt will willbe wilt be nice to you you will b be sorely disappointed t But no matter hov hm atrocious the service I stilt still go in two to three time timea timeS timed a week with a smile and friendly May I have th the Vegetarian Chicken Fried Rice please Five minute minute and a few glares from the the host later I express m my gratitude and go on m wa way t t I |
