The Setting: Dingy pepto-bismol pink restaurant in a dated strip mall
The Staff: Service ranges from indifferent to borderline rude
The Food: Your food will arrive in a haphazard and thoughtless fashion. After our first taste, we were willing to let this slide. Along with the oddly indifferent, attitude-ridden service that we’ve experienced with every visit. The food was unique. It was worth the drive and the quirks. But, a few visits later, the charm of this diamond in the rough is seriously wearing thin… very thin. The spicy eggplant and scallion bread were both literally dripping in oil. When I say dripping, I mean every bite of scallion bread came with a mouthful of oil. The slices of pork belly in garlic mud were barely tossed in sauce, still holding the square shape that bacon has straight out of the package. This appeared to be pre-cooked bacon dipped briefly into the sauce, because the sauce did not permeate the bacon meat or fat. The one brief glimmer of past brilliance was still present in the hot and numbing beef. I hope this poor quality food experience was the result of some horrible fluke. Because, the only thing this place has(possibly had) going for it is the food. We sure aren’t coming for the verbal abuse and attitude.
The Star of the Day: The bakery next door… Jerusalem Bakery!! They carry two brands of my favorite Middle Eastern cookie (the ma’amoul), chickpea flour and great pita bread!!
Tasty China
585 Franklin Rd SE
Marietta, GA
