Then the place must be authentic Chinese and you missed out on a good meal. When Frank reported on his recommendations, my mouth was watering.
I lived in China for several years, and the standard was--but not always--that if you are a guest at the table of a local then service is always in the comfortable range. If you go in alone or with other Westerners, it is not unusual to have to wait much longer than you do when sitting at a table with Chinese folks.
After a while I got used to the "custom" and didn't have a problem with it. But if it happened to me at a restaurant in the US I would have done the same thing you did.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, george lee <glee4ever@...> wrote:
> Hope this isn't too off topic but I entered Cathay House at 7:05 pm since I was checking time for another reason.
> Waiter did not take order until 7:23 pm. By 8:05 p.m. Chinese couple next to me who had come in later and ordered later, was served and eating a couple of dishes. Left without food arriving and I wondered what is the world record for length of time to have a relatively simple dish of food served.
> BTW, I am not Chinese.
