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Warning: Disturbing wall of text, will ruin appetite
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For some odd reason, I was having trouble sleeping in this Saturday morning so I decided to head to New Town for breakfast, since they open at 6:30AM and offer an acceptable amount of decent food for the price (and also have very good bakery items). When I got there, I was promptly greeted by the female server and was asked to choose my own seat. I chose to sit in a booth, a choice I will later regret. For an early Saturday morning, the place was decently filled. To my right was a round table of maybe 5-6, appeared to be Filipino. Directly in front of me was an older man appearing to be having tea and reading the news on his own. To his right was another older man having his morning coffee. As for staff, aside from the server there was also a younger man working the steamers in the front. Seemingly average Chinatown morning.
After reviewing the menu, I had opted for the Chinese style set breakfast and had chosen to have a radish meat pie with century egg congee, another choice I will later regret. My food arrived within minutes of ordering. I take my first few bites and then things start to get strange...
Note: up until this point, I had only interacted in English, though I am completely fluent in Cantonese, including slang.
As I'm eating, I began to notice a louder-than-normal conversation between the young man up front, the server, and the man in the booth directly in front of me. I wasn't really paying attention at first, but then the guy at the next table joined in too. I got curious. I glanced up at the man in front of me. From my seat, only the back of his head and a tiny bit of his shoulders are visible. He was strangely rocking and bobbing his body in the sort of rhythm that us men all know too well. This man was starting to sweat profusely. My stomach churned. I started paying attention to the conversation:
*Cantonese*
Young Manager: Mr. Chan, are you doing weird stuff under the table again?!
Server: He is! He's in here all the time for breakfast. He's got his pants off.
Old Man: I'm almost finished... I'm almost finished...
Manager: You know I can't let you do that. If you insist, you'd best not come tomorrow.
Old Man: I'm almost finished... Give me a second...
Man at next table: I don't understand, why don't you finish these things in the comfort of your own home first beforehand?!
-some more random comments-
I look down at my bowl of congee. First time in my life that the texture of food began to matter.
Eventually the man stops moving so violently
Server: Mr. Chan, you'd better clean it up yourself, I'm not going to clean up after you.
Man at next table: Looks like you'll need a different newspaper
I hear some shuffling and scrunching of newspapers, plastic bags, and napkins, followed by the old man heading to the washroom with a fist full of napkins.
Deeply disturbing experience. Especially disturbing to know this man is a repeat offender, and all parties involved were acting so nonchalantly about the matter. Seemed like I was the only one disgusted by this. ANY day that starts with a man jerking it in front of you will not be a good day.
TL;DR: Ate congee while an old man at the next booth was openly rubbing one out. Eat here and you may sit on old man splooge.
I wish I was making this up.
Service
6/10
Food
Usually: 7/10
Today: 0/10
Ambience
Usually: 5/10
Today: -9000/10
Excuse me while I go puke until I forget what happened. Posted via RS Mobile
I was ok with Girgensons being in the all star game, each team had to have a representative and last season Zegmus and Ennis where by far the best Sabres players, so Zegmus was likely going to be going to the All Star game anyways. Zegmus actually had a really good year last year putting up decent offensive stats on a really bad offensive team and was one of the toughest players to play against on the Sabres last year, he was one of gritty leaders of the team. This year his offensive has just disappeared, but I guess that comes along with being put into a more shutdown/checking role now that Eichel, O'Reilly, Kane and Reinhart are on the team.
Maybe its because I'm a Sabres fan, but Girgensons being at the all star game wasn't as glarring as the other examples given each team needed a representative. I'm not a fan of that rule, they should just name the players having the best season regardless if each team has a representative.
I was ok with Girgensons being in the all star game, each team had to have a representative and last season Zegmus and Ennis where by far the best Sabres players, so Zegmus was likely going to be going to the All Star game anyways. Zegmus actually had a really good year last year putting up decent offensive stats on a really bad offensive team and was one of the toughest players to play against on the Sabres last year, he was one of gritty leaders of the team. This year his offensive has just disappeared, but I guess that comes along with being put into a more shutdown/checking role now that Eichel, O'Reilly, Kane and Reinhart are on the team.
Maybe its because I'm a Sabres fan, but Girgensons being at the all star game wasn't as glarring as the other examples given each team needed a representative. I'm not a fan of that rule, they should just name the players having the best season regardless if each team has a representative.
Yeah, I wasn't familiar with this guy. I just took a quick look at his stats.
1st rounder, pretty decent numbers. Doesn't look like a plug or enforcer.
I don't see how he's comparable to John Scott.
Girgensons has more points in his rookie season than Scott does in his entire career.
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That story about New Town Bakery is crazy!! Who would have thought that I would read a review about a Chinese restaurant in the Canucks thread.
I'm there on occasion. They really do wear jerseys on game days. Super nice people and the buns are legit. Deluxe steamed bun and spring rolls are my fav.
EDIT: LOL I remember reading that story about New Town. I only ever get pastries from the front. If I'm sitting down for food, I like The Boss a bit better. New Town has better pastries though.
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Apple dumplings. For a while, they changed the recipe and I stopped buying them, but they're back to being one of those, "Hell yeah, I'll walk a few miles to get some." After hitting up the dispensary, hee hee.
Never said that actually our goaltending is the only reason we are even in these last few games lol getting 40-50 shots on our net every game ? Good god
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Never said that actually our goaltending is the only reason we are even in these last few games lol getting 40-50 shots on our net every game ? Good god
Seems like this year, only one is ever clicking. When our offense is scoring, we can't stop the puck. When we can't buy a goal, goaltending stands on its head.
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actually our goaltending is the only reason we are even in these last few games lol getting 40-50 shots on our net every game ? Good god
