don mee

we waited 30 minutes for a table for two. reasonable i suppose for they had only about six tabled for two. but when we were finally seated it took ten minutes for them to bring us alunchmenu as we didn't want dim sum. we waited another 20 minutes and no one came. i've never been ignored at a restaurant before. we finally just left empty handed. i guess there is a first time for everything.

if you've never been to victoria's old chinatown, i highly recommend you go at least once. it may not seem very big, but there are lots of places to eat, shop, and explore in what is north america's second oldest chinatown. once you have had a chance to walk down the narrow "fan tan alley", and maybe buy a few artsy souvenirs, hopefully you will have built up an appetite for a good authentic chinese meal. if you happen to be in chinatown around thelunchhour, a good spot to go forlunchis don mee chinese seafood restaurant . gates of victoria's old chinatown it's located right in the heart of chinatown and has been there for over eighty years. the big sign out in front makes it hard to miss. one big reason you will want to go forlunchat don mee is to try their traditional "dim sum" which in my opinion, should be tried at least once in your lifetime. dim sum, in case you've never had it, is quite a fillinglunchmade up of various types of cantonese style

gross!. i think gross pretty much sums up our recentlunchexperience here. food rolled through restaurant on filthy carts, condiments on bottom of such carts. there was some sort of 'film' on the scallops on one of their seafood dumplings. rinsed the greasiness off my fingers with the hot tea since i think i would have thrown up if i ended up in their washroom...
what happened to this place? i remembered it was half decent about 3 years ago.