Horrible Dumplings

Carol and I went to Cupertino village for dinner. The last time we were here, we were going to try the dumpling place, but it was so full, we had to wait for 30min, so we went with Korean food instead. Against my better judgement, we tried a few dishes. A tray of steamed buns with juice inside(supposedly a famous Shanghainess signature food), but it was very greasy, and tasteless;
also a streamed tray of Chinese chive with shrimp, it tasted just like steamed buns...

Another dish we ordered was the steamed rice with mixed veggies and meat, another Shanghainess signature dish, and yet another disappointment. My mom's is waaaaay better, hell, even mine is way better than this, am not jocking! It's supposed to be cooked just regular rice, add water to rice and cook in any rice cooker, except, mix in with slightly stir fried veggies and meat(Chinese sausage and pork/chicken etc). But, this came out way too greasy, and look stir fried to me, and very salty as well as tasted MSG...

I was going to order the Tong-Po pork, I asked the waiter, he said it's half pork and half fat, slow braised.... mmmmm, no thank you. The rest of dished look pretty common, sweet and sour pork - well, this should not be a Chinese food, instead it should be an American dish - 'cause it's not how it's should be cooked, actually is there such a thing? Hmmm.... Left without much options, so I ordered stir fried fish fillet with some sort of green veggie. This is by far the worst dish here, and to date I've tried. It should change it's name to stir fried fish in MSG... When we left, it's basically untouched. Poor Carol, she had to constantly pour me tea...

No way I'm going back there again. That's the reason I normally don't eat Chinese food given any choice, I'd rather eat sandwich or burger, or burrito, or just a salad.

So, avoid this place. Some cheap Chinese BBQ restaurant make better no frill food. A note on the seasoning in Chinese food in general, what's up with "brown sauce" anyway, most of the dishes came in an unappetizing brownish sauce. Carol says she put Oyster Sauce in every dish she cook, hello! It's just MSG in brown sauce.... Carol says I'm not very Chinese, since I don't eat chicken feet, fish head... , well, lucky me... you can have mine...