Shooting Star Cafe

The lunch specials are such a great deal. Some of items come with a drink. I added on an iced milk tea for $1.25 to my salted chicken noodle ($11). It really hit the spot. Very classic Hong Kong style eatery with all kinds of dishes. They can be pretty busy and the wait can take a while. Pricing is amazing though.

Always fun eating here. Huge menu with tons of tasty options for any meal. We came in for dessert, mentioned it was a friends bday and they surprised us with a cute, and tasty, waffle and bday candle. And they sang. Yay! So kind. We felt the love. And the dessert was fun. Light jelly with fruit and ice cream. The addition of the hot fresh waffle made it perfect and well balanced.

Disappointing takeout. I got the chicken+mushroom clay rice bowl. Not enough sauce so the rice was a big dry lump, the chicken was more gristle than meat, and the meat itself was pretty dry. $20 (with tip) and I'm still hungry - just not hungry enough to eat dry white rice. Maybe it's better dine-in; the place was pretty busy : /

They secretly charge you 15% service fee on the bill without notifying you and ask you for another 15% -30% tip on the receipt that you will sign. If you don't pay attention like I did, you might overpay your dinner. Last time I ordered $55 food but ended up paying $75 in total.This is not acceptable considering the restaurant does not offer you any fine dining experience.

Be careful!!! This restaurant makes a trap by secretly add 15% tip without telling us. We only have 2 people… Nice restaurant. The food was pretty good. I got baked pork chop rice with grass jelly milk tea and Mongolian beef spaghetti with milk tea. The milk tea was so strong I couldn’t sleep that night. I stayed up till 5am. The grass jelly isn’t the type of soft jelly you would get at typical boba shops. It’s harder but chewable. I also got the peanut butter waffle. It was sweet. A lot of condensed milk.

Lots to unpack, let's see don't order the pork chop because it comes boiled, don't order the egg rolls because I have no idea what the hell was in them (mashed potato texture) the calamari appetizer was surprisingly chicken (which is what my friend had ordered, it was just so chewy I thought....) and just about everything but the coca cola I ordered was a huge let down. Sure they're open late but do you really want to spend your money on the kind of food better suited for a food fight? I took the leftovers but inn the end I couldn't consciously give it to a homeless person, they have it bad enough at it is.