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MrGoodbar · 10-27-2011, 01:29 PM

The Rockford on Broadway and Burrard. I've never had to say so many bad things about a restaurant before. -6/10

Stay away from this restaurant. The Broadway location was visited 3 times for me to come to a verdict that this place is downright fucking garbage. This is supposed to be an Asian fusion, so I guess ok, I'll try it out and see how well/bad they can get Asian food to taste.

First time I had their Lemon Chicken Bowl. This tasted horrible the sauce was overly bitter and there was too much of it and drowned the rice. What the fuck? It's like drinking sauce. I thought lemon chicken was supposed to have a crispy outside and a sweet lemon glaze; not soggy outside and over-cooked, stringy chicken on the inside. I guess the bitterness of what I think could be the lemon zest is supposed to be the "fusion". Garbage for 14-15 dollars.

The second time I went I had their Chicken Teri-Bowl. Again, there was a sea of "teriyaki" sauce. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a fucking soup with rice in it or an actual rice dish. The sauce was immensly salty. The vegetables were tossed in as an afterthought. The bean sprouts in the bowl were not cook at all and the green and red peppers were overdone and soggy. Let me say that eating undercooked beansprouts with a fork isn't easy. Why the fuck is this the way it is? Why are some veggies soggy and some that aren't cooked? Aren't these veggies supposed to be cooked together? Did they fucking forget to throw the beansprouts in and decidedly throw it in afterwards? What the fuck???

The third time I went, I thought, maybe I shouldn't try the Asian food at a Western-based restaurant. Fine, so I didn't. I went for the very common grilled chicken fettuccini. Seems basic enough, Earls has their own version, Milestones has it, should be pretty easy to make, like every other fucking chain mid-class restauarant. So It comes to my table and the first thing I notice is the parmasean cheese in 3 inch round flakes. What's wrong with this you ask? Well, my pasta now has clumps of cheese in it rather than having it evenly dispersed. Ok, fine, I'll accept that I have to do some serious mixing to ensure the cheese is better distributed. Not easy to handle chese when it's fucking melting into a clump and trying to spread it. It's like fighting against time when the fucking cheese is melting and frantically trying to split the large flake without it sticking to your fucking fork and inevitably giving up and just saying "fuck it".

So I dig into the first piece of chicken and it had a very stringy, overcooked texture I remembered from my first visit. Not only that, the chicken was charred and tasted bitter. It was awful. Not only that the chicken wasn't even sliced all the way through, looked like a fucking chicken accordian. Other restaurants got it right by slicing the chicken so each piece is it's own individual piece so why the fuck can't this place get it the fuck right? Honestly the place wasn't that busy and I can't imagine how shit will turn out if it was busy.

Fine, the chicken didn't taste great so I went into the actual pasta. The level of care that went into the pasta is similar to me buying fucking Oliveri's alfredo sauce and throwing in pasta and throwing it in the microwave. I'm serious here, it was a plain alfredo cream sauce that tasted like it came from the supermarket. It tasted no different than the last time my lazy-ass felt like having alfredo and getting it prepared from a pack. For a 15.95 dish this is utterly unacceptable.

Every main dish on the menu that had some sort of meat in it averaged 14-18 dollars. This place need to bite the dust. I tried to like this place, I really did and gave it 3 different chances. I miss Moxie's that this garbage dump replaced. This place was closed for what I thought was 6 months to be renovated from the old Moxie's. It looks like there was absolutely no change except for the table tops that have a branded R on it and taking away the coat hangers at the end of each booth.

I fucking hate this place. I'm just spreading the word here so no one has to go to this fuckary of a fuck.

10-27-2011, 01:29 PM	#3591
MrGoodbar Banned (ABWS) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: vancouver Posts: 1,268 Thanked 425 Times in 146 Posts Failed 96 Times in 26 Posts	The Rockford on Broadway and Burrard. I've never had to say so many bad things about a restaurant before. -6/10 Stay away from this restaurant. The Broadway location was visited 3 times for me to come to a verdict that this place is downright fucking garbage. This is supposed to be an Asian fusion, so I guess ok, I'll try it out and see how well/bad they can get Asian food to taste. First time I had their Lemon Chicken Bowl. This tasted horrible the sauce was overly bitter and there was too much of it and drowned the rice. What the fuck? It's like drinking sauce. I thought lemon chicken was supposed to have a crispy outside and a sweet lemon glaze; not soggy outside and over-cooked, stringy chicken on the inside. I guess the bitterness of what I think could be the lemon zest is supposed to be the "fusion". Garbage for 14-15 dollars. The second time I went I had their Chicken Teri-Bowl. Again, there was a sea of "teriyaki" sauce. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a fucking soup with rice in it or an actual rice dish. The sauce was immensly salty. The vegetables were tossed in as an afterthought. The bean sprouts in the bowl were not cook at all and the green and red peppers were overdone and soggy. Let me say that eating undercooked beansprouts with a fork isn't easy. Why the fuck is this the way it is? Why are some veggies soggy and some that aren't cooked? Aren't these veggies supposed to be cooked together? Did they fucking forget to throw the beansprouts in and decidedly throw it in afterwards? What the fuck??? The third time I went, I thought, maybe I shouldn't try the Asian food at a Western-based restaurant. Fine, so I didn't. I went for the very common grilled chicken fettuccini. Seems basic enough, Earls has their own version, Milestones has it, should be pretty easy to make, like every other fucking chain mid-class restauarant. So It comes to my table and the first thing I notice is the parmasean cheese in 3 inch round flakes. What's wrong with this you ask? Well, my pasta now has clumps of cheese in it rather than having it evenly dispersed. Ok, fine, I'll accept that I have to do some serious mixing to ensure the cheese is better distributed. Not easy to handle chese when it's fucking melting into a clump and trying to spread it. It's like fighting against time when the fucking cheese is melting and frantically trying to split the large flake without it sticking to your fucking fork and inevitably giving up and just saying "fuck it". So I dig into the first piece of chicken and it had a very stringy, overcooked texture I remembered from my first visit. Not only that, the chicken was charred and tasted bitter. It was awful. Not only that the chicken wasn't even sliced all the way through, looked like a fucking chicken accordian. Other restaurants got it right by slicing the chicken so each piece is it's own individual piece so why the fuck can't this place get it the fuck right? Honestly the place wasn't that busy and I can't imagine how shit will turn out if it was busy. Fine, the chicken didn't taste great so I went into the actual pasta. The level of care that went into the pasta is similar to me buying fucking Oliveri's alfredo sauce and throwing in pasta and throwing it in the microwave. I'm serious here, it was a plain alfredo cream sauce that tasted like it came from the supermarket. It tasted no different than the last time my lazy-ass felt like having alfredo and getting it prepared from a pack. For a 15.95 dish this is utterly unacceptable. Every main dish on the menu that had some sort of meat in it averaged 14-18 dollars. This place need to bite the dust. I tried to like this place, I really did and gave it 3 different chances. I miss Moxie's that this garbage dump replaced. This place was closed for what I thought was 6 months to be renovated from the old Moxie's. It looks like there was absolutely no change except for the table tops that have a branded R on it and taking away the coat hangers at the end of each booth. I fucking hate this place. I'm just spreading the word here so no one has to go to this fuckary of a fuck.