Basil Leaf Thai & Sushi and Noodles

Reviews about Basil Leaf Thai & Sushi and Noodles

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  By Richard L.
  OK, this post is not mainly about food (though I will talk about it). It's about the implicit racial prejudice I experienced as a customer in this restaurant.
  
  It just happened about 1 hour ago. I'm an Asian. I was walking toward the restaurant and behind me there's a white couple. After I entered, an old Asian man came out from behind the counter and asked "are you three"? I said I'm one. Then he pointed at a table and said, in a careless, perfunctory way, "OK that table" and he did not lead me to the table. Then, as I was sitting, I saw he personally led the white couple to a table behind me and asked them, smilingly, "is it OK to sit here"? That was the beginning.
  
  Then, a young Asian waitress came over to take order. She had an emotionless, disinterested face while talking to me and taking my order. Then as she moved to the while couple's table, she almost changed to another person- she sounded very kind and happy.
  
  I ordered the food first -- it's the beef noodle soup. Then she took order from the white couple. But she brought the food for them first!? Could it be because my food took longer to cook? I doubt it; because right after she brought their food, she brought my food.
  
  And then finally, at one point she came over to the couple and asked, sweetly, how they were doing with the food. AND THEN JUST BYPASSED MY TABLE AS IF I WASN'T THERE. This is THE CLEAREST behavioral indicator of implicit racial prejudice -- trust me, I study social psychology.
  
  Anyway, a HIGHLY disappointed and angry experience with the restaurant. Also, the food was no good at all -- beef noodle soup is very limited in amount, and cooked perfunctorily (bland and tasteless, a bowl of a few noodles with 3 slices of beef floating around).
  September 16, 2016