our lapse in judgement (and part curiosity & part forgotten memory) made us return to

kum kau, where we'd been once or twice ages ago, only to realize why we never went back.

we got a dinner platter combo deal of crispy shrimp, general tso's chicken, and beef with

mushrooms - the beef being the worst, tasting like stamped out rubber mats.

dang, chinatown is only a mile and a half away, but our brains were melted from the heatwave.