UW/WLU students: How often do you eat form SUNSHINE EXPRESS [Archive]

CHINAdeals

Aug 17th, 2005, 03:51 PM

oh man.at least once a week for sure combo P4 (soya sauce chicken and egg on rice) and P4v (substitute egg for vegetables - bean sprouts, brocolli, carrot) is the shiznik

that and P1 (with bbq instead of chicken)

oh dayaaamm..goodtimes..

would be better if the owners spoke a lil' more engrish and maybe renovated the place or something..man..they could make SO MUCH MORE money.

warren_s12888

Aug 17th, 2005, 03:58 PM

Never tried Sunshine Express.

Have you seen the new place Charlie's Lunchbox beside Campus Pizza? I heard they are going to serve sushi. Apparently the owner was the previous owner of Mr. Sushi near Fubar.

CHINAdeals

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:00 PM

i'm out of town now..but saw it when i went back to visit..yah..looks alrite..replaced that jaimacan place..too bad they had good jerk...

jerk chicken that is ..

mr. sushi is SO good..oh man..such huge pieces of sushi..very extra large..u kno what they are missing in 'loo come to think of it?..

SUSHI buffet..WOwOWwowoWOWOWwowWOw

new venture

warren_s12888

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:10 PM

SUSHI buffet..WOwOWwowoWOWOWwowWOw

new venture

lol...thats exactly wat I was thinkin when I heard of Charlie's Lunchbox...
Please let it be a buffet. We need a new asian buffet here...either Jap or Korean BBQ. I'm gettin sick of all you can eat hotpot at leung yue on King

Chris78

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:48 PM

Sunshine Express is dirty...FYI

CHINAdeals

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:53 PM

Sunshine Express is dirty...FYI

lol.

its a dirty place.but the food is fine..just as clean as any other Metro square or First markham or Pmall fast food place..

its clean enough..

don't hate the sunshine..best JAM LIEW you can find in uwat thats close to UW

B40

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:53 PM

Noodle Hut > Sunshine Express

Dejiko, nyo!

Aug 17th, 2005, 04:59 PM

Jia Jia Lok >> Noodle Hut > Sunshine Express.

Granted, I haven't been to Noodle Hut in a long time, so I don't know what it's like. But Jia Jia Lok is so so good and quite cheap. I love the Satay Fish particularly... it's the most expensive thing on the cheap-lunch menu at $6.20, but it's a big portion.

The last time I went to Sunshine I was dragged there by some friends... the meal I got was quite bad. In first year I would sometimes get the pork & egg on rice (uh, P1 I think?). But that was quite a while back.

tissue

Aug 17th, 2005, 05:11 PM

i'm not in loo anymore, but when i was i loved sunshines... except after p4v i would get diarrhea. still, you can't beat 3.99 (i believe they raised the price now)

btw, jia jia lok was mad far from campus. no way i could make it there for food on foot and make it back for class.

dracore

Aug 17th, 2005, 05:30 PM

i got diarrhea at sunshines too. it was pretty nasty

Mikey's wasn't bad... the price wasn't the cheapest in town but it was safe and edible.

B40

Aug 17th, 2005, 05:32 PM

Wings at Morty's on cheap nights are great too.

Jai Jai Lok is good, but expensive unless you're getting the lunch special.

sumrandomguy

Aug 17th, 2005, 05:54 PM

i dont think i've ever eaten sunshine express...the place doesn't look that appealing.

bob0

Aug 17th, 2005, 06:32 PM

i got sick of getting p4 at sunshine....switched over to beef noodle or c4 (fried chicken rice) at mr. paninos.....kinda craving p4 now....hahaha

kkwlau

Aug 17th, 2005, 09:46 PM

i got sick of getting p4 at sunshine....switched over to beef noodle or c4 (fried chicken rice) at mr. paninos.....kinda craving p4 now....hahaha

i like mr. paninos a lot better than sunshine, only because it is CLEANER!
the food quality at sunshine is going down too...and the prices are rising.

Tharyn

Aug 17th, 2005, 09:47 PM

Never been there.

--Mark

Rehii

Aug 17th, 2005, 09:55 PM

I used to get P4 or a P2 from Sunshine's when I was at UW (I graduated last year). Sure, the dishes were, like, 80 percent rice and 20 percent actual food, but it was relatively cheap and filling ... especially in the day when a P4 cost $5 including a drink.

fiendy

Aug 17th, 2005, 10:10 PM

Noodle Hut > Sunshine Express

Never been to Sunshine, but I love noodle hut.

I've been there a good 20 times by now.

kawai

Aug 17th, 2005, 11:32 PM

My mom is a friend of the owner of sunshine express, let's put it this way, they got their money's worth from you guys and then some.

I've never eaten there, even if I get food for free there whenever i am in waterloo. I wonder why ;)

konfusion666

Aug 17th, 2005, 11:37 PM

they used too much MSG or something. oh well, my memory of that place is from the last millennium.

Cyke

Aug 18th, 2005, 02:34 AM

After watching my buddy pull a ridiculously long hair outta his P4 meal, I've never set foot in that filthy place again. My god, that place is so nasty. It's all curry noodles at Mikey's for me. :D

CHINAdeals

Aug 18th, 2005, 11:33 AM

i thin mr. paninos is OKAY..some of their stuff has less portions than sunshine

ther'es a taiwanese place at the end of the plaza ther too.next to boardzone..its OKAY too...they have a chicken on rice thing for about 4 bucks..very little meet and very little flavour..but their popcorn chicken ain't so bad..

man.

a CONGEE WONG or SUSHI BUFFET in waterloo..ppl would go nuts.

Fuggit

Aug 18th, 2005, 12:30 PM

Oh man that place is NAASSSSSSSSSTTY!! Damnit have you seen the rag they use to clean the tables? It's like... black! Once, the guy dropped it on a plate of rice and he continued to SERVE it.... :eek:

CHINAdeals

Aug 18th, 2005, 12:35 PM

ah damn.

from the feedback i've been getting
i shoud probably stop eating there.

damn..but its the budget factor..so budget..

i guesss

sunshine express < sanitary

bob0

Aug 18th, 2005, 01:13 PM

After watching my buddy pull a ridiculously long hair outta his P4 meal, I've never set foot in that filthy place again. My god, that place is so nasty. It's all curry noodles at Mikey's for me. :D

haha...at least it was a long hair....my friend pulled a short and curly one out of her meal at golden mango...and u know asian ppl only have curly hair in one place :eek:

Cyke

Aug 22nd, 2005, 03:14 AM

haha...at least it was a long hair....my friend pulled a short and curly one out of her meal at golden mango...and u know asian ppl only have curly hair in one place :eek:

That's just GROSS. UGH.
Golden Mango, Sunshine, and Mr. Panino are the three places I never visit. I'd rather pay a bit extra at Mikey's.

xien0n

Aug 22nd, 2005, 08:32 AM

ther'es a taiwanese place at the end of the plaza ther too.next to boardzone..its OKAY too...they have a chicken on rice thing for about 4 bucks..very little meet and very little flavour..but their popcorn chicken ain't so bad..

The taiwanese place is pretty good. Through it's a bit more expensive than Mr. Paninos or Sunshine (6 to 7 bucks for a decent meal). It's definately much cleaner and you get more meat than the other two places.

On another note, I still find it hilarious that the new owners of Mr. Paninos never bothered to change the signage and probably never will.

chak

Aug 22nd, 2005, 02:08 PM

i don't like Sunshine..but my friends do due to the $$ factor.

I always go to Jia Jia Lok..but it's reallie expensive...(a beef rice noodle for almost $10 :evil: ), and now I heard nasty story from my friend about the owner...no more Jia Jia Lok...well actually no more Waterloo for me..moving out soon...

I like the bubble tea place next to Jia Jia Lok...u get bubble tea with ur meal...the foods are alright...although they don't have a lot of choices~

O I luv Morty...it's jux right next to my home...I m gonna miss their wings!!!

Bitz

Aug 22nd, 2005, 08:33 PM

a CONGEE WONG or SUSHI BUFFET in waterloo..ppl would go nuts.

There's a Japanese buffet up near Connestoga Mall called Yummiyaki. I went there once but likely won't go back again....definitely not worth my money when compared to what you could get in Toronto. Weekend dinners are like $22-23ish I think, weekdays are a few buck cheaper...but the worst part is that you have to pay extra a la carte prices for sashimi and greentea icecream! What kind of "buffet" is that? :|

Like I said, I'm not going back there. I'll stick to Mr. Sushi to satisfy my Japanese cravings until I can come back to Toronto :)

ultrafob

Aug 23rd, 2005, 12:59 AM

Sunshine Express... all I can say is "NO MORE P4!!!" haha

7jai

Aug 23rd, 2005, 01:06 AM

what the hell is a "sunshine express", is this a wlu/uw thing? damn

chinadeals talks about the weirdest stuff =S

oh man.at least once a week for sure combo P4 (soya sauce chicken and egg on rice) and P4v (substitute egg for vegetables - bean sprouts, brocolli, carrot) is the shiznik

that and P1 (with bbq instead of chicken)

oh dayaaamm..goodtimes..

would be better if the owners spoke a lil' more engrish and maybe renovated the place or something..man..they could make SO MUCH MORE money.

aquariaguy

Aug 23rd, 2005, 01:10 AM

i like mr. paninos a lot better than sunshine, only because it is CLEANER!
the food quality at sunshine is going down too...and the prices are rising.

Mr. Paninos is NOT clean. The guy uses the SAME hand to take cash that he uses to take the green onions and stuff to sprinkle on the food. He even cuts with that hand. But he has a sidekick that looks like Yao Ming now.

Sunshies is dirty, even the dining space, but its darn cheap and i live in the townhouses next to it. The guy can't really speak english and looks stoned everyday. At least he doesn't cook, well he cooked me one meal one day and i was like **** this is gonna suck. I like the chicken fried rice. $3.99 plus tax comes out to $4.27. Its filling and they stir fry it fresh so its nice and hot and filling (because of all the rice but has taste!).

The Taiwanese Place (Taste of Taiwan) is good! Its a tad expensive, like a $1 more but i get discount because i'm "supposedly" in the taiwanese club! (Just don't tell the guy i'm not in it hehehe) Well the only reason i get discount is because my roommates are on the exec. board of the taiwan club and i've been there so many times the guy figures i'm a good customer :) (Also probaly thinks i'm a cheapass). 11A is the best there.

I also find it funny how Mr. Panino's is too lazy to take down their signs. I was there once last yr, and I remember a brown guy and a white guy came in together and ordered a Balkan Chevap (on their menu, which they didn't take down). Anyways, the guy (the fat guy) said "Sorry, we don't make those at this time" And it was friggin lunch time lol. 99% sure the fat guy didn't even know what a balkan chevap was.

babychai

Aug 23rd, 2005, 08:04 AM

There's a Japanese buffet up near Connestoga Mall called Yummiyaki. I went there once but likely won't go back again....definitely not worth my money when compared to what you could get in Toronto. Weekend dinners are like $22-23ish I think, weekdays are a few buck cheaper...but the worst part is that you have to pay extra a la carte prices for sashimi and greentea icecream! What kind of "buffet" is that? :|

Like I said, I'm not going back there. I'll stick to Mr. Sushi to satisfy my Japanese cravings until I can come back to Toronto :)

that's right...they have a AYCE jap buffet at king and northfield... i called them once to ask them what was on their menu... and then i asked them if they had sashimi... they said "no". i then politely asked them why they didn't have sashimi on their menu and then they said, "because then the customers come in and order only sashimi and we lose money.."

:?: i don't see those GTA jap buffets losing money... on the contrary, it must be a good money maker since there are sooooooooooooo many jap AYCE's now...

as for sunshine, the food is ok... but the BEST THING about sunshine is that sunshine man....

a person walks in:
S: "CUSTOMER...WADDDJUUULIIIIKKE" (Customer, what you like?)
C: "P4"
S: "WITH DRINK?"
c: "um, Coke please"
S: "FOR HEE, TO GO?" (For here, to go?)
C: "to go"
S: "$5.75"

it's alllllllll rehearsed and everything... it's great...

sppp

Sep 29th, 2005, 04:11 AM

as for sunshine, the food is ok... but the BEST THING about sunshine is that sunshine man....

a person walks in:
S: "CUSTOMER...WADDDJUUULIIIIKKE" (Customer, what you like?)
C: "P4"
S: "WITH DRINK?"
c: "um, Coke please"
S: "FOR HEE, TO GO?" (For here, to go?)
C: "to go"
S: "$5.75"

it's alllllllll rehearsed and everything... it's great...

lmao ! :cheesygri I miss those times !!

cheukiecfu

Sep 29th, 2005, 09:53 AM

a person walks in:
S: "CUSTOMER...WADDDJUUULIIIIKKE" (Customer, what you like?)
C: "P4"
S: "WITH DRINK?"
c: "um, Coke please"
S: "FOR HEE, TO GO?" (For here, to go?)
C: "to go"
S: "$5.75"lol... so true...
anyway.. sunshine sucks...
i used to eat there once a month... but once i ate it after shortly i came back from HK... and that food just tasted horrible.....
never eat there again...
yea.. their food is dirty.. but where can u expect clean food in the waterloo plaza?
seriously.. there is no GOOD food in waterloo
everyday during lunch time.. i am stuck in the plaza thinking what to eat....
after 4 months of eating in the plaza.. i am so sick of that place..
well.. the hot dog stand, east side mario, bubbletease, and mogolian grill are the only places comparable to Toronto's standard...

B40

Sep 29th, 2005, 09:54 AM

lol... so true...
anyway.. sunshine sucks...
i used to eat there once a month... but once i ate it after shortly i came back from HK... and that food just tasted horrible.....
never eat there again...
yea.. their food is dirty.. but where can u expect clean food in the waterloo plaza?
seriously.. there is no GOOD food in waterloo
everyday during lunch time.. i am stuck in the plaza thinking what to eat....
after 4 months of eating in the plaza.. i am so sick of that place..
well.. the hot dog stand, east side mario, bubbletease, and mogolian grill are the only places comparable to Toronto's standard...

Don't know anyone with a car? Go up a few blocks and you have Noodle hut which is cheap and good. There's also a good pho place in downtown kitchener.

NDman

Sep 29th, 2005, 11:26 AM

Arguably the most affordable place that can make anyone full, and I mean FULL. Those days were fun. At my laziest prime, I went once or twice a week since I lived right across the street from the plaza

Nyte

Sep 29th, 2005, 12:07 PM

Never eaten there. I just found out where this place was last week.

To the person that was talking about a good Pho place in kitchener, do you have an address? Hows the parking there?

RastaManMax

Sep 29th, 2005, 02:06 PM

YESSSSSSSSSS BUD. I used to eat there everyday or twice a day during exams. I love P4. I think i went an entire semester eating P4 almost every meal. P1 and C9 are also my weapons of choice, the shanghai noodles are too much, but tasty nonetheless.

I have many stories about that place though that are pretty bad, yet i still go. They must be making pretty decent money because there was a contractor there last semester and my Chinese friend told me that they were getting a custom house built.

LEMAR

mingming

Sep 29th, 2005, 02:49 PM

Panino just keeps on raising thier prices. I remember when they first opened dumplings were only $5. I thnk they dont take down their sign because you're only allowed a certain number of chinese restaurants (or any other style) in one plaza. And since ther are just too many, they have to disguise themselves as an Italian sandwich place.

Shandiz is good too, had their lamb special a few time. But not filling enough.

If you have a car, I sugges Leung Yue. The owner is great, since we've been going there for 4 yrs now he recognizes us. Is you miss Toronto Fairchild TV, they show it all day. And sometimes he plays old Stephen Chow gambling movies, feels really at home. Also, on basketball and soccer game days, there's always a nice chinese crowd to go watch.

Food is pretty good, the soup is always good, really home cooked. And you get free rice too!!! People either go for dinner or hotpot, pretty good price all you can eat, and the beef is A Quality from Texas. Through these 3 yrs i think ive seen his kids grow and get richer. I mean we've been feeding his kids so much that the daughters at first had crappy desktops, now they have their own nice laptops.

cheukiecfu

Sep 30th, 2005, 09:59 AM

Food is pretty good, the soup is always good, really home cooked. And you get free rice too!!! People either go for dinner or hotpot, pretty good price all you can eat, and the beef is A Quality from Texas. Through these 3 yrs i think ive seen his kids grow and get richer. I mean we've been feeding his kids so much that the daughters at first had crappy desktops, now they have their own nice laptops.his daughter and son are so fat.... yet he is so thin...

mingming

Sep 30th, 2005, 10:26 AM

his daughter and son are so fat.... yet he is so thin...

More proof we are feeding his kids. T

His wife has like no feelings in her fingers, we are always amazed at how she can hold boiling hot soup wiht her bare hands, when we can hardly touch the bowl because it's so hot!!!

NDman

Sep 30th, 2005, 10:58 AM

Never eaten there. I just found out where this place was last week.

To the person that was talking about a good Pho place in kitchener, do you have an address? Hows the parking there?

There was only one good Vietnamese place in K/W in my opinion. But that was years ago. This place has since moved to Cambridge about 4-5 years ago. It's still really good there. None of the ones in K/W now can compare to that

http://www.foodinc.ca/clients/5196227866/

RastaManMax

Sep 30th, 2005, 05:26 PM

Man, i still go to Sunshine despite:

1) Seeing the sunshine man taking a P4 from a plate, sticking it in the microwave, reheating it and then serving it, (probably from last night, left out and just covered down).

2) My friend observed 2 people that went in and ordered, but hardly touched the food and just left it on the table. The sunshine guy just picked it up and took it into the back instead of throwing it away (probably reserved it).

3) The C9 i've gotten a couple times was just swimming in stale grease.

4) Seeing the sunshine man wipe his nose with his hands and then go to take out somebody's food.

Panino is just as bad, if not worse... The only reason i go back is for the cheap + fill factor >:(

B40

Sep 30th, 2005, 05:59 PM

There was only one good Vietnamese place in K/W in my opinion. But that was years ago. This place has since moved to Cambridge about 4-5 years ago. It's still really good there. None of the ones in K/W now can compare to that

http://www.foodinc.ca/clients/5196227866/

You obvioulsy haven't been to Pho Da Bao or something like that downtown...

B40

Sep 30th, 2005, 06:06 PM

Never eaten there. I just found out where this place was last week.

To the person that was talking about a good Pho place in kitchener, do you have an address? Hows the parking there?

Googled for you guys, this is the best place I found in my 4 years in Waterloo...lots of parking, it's kind of hidden in a plaza with some other stores that aren't busy at all

http://www.google.ca/local?q=pho&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2003-42,GGLD:en&sa=X&zoom=3&near=Kitchener,+ON&latlng=43431067,-80475508,18246565203037045006&radius=0.000000&dm=large&zoom=3&zp=IRL

http://www.therecord.com/entertainment/dining/dining_295.html

Nyte

Sep 30th, 2005, 08:35 PM

Googled for you guys, this is the best place I found in my 4 years in Waterloo...lots of parking, it's kind of hidden in a plaza with some other stores that aren't busy at all

http://www.google.ca/local?q=pho&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2003-42,GGLD:en&sa=X&zoom=3&near=Kitchener,+ON&latlng=43431067,-80475508,18246565203037045006&radius=0.000000&dm=large&zoom=3&zp=IRL

http://www.therecord.com/entertainment/dining/dining_295.html

Wow, that quite a way to go for Pho, but maybe I'll try it one day.