Appearances and Tastes can be Deceptive - ingesting bad food

Freshly made, piping hot and appealing to the senses of sight, taste and smell. We decided to check out the new kid of the block serving northern Chinese cuisine. There was a long queue outside and we thought it must be good?! A new Shanghai restaurant in Sydney northshore CBD of Chatswood serving central Chinese cuisine.

Hand made xiao long bao (small steamed dumplings with pork and crab meat) with equal number of folds and flavoursome stock encased in the thin pastry skin.

The bite sized pan fried meat buns were tasty but slightly burnt at the base.

The all-time soy milk is a favourite that goes well with crispy fried dough sticks.

It was a quite a satisfying and inexpensive meal. However, we saw a lady looking really sick and purging on the upper level of the building was an ominous sign. Could she have eaten at the same eating place downstairs? We didn't know.

Unfortunately, we came down with a mild case of food poisoning - queasiness in the stomach and abdomen. Was it a coincidence that some customers had problems after eating at the previous restaurant that occupied the same premises as this brand new one. It may be too early to conclude if the restaurant would do well or pinpoint the cause of the stomach disagreement with the food. But I'm not taking any chances of patronising it again.