Senzu Noodle Bar- West Melbourne, FL- 1 StarMelting Pot (Noun) – a place where a variety of peoples, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole. Merriam-Webster DictionaryI was taught that America was the ultimate melting pot. Looking around, anyone can see that this is so. I mean, you can get a tuna roll and some ramen at a baseball game, along with a hot dog, bratwurst and an ice-cold brew. If that is not mixing cultures, I don't know what is. This is a good thing and I never thought I would think otherwise until my name generator flashed the name Senzu Noodle Bar across the screen.I know that traditionally, Ramen is a Japanese dish taken from the Chinese in the 1860s after reopening her borders to the outside world...gunship diplomacy at its best. I also know that I am a citizen of the greatest melting pot culture the world has yet seen, but ya still have some expectations walking into a joint.What I did not expect to find is, according to Skyler, the unhelpful Gen-Z employee, a vividly Vietnamese decorated restaurant with Japanese Manga, a Japanese Menu with Thai ice tea (referred to “milk” tea and all the rage these days), blaring loud unintelligible music and exhaust fans so that your ears bleed. An interesting mix of motifs, but whatever works (hint—this does not).After having a few minutes to look over the menu, I was approached by the aforementioned Skyler. Did I mention she was exceedingly unfriendly and petulant? I get that we are all going through our own stuff, but you have to be an adult and leave it outside of your place of employment. I did manage to get in an order of the Shio Chicken and some fried tofu.As my server sulked away with the order, I again took in my surroundings. All I could think of was that Tokyo Disney, Shanghai Disney and a yet-to-open Disney in Bangkok pulled an all-nighter and puked all over the place. It was a complete mish-mash of Asian cultures. Thankfully, my too young to be so curmudgeonly mannered waitress arrived with my food. Well, thankful that it forced my eyes off the walls, but other than that...El Pollo Loco is a Mexican-themed chicken restaurant chain in Southern California. I mention this only as that as such, they have the highest rate of problematic issues among fast-food chains. It's not that they don't do things properly, they do, it's that they deal almost exclusively with chicken and as we all know chicken is very touchy when it comes to being fresh. It goes in a second when left out for any length of time. I don't know if that is what they did here, but this chicken was so foul it threw the entire dish off. The Fried tofu tasted like, well, fried tofu. The yum yum sauce tasted fresh out of a bottle and the other concoction “The House Sauce” I didn't dare try.The Big Boy says, “unless you already know what the menu is about, I would not suggest coming here as the staff is unfriendly and disagreeable.”