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| - As the other reviewers mentioned, this place is cheap, cheap, cheap! Located in the Food Basics plaza, tucked in beside a Dollarama, with (generally) enough parking to be found. I find the service to be reasonable. And the food, well above reasonable!
The waitresses tend to be friendly, and I have no language issues with them. On quiet days and with a particularly appealing soap on the TV, they may be a little inattentive, but if you call them over, they will come receive you. (Perhaps the other reviewer just had bad luck on that day? Still to throw dishes seem rather melodramatic and unnecessary on the waitress' part.)
The food is always freshly made. My favourite is their fried rice mixed with fish roe. It's probably what makes me keep coming back. I find it to be the best in Scarborough.
If you want dumpling noodles, you can receive a ginormous bowl of noodles and mixed sorts of dumplings (at least 16-20 pieces) for only $6-7. The bowl is large enough to serve a family of four or five adults. I would purchase it for their dumplings alone, because the noodles in that dish are...okay. Fresh, but only okay. (Compare that to Dumpling Restaurant at Brimley and Sheppard, where each individual bowl is $5-7 with 3-4 pieces per bowl.)
The restaurant definitely lives up to their name with "seafood." All their seafood and seafood-related dishes have always had an ample amount of seafood "pieces." Like their fish and tofu hotpot (one of my favourite Chinese dishes). Very good, very fresh tofu. And lots of pieces of well-cooked fish. Their shrimps are sweet and succulent, particularly if you like the dry pan-fried salted-spicy shrimp dish (this may not be the correct name of the dish).
The restaurant has a special with half deep fried chicken or chicken wings over $20-something dollars. The chicken wings are still priced for $1. The half-chicken is now priced for $3 (previously $1). It's written right on the paper place-mats.
A dollar or three isn't bad for the chicken. And, I must say, the chicken is pretty tasty. Unlike many restaurants, the oil is always fresh, and you can tell right away from the colour of the chicken's deep fried skin, which is a nice brownish-golden hue. It's crispy on the outside and moist and tender on the inside. Incredibly good deep fried chicken. And again, for only a dollar or three! You can ask the waitress if you have hit the $20-mark, if you're having trouble (though unlikely). (No, I do not work for this restaurant.)
I'm a big fan of this place. Few restaurants have offerings like theirs. Fresh, decently cooked meat (not under-/over-cooked, which is very important!) without being stingy on the amount of meat per dish. Very well priced.
Also, I do believe they accept debit/credit nowadays though I've always paid with cash in Chinese establishments.
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