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| - Sometimes I read a review before I get there, and forget that someone else's 5 star, may not meet my expectations. In the case of Le Tonkin, this is what happened.
If I could rate 2.5 I would have, and this is why:
I'd like to begin with how accommodating this restaurant was to our group, and was quite patient, as well as tried to meet our "off menu" request. For that, I felt like the effort was put in, and should my friend have wanted an authentic Chinese dish, we may have been better off going to a restaurant specializing in Chinese cuisine.
I ordered a Noodle Dish with Chicken and Vegetables in the Bird Nest Style, and although may have been okay in most respects, the noodles were a bit too thick, and the sauce was just a soy based sauce, and perhaps too salty for my liking. Did I eat it? Yes I did. Did my dinner companions try it and like it? Yes, they did say how good it tasted.
I guess being in Vancouver, I got spoiled by the awesome Asian cuisine, and after the 5 star review, I got my hopes far far up.
Decor-wise definitely cleaner and nicer than most of the whole in wall types located in Montreal's own China Block (I can't call a few streets a town). There were many groups there and they seemed to have truly enjoyed their meals too.
For dessert, I picked up a fried banana, soaked in syrup, and it was crispy, not too oily, and hit the spot. I think in that sometime in the near future, to give this place a fair shake, I'm going to have to come back, and try it again, and give it due process.
I would like to reiterate though, that the service was lovely.
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