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| - I honestly don't get all the negative reviews! This place has been around forever and my family and I have always had very good experiences here. The food quality has always been reliably, dependably, consistently good, ever since I was a little girl. Whenever we crave non-Cantonese Chinese food and don't mind making the drive out/are in the area, we know we can count on a good meal here.
Superwoman and I once shared a Peking duck between the two of us. It was sinfully delicious. Literally one of the most satisfying things I've ever done. The duck had a crisp skin that wasn't too oily, and the meat was perfectly juicy. The wrappers and condiments were standard. To be honest, the wrappers weren't the best I'd ever had*, but they were just fine - nice and thin, didn't get hard/crusty like a lot of other places. The cucumber and green onions were julienned very thinly, like they should be - I've been to places where they were sloppy and made them thick, which takes away both from presentation and the balance of flavours. So Peking Man does the condiments right.
An absolute must-try that I might even place above the duck is their red braised beef noodle soup. Best beef noodle soup in Toronto, hands down. It's uber flavourful, doesn't give us (me and Superwoman) MSG headaches, it's so rich (but not oily, the way Japanese ramen tend to be, which I also love), the beef is SO tender you barely need to chew...it is one of the best noodle soups I've ever had. In fact, being the Taiwan enthusiasts that we are, Superwoman and I have been to a couple super well-known beef noodle soup joints in Taiwan and - *gasp! - we still think Peking Man's version is better. So do what you will with that piece of information.
We also like their tantan noodles - it's nutty (because of the sesame sauce, not peanut, which a lot of people mistake it for) and creamy and rich. Their soup dumplings and potstickers are also on point (though when we crave the foods in this paragraph, we often go to our local neighbourhood Asian Legend, because it's closer and they do a good job). The faux crab made of egg whites is good. Ditto the Chinese chicken noodle soup, with house made chicken broth and bok choy.
The service and decor aren't the best, but I always prioritize food over these things. We really like this place and we'll keep coming back!
(*That honour belongs to an upscale restaurant I think up in Richmond Hill on Bayview - I think it was called ?? - they made their wrappers super thin but they didn't break and had green onions steamed into them - they were incredible. Sadly, that restaurant no longer exists.)
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