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| - A little bit of downtown Chinatown in the middle of a commercial park in midtown Markham! Comes complete with bright green wood trimming, table clothes with loose threads all around the edges (could only be improved upon if they used disposable white plastic tablecloths!), and subtle neon red and green lights hidden behind he floral print curtains that frame the many windows.
Along the bar is the requisite plastic plant and a lonely bottle of Stella Artois reminding you that if you came here for the drinks, you came to the wrong place. At the far end of the bar is the Fortune Cat, reflecting upon better times.
And don't forget about the dirty, salt stained aquarium that proudly displays assorted fish, crabs, and lobsters. All our aquarian friends are swimming tiredly in resignation to their culinary fate.
The overworked wait staff are all apologetically swamped. Good luck getting your bill at the end of the meal, let alone a refill on your tea.
So this is not the place to take someone on a first date. This is also not the best place to bring a young kid. The washrooms... have character. And the space can get quite cramped when the restaurant gets busy, so a restless kid running down the aisles won't work well. On the they hand, when your kid starts throwing a fit, the ambient chatter will drown him or her out.
All that said, Magic Wok exudes old school character. The food is slow to come, but quite good. The seafood is fresh and done well. Every meal comes with complimentary soup and dessert, both of good quality.
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