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| - This is basically HK cafe meets Jack Astor's. Think relatively hip, modern decor with TV screens littered here and there to be rather reminiscent of North American bar-and-grill style restaurants, with a menu that is very traditionally HK-style cafe.
I am used to a larger menu with more options from HK-style restaurants and it was a bit lacking in variety here. It is worth mentioning though that their options cover the whole gamut, from a few traditional HK-style cafe dishes, some traditional Cantonese dishes, and then the random Korean or Malaysian option here and there.
At our table we had the lamb shank, steak with spaghetti, and (foolishly) a Korean rice. First off, the Korean dish - just don't bother with it. Moving on, the steak was called an "angus" - who on earth knows if it really is or not - but it didn't feel or look much like a typical angus steak. Asked for it to be cooked medium rare but it came out medium well, so meh. The lamb shank was decent, but was cooked in a characteristic HK style manner that left the shank without much character. Not exactly "flaking off the bone," but I guess that might just be due to the way they stewed it. One of my dining companions had the HK milk tea and thought it was pretty decent.
Maybe the wings are a better news story. I did try the fries and found them quite good. Other than that, there isn't anything special about this place, and I think you can find better HK-style food in Markham/Richmond Hill (albeit with less cool decor). Service here was standard HK-style service, nothing to be applauded or complained about. Came in on a Saturday evening and while the restaurant was busy, there were no lineups. In terms of value for dollar, it's pretty good, bearing in mind the lackluster food quality.
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