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| - I have been going to this place since I was wee and it has always been good. Although my horizons have been broadened by SGV, I have to say that this will be the standard by which other chinese food is measured (ie. is it absolutely positively delicious). We always start out with seafood bean curd soup (what we always referred to as Pa Bo Bean Curd Soup and chinese won ton soup...since we have been going here for almost 30 years, not sure whether this is the correct name or just tolerance on their part)...just perfect with a little siracha. Then comes the onslaught of dishes including ginger lobster, beef with thick rice noodles in black bean sauce, steamed sole with ginger and shallots, shrimps with lobster sauce, snow pea leaves, watercress, baby bak choy, and a few random dishes we may try. This place is a must for me...one of the places that makes Montreal home and I never miss a chance to eat here when I am back in town. This place is definitely not for those on a diet cos they are not shy with the oil it seems...but worth every bite!
There is only street parking and it is limited so be warned if you try to come here on a busy day like Xmas or weekends, etc. As well, street parking is now $6 for 2 hours (!!!!!)...the only saving grace to this travesty by the idiotic councilmembers is that you can use your credit or debit card to pay. Other than that, I'm just gonna rant a little about the morally reprehensible device employed by the municipal council to maximize their revenue, only to misuse the funds in such imbecilic maneuvers as "renaming all the english streets into french names". Instead of using the money to fix the streets, there are giant, extremely hazardous potholes everywhere so that the overpaid, extremely bored councilmembers can come up with other useless measures in a bid to rid the city of all traces of english. Unfortunately, in their bid to preserve the french language, they ensure its demise; who wants to keep around a language whose speakers are so annoying?
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