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| - After reading so many positive reviews about this place, I was not really impressed.
Came here with my family after our vacation for dinner. I heard good reviews about this place and we were all starving, so we figured that we had nothing to lose coming here- food tastes good when you're hungry!
We were wrong. The food here was far from spectacular. It wasn't horrible, but I wish we had chosen to eat elsewhere.
Pros: Generous portions, low price.
Cons: Food was not fresh (lots of canned food with preservatives that could clearly be tasted). Szechuan dishes were not spicy.
We ordered:
Crab meat with corn soup: Did not taste fresh (crab meat smelled funny) and the soup was under-seasoned. Corn was not fresh or sweet tasting. I usually love this soup... but not here.
Spiced chicken in Garlic Peanut sauce:
I enjoyed the garlic peanut sauce. It had a hint of garlic and just enough sweetness, and it went well with the chicken and peanuts. However, this dish, despite the chili symbol beside it, was NOT spicy at all- it was more sweet than spicy. Also, the vegetables in this dish did not taste fresh- again, it was definitely canned, and that preserved taste was noticeable. The chicken had been deep fried, making it greasy and obviously, unhealthy. It didn't taste bad though. We ate the chicken and left a pile of veggies.
Szechuan Shredded beef: Once again, not spicy at all... It was heavy on the hoisin sauce, so it was sweet, But it was ok.
Pork fried rice: I usually don't like fried rice from restaurants. But this actually tasted pretty good, and I liked how there was lettuce in the fried rice... and how it wasn't loaded with huge pieces of pork, peas, and shrimp.
Fried rice cake with assorted meat: The assorted meat accompanied by canned veggies was drowned in a flavourful sauce. We enjoyed it. However, the rice cake was not so good- not light and crispy like it should be and it liked to stick to our teeth.
The restaurant is also famous for it's Peking duck, which we did not try. Perhaps we'll have better luck with that. Maybe next time... we'll come just for that. Because everything else didn't leave us impressed.
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