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| - This place is amazing!! I saw a video of the lobster mountains in this restaurant on Eater and have been obsessed with trying the place ever since. We came with a group of friends to Toronto recently and this was the first place on our itinerary. I've heeded other Yelpers' advice and made a reservation in advance. I am glad I did because the place was completely packed when we arrived at our appointed time.
The interior is relatively big, but packed with tables, customers and servers. We poured over the stack of menus laid out in front of us with a dizzying amount of options, and decided to go with the simplest option, i.e. 25lb of lobster Mountain done in two styles, Hong Kong Style and in Maggi sauce. One of our friends do not eat seafood, so we ordered a few other dishes for him, including beef tenderloin, sweet and sour pork and lobster roe fried rice.
After we placed the order, the servers brought over a cooler with two huge lobsters that will soon be our dinner. I've never seen lobsters that big before, and we took turn posing with them (kind of sad if you think about it). One thing of note is that if the two lobsters go over 25lbs, they charge you an overage fee of $17/lb. Given the fact that we are already paying nearly $400 for the lobsters, the overage fee didn't seem like a huge deal.
Our meal came with a bottle of white wine and soup. The soup was well liked by the group, it was a Chinese black chicken herbal soup and seemed like a good way to ease you into the mountain of lobsters. Of course the lobsters were the stars of the show, because we divided our order into two styles, our "mountain" didn't look as impressive as the others. The restaurant provided disposable gloves on each table, which was extremely handy as we feasted. The consensus around the table was that the Maggi style was our favorite due to the stronger flavor the soy sauce provided.
A couple of quick notes on the other dishes, we really liked the snow pea tips, which they agreed to make with just garlic instead of goji berries. The group also loved the beef tenderloin and sweet & sour pork. However, the lobster roe fried rice seemed to be overpriced for what it is, i.e. a fairly plain fried rice. The dessert of almond tofu pudding was a nice surprise and a great way to cap off the amazing meal.
Overall, an expensive, but unique and fantastic experience. The servers were hurried, but attentive. Totally worth the visit if you are a seafood lover!
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