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| - This weekend we ventured out and fought the TIFF traffic for my birthday dinner at Lee. Since our reservation (told in advance we had a maximum of two hours) was for 6:15 pm, we beat the main dinner rush and the restaurant wasn't full. We had a choice of inside or patio. Having never been there before, I opted for inside so I could look around.
In the background, Susur himself was bustling around plugging in extension cords and fixing floral arrangements. The hosts were pleasant and took us to our table. Almost immediately, our server came over and took our drink order. While waiting for our drinks, three separate staff members came over and repeated the same script: "Have you dined with us before? This is a sharing style restaurant" and so on. Inefficient? Yes, but forgivable.
We ordered the potato chips and hamburger spring rolls for appetizers. I wasn't a huge fan of the filling in the spring roll, but I could appreciate the variety of textures. For mains, the infamous slaw, the tuna feature dish, and the green curry despite the servers insistence that the beef dishes are superior. I enjoyed all of them, especially the slaw and the green curry (YUM!). The only issue was the pacing at which the dishes were served. There was an uncomfortably long gap after the initial rush of the first few. I was actually speculating if they 'd forgotten the rest of our order when our server came over and said she had told them to hold off, so we could have a break. I suppose, in retrospect, I can appreciate her consideration because we left the restaurant pleasantly full with two carry-out containers.
Overall, I enjoyed Lee and would definitely consider returning for another special occasion meal.
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