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| - This restaurant is definitely categorized as CHEAP eat. Great for large groups. Don't come here if you want fine dining, but, if you want to appear as if you have tons of money and want fresh fish, Peking duck, lobster, rice, seafood soup, vegetables and dessert - all for around $100 for 12-13 people, welcome to Ginger and Onion!
Intro. I read some previous reviews and they mostly are about the Dim Sum, but I am writing about Ginger's dinners. The one thing that my family ALWAYS gets is the Peking duck, because it is so cheap here. For $25 bucks, you can get a Peking duck, and if part of a dinner package as mentioned above, you can get all the seafood luxury fixes and trimmings for so a very non-wallet-breaking price (it really bears mentioning again and again). At LTH, the Peking duck alone will cost around $50 bucks.
But is the food really any good?
Food. This restaurant is like a mass production facility, churning Peking ducks by the table. Ginger and Onion obviously makes their money by quantity. The quality is hard to explain...the food is not bad but it's not out of this world either. I don't eat the Peking duck here because it is mostly fat and it looks too greasy for my liking. The Pork and Squash dish is covered in thick corn starch sauce, yet it is my favourite dish. I don't touch the lobster nor the fish as I am not a big seafood person, but these really are popular; every other table has the seafood platters. The food is heavy, often smothered with heavy sauces, but at the end of the day, the meat tastes like meat, the lobster tastes like lobster etc...etc...
Ambiance. The place is a bit older, and some might find the appearance on the dirtier side. As I mentioned, not fine dining. Service is actually not bad, efficient where it needs to be. Take note of the white boards on the walls near the fish tanks where they list all the specials (most of them for only $6.00!!), but the catch is only one special dish per table.
FYI. Reservations are recommended because this place fills up so fast.
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