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| - I have heard about this restaurants many times and have seen it on television as well. I was very happy to finally have an opportunity to eat here during a family celebration but I left confused as to what the hype was all about.
Staff: I personally found the staff to be pretty good for the most part, especially for a Chinese establishment. To those who aren't necessarily accustomed to Asian restaurant services, you should probably expect to flag someone down when you want something, rather than having a dedicated waitress checking in on you every so often. It isn't to say all places are like that but I would almost consider that a bit of a norm. The staff seemed to be constantly keeping track of the food on the restaurant tables, and constantly talking into their microphones alerting kitchen staff when they need the next dishes, allowing food to come quickly and in a timely fashion. They were also attentive in changing out plates when they were filling up with seafood shells and bones and kept the teapots filled throughout the dinner. Unfortunately, there was a small incident where a waiter was walking by and spilled water/tea over a couple of our jackets.
Ambience: This is one open space restaurant with all the seafood tanks built inside the walls surrounding the dining area. Glass cases with different bottles of alcohol were on display throughout the restaurant as well. The seats were comfortable but the restaurant is very loud and the tables were located close to one another but not uncomfortably close. Not what I would normally prefer but I'm pretty used to going to restaurants like this.
Food: I think my biggest let down was the food. I always imagined these immaculate dishes of succulent seafood, and they sure did appear that way when they came out: towers of lobsters, giant crab dishes, beautiful spiral display of eel, etc.. If I just ate with my eyes, I'd say that it is a seafood lover's food porn paradise. But each dish just fell flat for me in terms of flavour. We start with a pork bone and chicken soup that was very good but it was reminiscent of soup my family makes at home so for me personally it was not too special. Next we had two giant plates of crab and crab legs (Crab in Hong Kong Style) that seemed to be lacking in seasoning while being drowned in a shallow broth. We had two towers of Deep Fried Lobsters in Fried Garlic that were impressive in appearance but it relied heavily on the deep fried garlic bits for flavour rather than the lobster itself. Other dishes included Steamed Fish, Boiled Chinese Vegetables, and a Steamed Eel dish, which all seemed to have an excess amount of oil. There was also an E-Fu Noodle dish that seemed to be over seasoned, but I will say that the Lobster Roe Fried Rice was amazingly delicious. Dessert was a Chinese Almond/Walnut Sweet Soup which is hard to find but was tasty.
Overall, I'm glad I went for the experience, but I with the heavy price tag I can't see myself going back anytime soon.
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