[LOCATION] - 4/5
This place is located at Metro Square at Warden Ave and Steeles Ave E. There were ample parking spaces at the plaza.
[SERVICE] - 4/5
Most of the servers spoke Mandarin. It was a little difficult to communicate with some of them but we mainly spoke with one server who was fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English. He was very friendly and answered all our questions.
[DÉCOR] - 2/5
Tables were wobbly and and chairs felt kind of sticky and not that clean.
[QUALITY] - 2/5
Below average. I felt like they used a lot of spice to cover up the lack of freshness in the ingredients.
[ORDER] - 2/5
- Stir-Fried Green Beans (Spicy): green beans were dry and spicy. This is probably the traditional style to prepare green beans in Xi Yu (region in Northwest China), but I just prefer the Southern Chinese style of this dish with fresher and juicier green beans.
- Sweet Pumpkin with Salted Egg Yolk: the highlight of the meal! Sweet but lightly dusted with savoury dried egg yolk powder. I know it sounds weird, but trust me, it tastes really good!
- Noodles with Lamb: noodles were oily and flavours of the lamb were masked by mouth-numbing spices
- Chicken, Lamb, and Chicken Heart Skewers: meat was not tender but spices went well with the skewers
- Rack of Lamb: this dish was slightly fresher than the other dishes and tasted tender meaty, and spicy.
[OVERALL] - 2/5
The only good dish was the Sweet Pumpkin with Salted Egg Yolk. Unfortunately, I would not recommend the other items because the spices were not aromatic and did not enhance the flavours of the food. Instead, it masked the lack of freshness of (or lack thereof) the ingredients.