We just ordered delivery from Spadina Garden based on some of the reviews here. The reviews themselves were mixed, but I liked their menu offerings when I checked them out on line. We ordered:
Mandarin Pancake
Vegetable Spring Rolls
Crispy Ginger Beef
Cantonese Chow Mein
Crispy Duck
First of all, the spring rolls were absolutely disgusting. I mean, how can you fuck up a spring roll? Really. They had the most odd flavour-- as though they had been fried in rancid oil or something. I threw most of mine out.
Ginger Beef was basically just some flour dredged beef thrown in the deep fryer and covered in a red spicy sauce that was so sweet that it overtook any ginger flavour that might have been lurking.
Cantonese Chow Mein was very weak. Again--- some gloopy red sauce, soft wimpy noodles and overall the most disappointing Chow Mein I've tasted.
Crispy Duck. Ok, it was crispy but it was dry and chewy like shoe leather and wood shavings. I question how old this duck actually was (both in freshness and age).
The Mandarin pancake was ok.
Do yourself a favour and don't order food from Spadina Garden, unless you're really drunk and It's the only place left to eat on earth. We wasted over $60 + tip and are now sad and regretful. I'm sure post-digestion regret will be equally as painful.