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| - The gimmick is the grill, included in the price of the buffet. You take a bowl and load it up with protein, veggies, rice or noodles, and a ladle of sauce, and then you give it to the chef who stir-fries it on a huge flat teppan-table thing. Meat-eaters have said the grill is great; the tofu, however, has been frozen and is tasteless and spongy. The sauces are meh and the noodles are soggy. I've been here twice and tried the grill both times, and this was my experience both times. I think I'll avoid the grill and just stick to the awesome buffet.
It's a huuuuuuge Chinese-Canadian fusion buffet with really tasty food -- everything from North American staples like chicken balls and chow mein to more authentic steamed scallion buns and dumplings. The desserts are what you expect from a Chinese buffet -- a few meh egg tarts and sesame balls, plus lots of napoleons and cream puffs and fruit and flan. Good for filling in the cracks.
(Oh yeah, the flan. Really really tasty. Hilarious if you forget to pick up a spoon and try eating it with your chopsticks.)
The place is huge and high-ceilinged and when it's full it gets loud. We were there at 5 on a Wednesday, and just after we got our table a bus pulled up and the place was jammed.
I wish I could do half-stars, because I would like to give it more than a three because the food is just plain tasty. The parts of the food that are not tasty are what take points off. It's not all consistent, but you'll find your faves on the buffet and keep going back for more.
Incidentally you can book the place for large groups. I attended a club awards banquet there a couple of years back. They did a great job for us.
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