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| - I used to be a big fan of Mandarin and the great "variety" of food they offered. I say variety because their choice of food is not in fact varied, just one fried, greasy and/or overly sauced item after another. However, the choice of food does not exactly surprise me, simply because this kind of food is made to cater to the average Canadian, not someone looking for actual authentic and delicious Chinese food.
Ironically, after visiting the Mandarin for their Canada Day free buffet special, I have never felt more disgusted and appalled to call myself a Canadian. I was a fool to think that the staff would be willing to create an enjoyable experience for me and my friends. After waiting a good two hours in line, it was only at the door that we were informed that only 4 of the 8 of us would be allowed entrance by what I assumed was the manager who himself had no semblance of proper etiquette and good manners.
All of this was because we had no idea we apparently required the fans they were giving out to be granted access. As one would assume without being told otherwise, a fan is to be used to cool oneself off on a hot day waiting in line. However seeing as these fans served no practical purpose, we decided to not bother grabbing these fans.
To further mar the experience, we were forced to suffer the never-ending, condescending wrath of the absolutely grumpiest elderly woman I have ever had the displeasure of speaking to in my life. All of this was because she felt absolutely infuriated by having my friend and I reserve a spot in line for the rest of our friends, who arrived only 20-30 minutes later, and still had to wait an entire hour and a half before.
The only thing that stopped me from giving a 1-star review was the extremely lax staff present, because hell, if you can't beat them, join them. Thank you Mandarin for not noticing your food being smuggled out to customers who were denied entrance. Customers who smuggled the very same guilt ridden food they were eating, dripping not with grease, but pure anger and hatred.
If anything Canada Day taught me this year, it is that no matter how prosperous and accepting our society is, when it comes to free food, people will go to great lengths to exploit a good things purely for themselves.
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