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| - Brace yourself for a night of endless chugging water while enjoying many pieces of flavourful meats covered in a variety of spices and loads of MSGs. It's so good, but also will run you many trips to the bathroom.
Environment:
Located at the plaza at Steeles/Silver Star Blvd, the plaza has many newly opened/hip Chinese restaurants and many times it's kind of difficult to find parking. But if you don't mind walking a little, you can try to park at the grocery store beside it.
The restaurant itself is quite small and it's recommended that you come as a group of 6 or smaller. I like the decor of this place, it has a lot of character and gives a cozy bar vibe. If you can read Chinese, some of the writings on the signs are hilarious.
Food:
You write down your order from a menu sheet, which is written in both Chinese and English. Many of the skewer orders will come in 4 pieces per order, so make your picks wisely. I really enjoyed their Lamb, Chicken Cartilage, Beef, Intestine, Honey Chicken Wings, and the Oyster on the Chef Special.
Their skewers are really flavourful and it has many depth of flavouring, as opposed to the over satuated chili powder that many places tend to overload you with. The Oyster was the best of the meal in my opinion, because not only was the flavour good, the oyster meat was very tender and juicy. I also like how they place the skewers on heated plates on your table so it keeps the meat warm and tasty.
However, as I mentioned earlier on my intro, the stuff here are covered with MSG, so you'll end up drinking lots of water. They give you bottled water here and my group ended up drinking 2-3 bottles per person.
Service:
Pretty much minimal service. The servers will come if you call for them, but usually they will not come check up on you, unless it's to replace the filled bucket with an empty one. It seems that even though they speak English here, they can understand you better if you speak Mandarin to them.
Overall, I think I would definitely come again because the flavour of the skewers are really good. Though the price is a little higher than other Chinese BBQ restaurants (we paid around $30/person), I think the higher quality of food justifies it.
PS. Cash only
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