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| - This place has been around for a long time. I'm in my fifties now, but our family used to get take out from here in the 80's. I recently moved back to Markham from living in Montreal, Thornhill and Mississauga. I was delighted to see they were still in business. We enjoyed food delivery and eat in dining for a year. We had Red Rose once a week! When my daughter was in from university she always wanted to order. The food was so good. Fresh. Big helpings. My wife liked the Chinese Broccoli in Garlic sauce and my favourites the Chicken in black bean sauce with snow peas and the manchurian beef was a spicy delight! Then our world came tumbling down! Change of Management. We've ordered again 3 times since the change and it hasn't been the same. Wrong dishes sent. Slow delivery. Trouble communicating the order on the phone. The Manchurian beef was tough to chew, not soft like previous times. It used to melt in your mouth. Asked for a veggie spring roll, but there was shrimp in it. My wife wanted to try the Satay chicken but they sent spicy chicken. Another one of our chicken dishes was beef and not chicken. The consommé soup wasn't the same. We asked for sweet n sour chicken not breaded, but it came breaded. The chicken seemed over cooked and was hard to chew. The Chinese Broccoli was still great though. We asked if the restaurant was under new management but they said no, that the guy and his wife went to start a Mississauga location. We missed him! The food was always on point! I'm sure they have a new kitchen staff there and the food will get better. Maybe it'll take them some time to learn the menu. We will go back, probably to dine in, the food will probably be better. I hope they get things going, because this place has been in business serving Markham for over 45 years. A lot of good memories when my dad would come home with Red Rose food for dinner when we were teens. We probably won't be visiting any time soon, to give them a chance to work things out. I still recommend this restaurant. The new people there seem to be very nice, maybe a little overwhelmed. Good luck! Thanks Red Rose! Cheers to another 45 years!
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