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| - Wedding banquet: nice place for a small wedding. This restaurant is actually in a mansion so there doesn't seem to be a big enough hall to fit too many people. The wedding I went to was quite small maybe 50 people.
We had the usual Chinese banquet: 1) Roast pig, the slices were quite thin with equal proportion of skin to fat to meat. I don't know if that's your thing. 2) Stir fried geoduck and shrimp and celery, which I thought was pretty good not too oily. 3) Shark fin soup, I am not a huge fan but this was way too watered down. 4) Broccoli with abalone, abalone was small but was done well with good texture and flavour. 5) Vegetables with King oyster mushrooms, again not too oily or salty, good taste. 6) Soya sauce stir fried lobster, there was a good portion and flavour, and not overcooked, which is pretty important. 7) Rice and efu noodles were decent. 8) Dessert was red bean soup, cookies and what resembles a mango mochi filled with cream. I thought the mango mochi was creamy and light tasting but definitely fatty!
Overall I was satisfied with the food, not too oily or salty and nothing was overcooked. The venue was okay, the decor seems really grand and extravagant and maybe clashy, but for a Chinese restaurant it's not so bad. The washrooms are in the basement but seems newly decorated. As I said before the few rooms seem to be quite segregated so you won't get a big hall that can fit too many people. They also had nice linen and charger plates, nicer than what I thought would be here. The service was pretty good, they catered to everyone even other vendors. The manager checked on us all the time, but we were the only one there, it was a Wed but really? The servers wiped the table of any food after she served each course, which was surprising for me for these places. I thought the place was good and there's ample parking. I liked the food, I only wish there was better layout and decor in the interior.
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