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| - I had a late dinner with my parents here recently (around 8:00pm on a Friday). We had a huge lobster and we were still talking about it days later!
We had a 4.26 pound lobster Hong Kong Style ($16/lb) and while we ordered the Scallop and Egg White fried rice ($13) we actually received the Lobster Tomalley fried rice (which was $12 on the menu, but we were charged $13 since that was the price of the fried rice that we ordered - more about that later).
So at these types of restaurants if you don't order their set menus and you order your lobster à la carte you tell them how many pounds you want (we said 4 pounds) and then they get a lobster from the tank, take it to the back and weigh it, then bring the live lobster to your table with the weight sticker stuck onto the body and ask you if you are ok with that lobster (this is how I know the exact weight of our lobster). If you are, they take it to the kitchen and fry it up.
So Hong Kong style is chopped up lobster, battered and deep fried. The batter is slightly spicy and there's lots of fried garlic and green onions. It's topped with shredded carrots. It also comes with tiny deep fried fish sprinkled over the lobster. Some places will charge extra for Hong Kong style, but this restaurant didn't.
The lobster came on a pretty platter and piled up high like a mountain. It was so tasty. The flavouring was great - not too salty and it had a nice spicy kick. The fried garlic and tiny fish were so crispy and crunchy. The lobster was perfect.
When I first started eating the fried rice, I was like "where are the scallops?" It wasn't until I hit a big chunk of fried tomalley that I realized they had given us the wrong dish. By that time we had already eaten a good amount of it and it was good, so we didn't say anything. Then when the bill came, it was late and since it was only a dollar that they overcharged us by, we didn't want to make a fuss, so we just paid it without mentioning it. The fried rice that we received was tasty, but it was a little too oily/greasy for my liking (but fried rice tends to be that way). It came nicely presented, moulded into a pyramid. It also came with some baby bok choy at the base of the pyramid.
Oh, I forgot to mention that they gave us some complimentary soup at the start of the meal. It was chicken feet in broth (!). It was way too freaky for me, so I didn't eat it. My parents (who are much more adventurous when it comes to eating more unconventional things than I am) liked it. They said the bones were so soft, it was like eating sardines (something else I don't like, so that didn't sell me on it at all, haha).
They also gave us complimentary dessert which was a sweet mung bean soup. It was ok. It wasn't overly sweet.
The restaurant wasn't that busy when we arrived and was pretty empty when we left. They asked us if we wanted to sit at the table for 3 at the front of the restaurant right by the door and since it was cold we asked for another table. There were plenty of empty tables so they actually gave us a big round table for 6-8 with a Lazy Susan at the centre. The restaurant has a regal feel to it with the décor reminding me of Chinese Emperor kind of things. All chairs have chair coverings that are red with embroidered yellow flowers. It's not formal though, all patrons (including us) were wearing casual clothing.
Service is competent, but not exactly friendly (no smiles or warmness). Staff also stand around and chat with each other or just stare at you when they have nothing to do. However, they come when you call for them. I really like how they bring boxes to your table and transfer your food into the boxes right in front of you when you ask to take the remainder of your food home.
The washrooms are very clean and modern looking.
There's lots of free parking.
I would definitely come back for the lobster!
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