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The Good:
Good portions; not that greasy; lunch menus are pretty good values (if you're not sharing); slightly above average quality
The Bad:
The decor made you feel like you were sitting in some outdoor side restaurant in China; gives you this "dirty impression"
Overview:
Big Mouth Kee. What does it mean? Well, it's literally a translation of the Chinese name "Dai How Kee". At first stepping inside you wouldn't know you might think twice that you were actually in a restaurant, if it weren't for the Street Fighter 2 arcade right by the door. The decor is definitely something that you'll remember: it's decorated such that it resembles an outdoor side restaurant from China, which didn't give the best impression...it actually looked somewhat dirty? We went for lunch and they gave us a lunch menu which had typical Richmond Hill business set lunches. I ended up getting a Shanghai Noodle (Shanghai Cho Chow) and my friends got Rice with Garoupa over rice and Sweet and Sour Pork. We decided to share. Overall, we really liked the Shanghai Noodles the most and found that to disappear the first. The others were OK, but the Shanghai noodles were probably the best out of the three. It was somewhat oily though, but not overly oily to the point where the bottom of bowl's drenched in a puddle. Each of the business lunches came with a drink which is pretty standard. Nothing special about the drinks, just your typical HK Style drinks (i.e. Hong Kong Style Milk Tea, Ice Lemon Tea, etc.). Service was pretty standard with one waiter serving the entire restaurant during the lunch hours.
Not much to say really...it's your typical Chinese food restaurant with slightly above average quality. Lunch came out to about $8 tax in. Haven't been back again since then though, probably because there wasn't really anything that "drew" me to go back. In fact, it's probably the decor which really doesn't put it on my list of considerations when we're sitting in the car thinking about where to go. Also, it's probably because for $8 tax in there are better places to get Chinese food in the Richmond Hill location (see my other reviews, more to come!). But if you don't mind the somewhat "unique" decorations, go ahead and give it a shot...it's a safe bet.
- Simon
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