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| - After a busy day of walking around Montreal doing touristy things, we were hungry. My two year old child was no longer scared of the status of lions in Chinatown, so we decided to look for a chinese buffet.
First Chinatown isn't very chinese anymore, there is a lot of Thai and Korean in the area. Secondly, the Chinese buffet my parents used to take me to as a child, the one with scrumptous food, and horrible washrooms was no longer in existance. Walking around a bit we went onto Lagauchetiere and stumbled on Jade. The host had seated all of the asian customers closest to the windows so us whiteys would say - "If there's asians eating there, then it has to be good". Well the marketing ploy worked and we were inside and seated within moments of entering.
The place is huge inside. You could host a wedding here, and still have left over tables. As with the seating, the buffet was huge as well. There were three different tables of dessert and 5-6 of main course dinner items. I tried to eat a little bit of everything and still stuffed myself like a pig.
Overall, I'd consider the food at Jade better than the Mandarin (and cheaper too!)
However if you can help it, don't use the washroom. It was disgusting. Part of the problem is other customers who refuse to flush, and the other part is just general neglect.
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