Came for dinner tonight (Tuesday) with the memories of a once great and popular establishment but was sorely disappointed. I give 1 star for a couple ups that are outlined below and another half for not being completely inedible so it's really a 1.5 rating.
We ordered the fried duck stuffed with taro, beef tenderloin with sweet and sour sauce, snow pea sprouts with garlic, fried soft shell crab, eel with honey garlic sauce, and e-fu noodles. Only the sprouts and eel were alright. The duck had no duck and was mostly taro. The beef tenderloin was lacking in flavour and the texture was not good - didn't taste like tenderloin quality meat. The onions and sauce was good but for $18.50 I expect to have more than 8 pieces of mediocre meat covered in good sauce. Fried soft shell crab was a good size but again lacked in flavour. It was supposed to be salt and pepper with spices but nada. The e-fu noodles were soggy and, at the risk of repeating myself again, flavourless. I have made better at home.
The only upsides were the complimentary soup that came beforehand, which was nice and hot and had loads of flavour, and "tofu fa" dessert that was very smooth and one of my favourite Chinese desserts.
Our bill came to $120 before tip for 5 people. At $25/person for this quality of Chinese food is ridiculous and we will definitely not be back.