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| - Where do I begin? Going in with low expectation already as I have been to many roasted duck restaurants in Peking m, Hong Kong and Toronto. QJD even in Peking wasn't my favourite. It was mediocre at best, including this Toronto location. I think the major problem doesn't lie in the food itself actually-we ordered the duck obviously and about 6-7 other dishes. The duck was not served on its own, it was served when there were a bunch of dishes on our table. They used these huge plates (for the look) and ended up transferring all of them to small plates (making not so hot, just warm dishes even colder now at this point). We haven't really start eating yet, the dishes just arrived like maybe 5-10 mins ago. Let me just talk about the duck first, it was almost cold by the time they serve it to us, since the chef already took it out for awhile and cutting took some time too, and of cos the plating plus the server transferring our existing plates. Taste was not bad, mediocre like I said, the duck tasted fresh. Condiments were in small portions, for sure it's not enough for more than 2 people and there were 7 of us, extra charges when u want more. The atmosphere of the restaurant is why I didn't give one star rating because it is a very nice place and I could see they are trying to tune into the fine dining experience as the manager came and socialize with us, trying to make a good impression. But the service and food both are below average. As the server wants to put our left over roasted duck on the floor. You are really just coming for the decor if you are into that. The other dishes are hit and miss. They gave us a rubber duck money bank as we were there for a birthday celebration as well, which we thought it was a nice touch.
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