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| - I can never be caught in a Chinese restaurant, because on the off chance my really traditionally Asian mother drives by and sees me eating other people's Chinese food, she might just disown my ungrateful ass. So we ordered takeout, to be safe, and as far as traditional Chinese goes, this isn't it. Was it good? Heck yes! I love me some General Tao chicken (even though he was neither a General nor Chinese).
I was pretty hangry after a long day of work and we ordered the vegetable fried rice, General Tao chicken, crispy lemon chicken and the hot and sour soup. I seriously judge a Chinese restaurant on the quality of the hot and sour soup, and this one was good. There was no chunks of corn starch, nor really weird soapy flavour you'd find at your typical budget Chinese eatery with that really racist font they use. Both chicken dishes were cooked quite well as well. The crispy chicken dish was a little bland, but that's what Sriracha hot sauce is for. The chicken came with a side of shrimp chips, which is puffy and cooked to the right crunchy texture - none of that drowned in grease soggy nonsense.
Honestly, as far as authenticity goes, Good View is as about traditional Chinese as fortune cookies (they give you those too!) If you want true Szechuan or hot pot or whatever, then go to Scarborough/Markham/North York. But if you want some sweet and spicy crispy battered chicken chunks with some fried rice and broccoli and a side of guilt, then order takeout and throw out the containers before your Asian parents come to visit.
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