In Vancouver we have more than a few very fine, authentic Chinese restaurants to choose from due to the demographics of the lower mainland so I was a little dubious about finding an authentic experience in NW Calgary.
I am always encouraged when I see people of the same ethnic persuasion dining in an establishment of their native cuisine because I always figure that to them it is like eating good home cooking. In the case of Peking Garden, the Chinese people dining there were either in for a major disappointment or must have lousy food at home.
There were a dozen of us and we tried 10 different dishes plus some noodles, rice and vegetables. Without getting into details about all of the individual dishes the adjectives that come to mind are oily, goopy and doughy. I still felt a lingering heaviness in my stomach about 6 hours after we dined.
The hint that the food was less than steller was that the leftovers sat unclaimed in the refrigerator for many days when someone usually lays claim to them for breakfast the next morning! I should have heeded my skepticism and steered our dining decision maker in a different direction.