You're given the task to make dinner plans for all your friends. No one has particular preferences and as usual, not voicing their opinions - so it defaults to Asian Legend. Their menu caters to most people's palettes, the clean decor and decent service definitely helps in securing it as a "safe" restaurant to hold a gathering.
Pros:
The decor of most Asian Legend restaurants are quite nice, with the nicest one being in Scarborough (near Sheppard and Brimley). The restaurant are usually spacious and can accommodate a big group. This particular North York location is rather cramped though. The prices of each dish is reasonable with generous portions and there is consistent food quality across the chain. The Fried Dough Ball with Red Bean paste dessert they have is rather difficult to find in Toronto, so I would give it a try if you've never had it before! It's made of lightly deep fried egg whites with red bean paste in the center, sprinkled with sugar.
Cons:
I find that each dish in the restaurant is only mediocre. None of the dishes are done exceptionally well but at least the level of quality is consistent across the menu. Some popular items on the menu such as shanghai soup dumplings, beef noodle soup are much better at other restaurants.
Personally, I try to stay away from Asian Legend but I do come here once in a while to please the Asian Legend fan club out there =)