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| - I'm torn in giving 3.5 - 4.0 stars for this place. It does offer a good selection of North American Chinese food, but, very limited in offering Authentic Chinese.
This resto is my go-to place when my parents are visiting...My parents are happy with the dishes, so they must pass the Asian taste test!
The place is very big with lots of round-table seating but is overdue on updating their decor... but I think that's just part of their charm...It wouldn't be a Chinese resto without the fish tank, soiled carpet, 1970's chairs and a Bell public payphone that doesn't even have the LED display yet and the yellowpages. One good news is that they actually use tablecloths rather than that white plastic.
If looking for wonton soup, they serve the porc ones, and not the one with the shrimp. Still just as tasty tho' (light flavour).
I'm a big fan of their dry garlic spareribs - such sticky goodness!
My typical order that I get for pick-up is the dinner for two - Special Catonese Dinner: 2 wonton soups, 4 egg rolls with plum sauce, chop suey with porc (and some yellow crunchy Cheeto-like? things), dry garlic spareribs, pineapple chicken (chicken pieces in batter covered with orange plum-like sauce), chicken fried rice and fortune cookies. You can add additional portions per person, but, it's enough for 2 people and leftovers for lunch the next day.
[I have a love/hate relationship with their pineapple chicken....The taste of it has been consistent and the chicken is never drowning in the corn-syrupy sauce... but because of the (sweet) batter, I feel like I'm eating a doughnut!]
There is a hint of MSG used in their food btw.
There's no real reason to drive all the way to the West to come eat here....It's good Chinese food dining for families living near by.
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