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| - Considering the sheer number of Chinese people in the city, Chinese delivery is a surprisingly disappointing thing in downtown TO, especially if you're looking for both good and cheap at the same time.
Bamboo Buddha is a prime example. Pricewise, they are great, however the food itself is hit or miss.
Guiltily, I must confess that I order from here whenever I want the cheap kind of Chinese takeout, aka, stuff that really isn't true Chinese food at all. Think fortune cookies, and bright red sweet and sour sauce on stuff covered in fried batter.
On that count, they're pretty reliable - best chicken balls I think I've eaten in the city (as I type this, I do realize I am talking as if chicken balls are a food worthy of review and am sufficiently embarrassed). I like the fact that they also offer egg rolls in addition to spring rolls - somewhere along the line, food snobs like me almost drove them into extinction.
Fried rice and chow mein noodles are no better than okay, and they suffer from the too many veggies (let's face it, a decision for takeout Chinese is usually not made on the basis of, "I want something healthy"), and said veggies are cut too big (in the case of mushrooms, not at all), and sometimes taste kind of bitter.
Edible, satisfies cravings cheaply, but you won't want it again for a while.
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