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| - Not bad for the price and a good selection. The new owners definitely renovated the place and it even has a new logo with a cartoon panda. The English name is changed to Scarborough Buffet, but the Chinese name is still fairly similar. The new interior is much more spacious and a better design than the previous owners. The seats and tables are quite clean, with the crab tool already set with some napkins.
The service was good. Our server was very attentive with our table as he constantly checked to see if our hot water pot was empty or if we needed extra napkins. For the first time at a Chinese buffet, I didn't have to ask for napkins and the server already gave us two piles as needed! (Gold star for him)
The food selection is a lot more than before. There is a variety of soups, such as the typical hot and sour soup, wonton soup, and corn and egg drop soup. However, they also have more tradional Chinese soups such as black chicken soup with longan. The sushi section was not bad and there was also salmon and butterfish sashimi, seaweed salad sushi and tofu sushi. The salmon sashimi wasn't the freshest but it was ok for a typical buffet.
Since I went on a Saturday night dinner during the long weekend, they also had a roasted turkey. As well, there was a spicy seafood mix. It reminded me of places like Boil King or Captain Boil where they have crab, shrimp, clams, mussels, and corn cooked in Cajun style sauces.
In addition, they had Peking duck with the wrap. You can make your own. The duck was sliced in front of you and they kept cutting more as needed. The wrappers are also steamed and very fresh. They were slightly thicker though, but still very tasty; not too dry and just the right chewiness.
The hot food selection was also your typical with a few additions like curry fish balls, lotus root and sugar snaps, and egg tofu. The previous owner made better curry fish balls. I would not recommend trying these curry fish balls as the balls were very powdery in texture and the sauce didn't taste very good.
There was also the cold crab and shrimp. The shrimp were quite large. They also had hot cooked Vancouver crab. The meat wasn't very fresh and the meat of the legs were very dry.
The dessert section is like your typical buffet with some cakes, pastries and ice cream. Nothing special and I didn't seem too appetized by the looks of it.
However the fruit section was good. There was honeydew, grapes, oranges, pineapple (very sweet), and watermelon. In the grill section they have grilled pineapple, but it was very sour. They probably grilled all of the sour/not sweet pineapples and saved the sweeter ones for fresh fruit.
Don't expect a classy experience, but rather a casual meet-up with friends or family. The washrooms were also big and was clean.
Beat the rush by going at around 6 PM. It got really busy around 7 PM and it felt like a battle for food. Even though the food was replenished at a fast rate, I'd like to take my time and choose my food. I will be back, for the price you're paying, it's not bad for a buffet.
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