I'm from Where the Asians Live in the GTA (aka RIchmond Hill/Markham). I was raised on excellent and affordable Chinese barbecue and I crave roasted duck as well as crispy roasted pork every so often.
Now that my life is downtown, I still get that craving so I'd been looking for a new bbq place. I'd walked by Goldstone many times and thought that their meats hanging in the window looked much better than a few other places downtown, so this was on my To Try list.
I came here for a quick lunch and got a duck/crispy pork bowl. The serving was really, really small. I mean, I knew it'd be smaller than a plate but there were only a few small pieces of each kind of meat. It was TINY! But it tasted good, so I thought I'd just order a plate next time.
But when the bill came I saw that my tiny bowl of rice with a few tiny squares of meat was over $8 after tax! $8+ for so little food! I get that it's downtown, but for that price I could eat much better at lunch in the middle of the financial district! That was ridiculous.
So I asked one of the servers how much a plate would cost and she said $2 more. But when I looked at the plates that were being prepared on my way out, I found that the rice plates had a lot more rice, but only about 4 more pieces of meat.
I think it's a total ripoff, so I'm going to keep looking for a new Chinese bbq place.