Sometimes I love this restaurant, other times, I...
Sometimes I love this restaurant, other times, I can't stand it. The hot & sour soup is among the best in the city. Candied walnut chicken and paper wrapped chicken are both extremely good and quite unique. Generally, for take out Cantonese or Schezuan food, it's better than most restaurants in the east end. But for eat in, it's kinda weird. The restaurant is huge and generally quite empty - except during dim sum hours. There are many tables where heating/air conditioning ducts blow down on you. Sometimes they purposely - yes purposely - play only one short song repeatedly and endlessly. Some night you walk in and the lights are just blaring down on the white plastic table clothes in a most unbearable way. Also, the smell of bleach permeates the place. So, while the food's always quite good, the atmosphere is often terrible. I've walked in and right back out again on more than one occasion. Yet, it's quite clean and modern. And sometimes, none of these atmosphere problems seem to be in play. For dim sum, I've taken my business down the road a few doors to a place that's reliably dingy and yet more comfortable for me at least. Update: (July 2/09) Hey, they've done some renovations. It looks nice. They've replaced the hot pink trim. The changes make the place more physically appealing than it was in my original review. Nice job.