Ginger And Onion - Thornhill

Although a bit far from home, this has been a go-to for dim sum the past few months. Their kitchen closes later for dim sum, and it's not too crowded, so not much of a wait for a table. We always get the preserved egg congee, it's super flavourful and really well brewed. Along with the stir fry turnip cake and sticky rice, those are both a favourite and really well made. Their har gow is pretty good too. The rest of the dim sum is pretty good too, but the few I mentioned really stood out, so we always order them. Their soft tofu dessert is a must to end of the meal. It's so fresh and soft! They require 15 minutes to make this, and it comes out in a wooden jar. This is one of the biggest highlights of our meal, and reason why we make it all the way here. They also have a promo going on where if you spend $20, you can order one of their pre selected dishes for $7. We ordered a hor fun (stir fry noodle) and the portion was huge. The promotion was in Chinese only (poster on door), so you may have to ask the staff about it.

My family and I came here for Thanksgiving, and we loved it! The food tasted incredible (we’re still talking about the siu mai and the fried tofu), the staff was very friendly, and the portions were generous. I highly recommend this restaurant

Excellent dim sum and great service. Even the soy sauce with rolls was served in a hot container. Har gow not part of morning special before 10:55am in cash for S-L for $3.38 but still good value.

Great Cantonese Dishes for a reasonable price. Highly recommend their soups, sweet and sour pork, crispy chicken, green onion and ginger lobster and steamed fish! Their dim sum is also really good they also serve fresh tofu custard in and bamboo pot.

(THIS PART IS EXACTLY LIKE THE BEGINNING OF MY PREVIOUS REVIEW, BUT FOR A REASON Just like today is going to be review day (shooting for 5, on the heels of the bunch I wrote last night , Saturday, Feb.22nd '20 was the unofficial Parent nostalgia day in Toronto, where, for lunch, we went to Very Fair a place my wife 's father used to frequent so much, they knew him by name and for dinner we went to a place my parents favored when they were living. It was somewhat a stroke of serendipity that my sister and brother in law chose this place, but it was intentional too, since they knew that Mom and Dad lived nearby and used to come often. It was under a different name, and since then they 've gone slightly higher scale and, unlike Very Fair (that previous review they have spent some money spiffing up the décor. So, definitely higher marks for ambiance. Service was very attentive, especially for a Chinese restaurant. The food food was a bit more of a hit and miss. The Peking duck was nicely done, even if there wasn 't enough crepes or sauce (often a problem with this dish . It was a two course affair, with the rest of the duck (after the skin has been served , just sort of chopped up and on a platter. The lobster was definitely more fresh (and for a few dollars more than the one at lunch, but how it was prepared just did not do it justice with Maggi sauce? Really? This is not their fault, as it was what my SIL wanted, but interestingly, it was not quite salty enough! This is true of most of the other dishes. I 'm borderline hypertensive on a bad day, but just an extra grain of sodium chloride does SO much to bring out the flavor. I 'd say the pork chop dish was a fail of almost epic proportion that flavor just simply didn 't work, even if the dish was of good proportion. So I 'd say a 3.5, mostly for the service and decor, with a final verdict on the kitchen TBD.