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An affordable authentic dim sum experience in Scarborough. The food is consistently fresh and tasty. There's usually a bit of a wait if you come on weekends but no more than a 15-20 minutes wait usually. Their sticky rice always hits the spot. The tofu fa is also a must. It takes about 20 minutes but always so silky and fresh. It comes in a large bucket and feeds 6-7 ppl. Service is also pretty good and quick. There is a 10% tips added to the bill but they are always transparent and let you know when they hand you the bill.
Dim Sum Review Smaller restaurant in far right of the large plaza but dim sum menu is decent. Food is good, ambience is minimal here. Servers were actually pretty nice and helpful to get translator if they couldn't converse in English with us. Lost star due to the floor manager was a bit rude however. She was rushing us out and bringing the next diners to our table before we had our jackets on. There's not a lot of room in between the tables to get around so why would they think that would be a good move? They charge everyone for tea, even the kids, they also charge for condiments. Hot sauce on a tiny dipping plate was thirty cents! Payment had 12% service taxed on bill. They tried to explain if paid by cash they can take that off, but if paid by credit card it's a mandatory. We were confused by this off the menu side note. Har Gow is a must order, they do a good job here. Huge, plump shrimp barely fits on the soup spoon. The rice wrapper on the dumpling is perfect sticky and chewy texture. The panfried eggplant and tofu were perfectly crispy and tasty. The side bean sauce wasn't very salty but nice for dipping. Sticky rice and chicken wrapped in lotus leaf had a beautiful aroma from the leaf. The rice was perfectly cooked and sticky, minced chicken stuffing was flavourful. Kids always love the steamed bbq pork bun. It's a little sweet from the bread to the bbq pork filling. Decent prices and good quality for dim sum if you're in the area. But not worth a long drive here.
Haven't eaten here in a while. Recently had dim sum for four on a Sunday morning around 11am. It was about a 10-15 minutes wait for a table. As always, the food was great. The quality and portions were consistent as usual. Their tofu fa and congee always hits the spot. They also have some new innovative items such as a truffle shrimp toast. It was different but traditional dim sum is preferre. My boyfriend ordered the durian pastry and it was really good. Highly recommend for durian lovers.
Ginger and Onion has early bird pricing for dim sum before 11am so this place is guaranteed to be busy in the mornings, especially on the weekends. The restaurant is tucked in the corner of the Alton Towers plaza and the inside is quite cramped as well. They have some unique dim sum items as well as a few old school, hard to find dim sums too. We tried their deep fried beef and enoki seaweed roll, steam bean curd roll, steamed vegetable dumpling, fish maw cotton chicken, mango pancake, rice roll with fried dough stick and baked BBQ pork bun. The beef enoki roll was crispy outside, tender inside. Bean curd roll tasted good and was tightly wrapped but their chopping of the ingredients inside is inconsistent, some were properly julienned others were whole large pieces. The spinach dumpling filling was great but wrapper was more soft than bouncy. Fish maw cotton chicken tasted great but wish there was more than 2 small pieces of fish maw. Rice roll with fried dough stick tasted good but the dough stick was under fried and very soft. The mango pancake didn't have much mango and the pieces that were in there were sour. Lastly the BBQ pork bun was just slightly undercooked inside so the dough was still white and gummy, an issue that might be solved by switching buns from the top/bottom rack of the oven, or wrapping without the bigger pinch of dough in the middle. We also got a Singapore Vermicelli that was cooked well, just lacking in a bit of salt. Overall, the food is okay and more worth if you're dining during the early bird morning period. They also add an automatic 12% gratuity to your bill which I only caught upon inspection of the bill as they didn't tell me.
醉月軒。 食物的味道非常不错 。 價錢亦合理。太惊艳了！ 星期一至五龙虾伊面 特价＄19.80，周六， 日加$1元 龙虾海鲜套餐大特价$128 （只限堂吃，现金结账） 足料老火例汤 姜葱温哥华蟹 美极双龙虾 金牌贵妃鸡（半只） 时菜炒牛肉 清蒸游水立鱼 是日靓糖水，美点 （星期六，日另加$20） 不可与其它特价同时使用 We came in AFTER the morning rush on a weekend and discovered that we liked it! Arriving in the late afternoon there were no long line-ups. We were seated at a table much faster compared to the morning queues. The staff and servers were all very friendly, even joking with us. I like the idea of paying regular price for dim sum, since the restaurant was less busy and more tranquil. It was worth paying a bit more for the peace and ease. Ginger and Onion relocated to Alton Towers after shutting down their Markham location on Kennedy Rd beside Pacific Mall. My family frequented their old Markham location and we fondly miss their dim sum cart service. However since the switchover to ordering off menu, we've really noticed a difference in higher quality dim sum which tends to arrive at your table hotter and fresher. Their dinner menu is very good. They have CASH ONLY specials for dine-in that can't be combined with other specials. The Seafood and Lobster Set Family Dinners includes Stir-Fried Crab, Stir-Fried Lobsters, Steamed Chicken, Fried Vegetables, Steamed Fish and Dessert.
This little restaurant is tucked at the back of the plaza but it's definitely busy when we went for dim sum on the weekend! Their dishes are really good, portions are generous and I loved the wooden square steamers the food was served in! I especially loved their buns, stir fried dumplings and shrimp dumpling (har gow). If you go early enough Monday to Friday before 11am all their dim sum is one price! Def a neighbourhood gem and I'll definitely be back
3.5 Came here for dim sum on a weekday around 9:45 for their early morning specials. Mon-Fri before 11:30 all small, medium, and large are $4.38 and Saturdays is before 11:00 for $4.98. (Prices are as of end of Dec 2022) We were a table of four and got seated fairly quick and got our tea started (chrysanthemum pu'er). They also have free wifi but I did not try to see if it worked or not. Ended up getting around 11 dishes and all were pretty good. The siu mai was a bit on the softer side compared to some other places where it's more chewy. The har gow was gigantic. All portions were really good. The baked bbq pork bun had a nice matcha layer on top. The matcha was very very subtle. Overall not a bad place for dim sum. The service was fairly attentive and we got our tea pots refilled with water quickly whenever we had the lid opened to signal they were empty or low. Food came out quickly after ordering.
One of our favorite cities to enjoy Chinese Hong Kong style cuisine is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Many Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia moved to Toronto after the Vietnam War & 200,000 more immigrants from Hong Kong arrived during the 1980's & 1990's due to the takeover of Hong Kong by China in 1997. As they settled in Toronto & the Greater Toronto Area, these immigrants established huge Chinese shopping centers due to an abundance of land. They formed about six major Chinatowns, including North York, Scarborough, Markham, Richmond Hill, & originally downtown. Many new Chinese restaurants were established that catered to the Hong Kong immigrants. The Hong Kong style cuisine in Toronto (& in Vancouver & SFO) sets the bar, as the food is amazingly delicious & authentic that is not the same in my hometown in HNL. Quality seafood is used in abundance, corners are not cut in preparation, & presentation & the taste are important. One of these restaurants in Ginger & Onion Cuisine in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto. I remember going to this popular restaurant back in 2014 when it was located at Market Village at Pacific Mall, a large Chinese shopping mall at the corner of Kennedy & Denison streets. It moved to its present location in 2017 at the Alton Tower Plaza, a Chinese shopping mall in Markham. We had dim sum there on two different mornings on our recent visit to Toronto. Ginger & Onion Cuisine offers a variety of dim sum from early morning to lunch & an extensive array of Chinese dishes during lunch & dinner. Whether it's dim sum or Chinese entrees, this restaurant is bustling w/ people coming & going for good eats. For dim sum, arrive early as they have one price for small, medium, & large dim sum if ordered by 11:30a. This is when they're the most busy, as people are trying to get those discounted items. If no tables are available, the hostess will give you a number on a slip of paper & will call your number when a table becomes available (we waited for about 15 min). Upon seating, you're given the menu that you can mark the items you want & the number of orders. You're asked what kind of tea you want (oolong, jasmine, green, etc.); as with most Chinese restaurants, there is a charge per person for hot tea. We had the following dim sum served in square bamboo steamers with the restaurant name on them: * Pork dumpling (4 pieces siu mai). I use this as a standard to assess the quality of dim sum at a restaurant. The siu mai are the size of gigantic golf balls & are so flavorful, bursting w/ juicy ground pork & generous amounts of whole shrimps. * Deep fried taro w/ minced pork (3 pieces). The exterior was non-oily & crispy, & the tasty interior consisted of soft & creamy taro paste. * Chiu chao dumpling (3 pieces). This savory dim sum had a perfectly thin & translucent skin that had flavorful ground pork, shrimp, chives, water chestnuts, & chopped peanuts. * Steamed spareribs w/ taro in black bean sauce. Generous portion of meaty spare ribs w/ taro, with the steam generating a tasty sauce w/ the black beans. * Sticky rice w/ chicken & egg in lotus leaf (3 pieces). So fresh & filling, the sticky rice was very moist & had generous amounts of chicken & egg. * Rice roll (cheong fun) w/ shrimp & veggie (3 pieces). This was so delicious, as the funn wrapped around huge whole shrimps & cooked choy sum veggies. You get a separate porcelain server for the special sweet sauce so that you can drizzle on as much sauce as you want. * Pork chop udon soup. Our grandson's choice, & he enjoyed it, which was a meal in itself. Yes, generous cuts of pork chops & udon in a savory soup broth. * Black sesame ball w/ ground peanuts (4 pieces). A nice dessert of springy glutinous rice covered w/ ground peanuts & filled w/ sweet & nutty black sesame paste. * Sweet bean curd and tofu in wooden barrel. Love this presentation of delicious silken tofu steamed in a wooden barrel & served with a sweet ginger sauce. As this dish takes 20 minutes to make, you'll need to put in your order as soon as you're seated. Service was attentive, w/ our orders being promptly delivered to our table within a reasonable amount of time. Dim sum dishes were cleared, & our plates were changed mid-way during our meal. Hot chili oil is popular as a condiment there & is available upon request, which we did not have any problems getting. When you're ready to pay, just wave your paper order in the air, & staff will come to you. Note that you need not leave a tip, as 10% is already added to your bill as a service charge. The restaurant has a smaller dining room to the left & a larger one on the right. It is bright with modern décor. Chinese chair covers are used. Located at McCowan & Steeles streets, there is ample parking in this complex. Hours of operation are daily from 8:30a to 9p. We look forward in returning to Ginger & Onion in the near future, as we know that its menu offerings are legit.
Food: 2 Stars Service: 1 Star Ambience: 3 Stars Fill Factor: Filling I don't know whether it was because they were busy or they were having a bad day but my latest experience here was absolutely terrible. It was a very busy day so we waited approximately 45 minutes for a table which is understandable but there was no excuse for the quality of food and the service. We came here for dim sum but decided to order a few other dishes as we were hungry. The dim sum for the most part was fine as you get good portions and the taste was fine. I can't say the same though about the congee/fried doughnuts, lobster and e-fu noodles, and the steamed egg dessert we ordered on top of the dim sum. The congee was so bland and the texture was almost like water unlike other congee I've had at other places. I am not very good at cooking but I can confidently say I can make a better congee than what we were served. The lobster and e-fu noodles also was a big letdown. It felt like they cooked the noodles, put the lobster on top and called it a dish. There was next to no sauce so the noodles were pretty flavourless even after we mixed the dish. Finally after all the disappointment we thought things would be sweeter with some dessert. Wow were we wrong. Continuing with the theme the steamed egg was totally bland and really didn't have that nice egg flavour either. To top off this whole experience the service was no good. Was it because it was busy and everyone was on edge? I don't know but overall it just wasn't pleasant. They made several mistakes with our order first missing a dish in we which we had to have corrected and then only after they dropped off the food at our table did we notice that they added an extra item after they fixed the missing item which we did not order (we had the ordering sheet in front of us). We let it go as it wasn't the end of the world but of course now we had too much food so we needed to pack some to go. They gave us two boxes but unfortunately we couldn't fit everything so we went to take one more small box to fit the other items. The waitress comes by and in an almost demeaning manner asks us to pay 30 whole CENTS for the box. I am fine with paying for the box but the way they spoke to us really annoyed me. I have never been to any restaurants that asked for money for a box so it was an honest mistake but to speak to us almost as if we were criminals after we just spent over $100 on a meal just really irked me. If you've read this far then you can probably guess that I won't be back. If you're just going for dim sum then it's a decent choice but for other dishes and service I cannot recommend it.
It's been a very busy place for dim sum. We came on Friday morning around 10, waited about 15min to sit in. Food quality are good, we ordered 10 dim sums, house special buns, excellent! Chicken feet, beef strips and pork ribs were all good with good portion. Deep fried milk was crispy as well. Only two dishes were a bit disappointed, ouduansilian and the chive pancake, avoid these two next time. They had charged 11% service fee in the bill, so don't pay additional tips on top of the total amount
We went in for dinner last night to celebrate mid autumn festival with my family. We have 7 adults and 1 kid. We ordered their suggested 6 to 8 people combo, there was a surcharge of $30 because it's a holiday weekend. We also added a full serving side of the Peking duck and caggabe bun for around $75 more. After the Peking duck (which look nothing like a whole duck and the serving looks only good for at most 2 people) and the rest of the dishes of the combo came in. We realized it was not enough and ordered 4 more dishes. Portions are extremely small, taste is expected, nothing really stand out. Also, though it's kind of like the new norm, but I don't believe businesses are legally entitled to just add tips in the bill. It's like they have taken it for granted. Don't get me wrong, I usually tip good, but just don't like this attitude of taking tips for granted. And I don't think the CRA accepts it, Right? Or did our Canadian government just compromised for it and let it slide?
Everything was actually fine before we found a piece of hair in the sticky rice (pearl chicken). We came at around 10:15a on a Friday morning, Hoping to get into the restaurant by 11 to take advantage of the $3.8 SML special. We got in and took a number, Was told that it will be very quick but it ended up to be a 45 minute wait. Ended up seated right at 10:59. But not to worry because the staff said they will still honor the special price even after 11 if you have been waiting there before 11. She will mark special on the dim sum sheet. So while you're waiting you can already look at the dim sum sheets and enter the order right when you sit down, more efficient. They are so busy that you just have to keep track of things and ask them to follow up on the order. The food overall was fine. Siu Mai is my favorite because it's so huge and meaty and flavorful. Other dishes was not bad. The chive pan fried dumpling I expect more chives but it's almost all shrimp paste. We have leftover to bring home for the two of us since wr ordered six dishes. Note The bill has 10% service charge already. At night when we were eating the Leftover dim sum for dinner, bf pulled out a long strand of hair embedded in the middle of the sticky rice. The fact that it's so inside the sticky rice makes me feels like it's the place that they sourced the dim sum may not be clean. So.... Idk, I want to like this place for its price and generally decent taste. But the cleanliness of the food makes me .
Like every dim sum restaurant, there's "Morning Special" pricing where all S/M/L dishes are the same price before 11am. On weekends, it's $4.98 each with cash payment. Unfortunately though, a lot of the menu is priced at "XL/SP/XP/J/XJ" which cost somewhere between $7.38-11.38 each. Pros: -Siu Mai pieces are huge so probably the best value order since it's classified as a L dish -BBQ Pork Pineapple Bun is tasty although the green shell is completely unnecessary since it doesn't taste like anything that would be green (i.e. matcha) Cons: -Very slow service, it took about an hour to receive some of the steamed dishes and we even had to cancel one at the end because they totally forgot it -They didn't serve any of the accompanying sauces (i.e. soy sauce, Worcestershire) because they were so busy -Hectic environment with crowds overflowing into the restaurant and hovering over my table while I was eating -They already ran out of Sweet Bean Curd (tofu dessert) before 10:15am on a Saturday morning.. -The Deep Fried Octopus Tentacles dish was a crazy $11.38!! And it had no flavour! -The Shrimp Paste in Tofu and Eggplant dish was overcooked and dry, with very little shrimp paste It's been so long since I've gone out for dimsum so it was a bit disappointing to come across so many cons. At this rate, I'd rather keep steaming my own dimsum at home.
I think this place has to be one of the best value for affordable and authentic dimsum around the Scarborough area. It is $4.9 for S/M/L dishes on weekdays and $5.3 on weekends between 9am-3pm by cash. They also charge $2.5 per person for tea which is standard at dimsum restaurants. Service was really friendly and great. They helped us packed all the leftovers and even gave their recommendations since it was our first time here. Atmosphere wasn't too special. Just like your typical Chinese banquet style restaurant. We ordered their BBQ pork pineapple bun, pork ribs, pig feet, siu mai, chiu chow dumplings, chicken feet, octopus tentacles and their rice noodles. Everything tasted pretty good besides their rice noodles. I thought the skin was just too thick and it came warm. The octopus tentacles was crispy and delicious but it was $13.88 which I thought is quite expensive for the amount you get. My favorites were definitely the siu mai and the pork ribs. The siu mai's were so massive. I don't think I've ever seen them that big lol. They were also very juicy and deliciously filled with shrimp pieces inside and a good amount of fish roe on top. The pork ribs were very tender and flavorful. We would definitely come back. I saw reviews of their Tofu pudding and mango cream crepe which I am very interested to try next time. Also they auto charge 12% tip onto the bill so don't tip unless you want to give extra. read more
It was my first time having dim sum here and it was my family. They have a wide variety of dim sum options, some are very interesting. The service was great and the food was delicious. My fave was definitely the mango crepe. Will definitely come back again if I'm craving for some dim sum. read more
It's been a long time since I've been to Scarborough's Ginger and Onion, and first time for dinner rather than dim sum. I was here for an early meal with a group of over twenty friends, old and new, before it got busy. Our meal started with Crab and Corn Soup, before moving on to Sweet and Sour Pork, and Roast Pork. Next was a dish of Seafood and Vegetables, Chicken with Ginger and Onion, a Mixed Vegetable dish, and Fried Rice. Dessert was Sago. Every dish had generous portions and tasted really good. We left with lots of takeout containers. The staff were very friendly and helpful, despite not being able to communicate very well in English (my only language). read more
An affordable authentic dim sum experience in Scarborough. The food is consistently fresh and tasty. There's usually a bit of a wait if you come on weekends but no more than a 15-20 minutes wait usually. Their sticky rice always hits the spot. The tofu fa is also a must. It takes about 20 minutes but always so silky and fresh. It comes in a large bucket and feeds 6-7 ppl. Service is also pretty good and quick. There is a 10% tips added to the bill but they are always transparent and let you know when they hand you the bill. read more
Dim Sum Review Smaller restaurant in far right of the large plaza but dim sum menu is decent. Food is good, ambience is minimal here. Servers were actually pretty nice and helpful to get translator if they couldn't converse in English with us. Lost star due to the floor manager was a bit rude however. She was rushing us out and bringing the next diners to our table before we had our jackets on. There's not a lot of room in between the tables to get around so why would they think that would be a good move? They charge everyone for tea, even the kids, they also charge for condiments. Hot sauce on a tiny dipping plate was thirty cents! Payment had 12% service taxed on bill. They tried to explain if paid by cash they can take that off, but if paid by credit card it's a mandatory. We were confused by this off the menu side note. Har Gow is a must order, they do a good job here. Huge, plump shrimp barely fits on the soup spoon. The rice wrapper on the dumpling is perfect sticky and chewy texture. The panfried eggplant and tofu were perfectly crispy and tasty. The side bean sauce wasn't very salty but nice for dipping. Sticky rice and chicken wrapped in lotus leaf had a beautiful aroma from the leaf. The rice was perfectly cooked and sticky, minced chicken stuffing was flavourful. Kids always love the steamed bbq pork bun. It's a little sweet from the bread to the bbq pork filling. Decent prices and good quality for dim sum if you're in the area. But not worth a long drive here. read more
Haven't eaten here in a while. Recently had dim sum for four on a Sunday morning around 11am. It was about a 10-15 minutes wait for a table. As always, the food was great. The quality and portions were consistent as usual. Their tofu fa and congee always hits the spot. They also have some new innovative items such as a truffle shrimp toast. It was different but traditional dim sum is preferre. My boyfriend ordered the durian pastry and it was really good. Highly recommend for durian lovers. read more
4 years ago
Ginger and Onion has early bird pricing for dim sum before 11am so this place is guaranteed to be busy in the mornings, especially on the weekends. The restaurant is tucked in the corner of the Alton Towers plaza and the inside is quite cramped as well. They have some unique dim sum items as well as a few old school, hard to find dim sums too. We tried their deep fried beef and enoki seaweed roll, steam bean curd roll, steamed vegetable dumpling, fish maw cotton chicken, mango pancake, rice roll with fried dough stick and baked BBQ pork bun. The beef enoki roll was crispy outside, tender inside. Bean curd roll tasted good and was tightly wrapped but their chopping of the ingredients inside is inconsistent, some were properly julienned others were whole large pieces. The spinach dumpling filling was great but wrapper was more soft than bouncy. Fish maw cotton chicken tasted great but wish there was more than 2 small pieces of fish maw. Rice roll with fried dough stick tasted good but the dough stick was under fried and very soft. The mango pancake didn't have much mango and the pieces that were in there were sour. Lastly the BBQ pork bun was just slightly undercooked inside so the dough was still white and gummy, an issue that might be solved by switching buns from the top/bottom rack of the oven, or wrapping without the bigger pinch of dough in the middle. We also got a Singapore Vermicelli that was cooked well, just lacking in a bit of salt. Overall, the food is okay and more worth if you're dining during the early bird morning period. They also add an automatic 12% gratuity to your bill which I only caught upon inspection of the bill as they didn't tell me. read more
醉月軒。 食物的味道非常不错 。 價錢亦合理。太惊艳了！ 星期一至五龙虾伊面 特价＄19.80，周六， 日加$1元 龙虾海鲜套餐大特价$128 （只限堂吃，现金结账） 足料老火例汤 姜葱温哥华蟹 美极双龙虾 金牌贵妃鸡（半只） 时菜炒牛肉 清蒸游水立鱼 是日靓糖水，美点 （星期六，日另加$20） 不可与其它特价同时使用 We came in AFTER the morning rush on a weekend and discovered that we liked it! Arriving in the late afternoon there were no long line-ups. We were seated at a table much faster compared to the morning queues. The staff and servers were all very friendly, even joking with us. I like the idea of paying regular price for dim sum, since the restaurant was less busy and more tranquil. It was worth paying a bit more for the peace and ease. Ginger and Onion relocated to Alton Towers after shutting down their Markham location on Kennedy Rd beside Pacific Mall. My family frequented their old Markham location and we fondly miss their dim sum cart service. However since the switchover to ordering off menu, we've really noticed a difference in higher quality dim sum which tends to arrive at your table hotter and fresher. Their dinner menu is very good. They have CASH ONLY specials for dine-in that can't be combined with other specials. The Seafood and Lobster Set Family Dinners includes Stir-Fried Crab, Stir-Fried Lobsters, Steamed Chicken, Fried Vegetables, Steamed Fish and Dessert. read more
4 years ago
This little restaurant is tucked at the back of the plaza but it's definitely busy when we went for dim sum on the weekend! Their dishes are really good, portions are generous and I loved the wooden square steamers the food was served in! I especially loved their buns, stir fried dumplings and shrimp dumpling (har gow). If you go early enough Monday to Friday before 11am all their dim sum is one price! Def a neighbourhood gem and I'll definitely be back read more
4 years ago
3.5 Came here for dim sum on a weekday around 9:45 for their early morning specials. Mon-Fri before 11:30 all small, medium, and large are $4.38 and Saturdays is before 11:00 for $4.98. (Prices are as of end of Dec 2022) We were a table of four and got seated fairly quick and got our tea started (chrysanthemum pu'er). They also have free wifi but I did not try to see if it worked or not. Ended up getting around 11 dishes and all were pretty good. The siu mai was a bit on the softer side compared to some other places where it's more chewy. The har gow was gigantic. All portions were really good. The baked bbq pork bun had a nice matcha layer on top. The matcha was very very subtle. Overall not a bad place for dim sum. The service was fairly attentive and we got our tea pots refilled with water quickly whenever we had the lid opened to signal they were empty or low. Food came out quickly after ordering. read more
One of our favorite cities to enjoy Chinese Hong Kong style cuisine is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Many Chinese immigrants from Southeast Asia moved to Toronto after the Vietnam War & 200,000 more immigrants from Hong Kong arrived during the 1980's & 1990's due to the takeover of Hong Kong by China in 1997. As they settled in Toronto & the Greater Toronto Area, these immigrants established huge Chinese shopping centers due to an abundance of land. They formed about six major Chinatowns, including North York, Scarborough, Markham, Richmond Hill, & originally downtown. Many new Chinese restaurants were established that catered to the Hong Kong immigrants. The Hong Kong style cuisine in Toronto (& in Vancouver & SFO) sets the bar, as the food is amazingly delicious & authentic that is not the same in my hometown in HNL. Quality seafood is used in abundance, corners are not cut in preparation, & presentation & the taste are important. One of these restaurants in Ginger & Onion Cuisine in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto. I remember going to this popular restaurant back in 2014 when it was located at Market Village at Pacific Mall, a large Chinese shopping mall at the corner of Kennedy & Denison streets. It moved to its present location in 2017 at the Alton Tower Plaza, a Chinese shopping mall in Markham. We had dim sum there on two different mornings on our recent visit to Toronto. Ginger & Onion Cuisine offers a variety of dim sum from early morning to lunch & an extensive array of Chinese dishes during lunch & dinner. Whether it's dim sum or Chinese entrees, this restaurant is bustling w/ people coming & going for good eats. For dim sum, arrive early as they have one price for small, medium, & large dim sum if ordered by 11:30a. This is when they're the most busy, as people are trying to get those discounted items. If no tables are available, the hostess will give you a number on a slip of paper & will call your number when a table becomes available (we waited for about 15 min). Upon seating, you're given the menu that you can mark the items you want & the number of orders. You're asked what kind of tea you want (oolong, jasmine, green, etc.); as with most Chinese restaurants, there is a charge per person for hot tea. We had the following dim sum served in square bamboo steamers with the restaurant name on them: * Pork dumpling (4 pieces siu mai). I use this as a standard to assess the quality of dim sum at a restaurant. The siu mai are the size of gigantic golf balls & are so flavorful, bursting w/ juicy ground pork & generous amounts of whole shrimps. * Deep fried taro w/ minced pork (3 pieces). The exterior was non-oily & crispy, & the tasty interior consisted of soft & creamy taro paste. * Chiu chao dumpling (3 pieces). This savory dim sum had a perfectly thin & translucent skin that had flavorful ground pork, shrimp, chives, water chestnuts, & chopped peanuts. * Steamed spareribs w/ taro in black bean sauce. Generous portion of meaty spare ribs w/ taro, with the steam generating a tasty sauce w/ the black beans. * Sticky rice w/ chicken & egg in lotus leaf (3 pieces). So fresh & filling, the sticky rice was very moist & had generous amounts of chicken & egg. * Rice roll (cheong fun) w/ shrimp & veggie (3 pieces). This was so delicious, as the funn wrapped around huge whole shrimps & cooked choy sum veggies. You get a separate porcelain server for the special sweet sauce so that you can drizzle on as much sauce as you want. * Pork chop udon soup. Our grandson's choice, & he enjoyed it, which was a meal in itself. Yes, generous cuts of pork chops & udon in a savory soup broth. * Black sesame ball w/ ground peanuts (4 pieces). A nice dessert of springy glutinous rice covered w/ ground peanuts & filled w/ sweet & nutty black sesame paste. * Sweet bean curd and tofu in wooden barrel. Love this presentation of delicious silken tofu steamed in a wooden barrel & served with a sweet ginger sauce. As this dish takes 20 minutes to make, you'll need to put in your order as soon as you're seated. Service was attentive, w/ our orders being promptly delivered to our table within a reasonable amount of time. Dim sum dishes were cleared, & our plates were changed mid-way during our meal. Hot chili oil is popular as a condiment there & is available upon request, which we did not have any problems getting. When you're ready to pay, just wave your paper order in the air, & staff will come to you. Note that you need not leave a tip, as 10% is already added to your bill as a service charge. The restaurant has a smaller dining room to the left & a larger one on the right. It is bright with modern décor. Chinese chair covers are used. Located at McCowan & Steeles streets, there is ample parking in this complex. Hours of operation are daily from 8:30a to 9p. We look forward in returning to Ginger & Onion in the near future, as we know that its menu offerings are legit. read more
Food: 2 Stars Service: 1 Star Ambience: 3 Stars Fill Factor: Filling I don't know whether it was because they were busy or they were having a bad day but my latest experience here was absolutely terrible. It was a very busy day so we waited approximately 45 minutes for a table which is understandable but there was no excuse for the quality of food and the service. We came here for dim sum but decided to order a few other dishes as we were hungry. The dim sum for the most part was fine as you get good portions and the taste was fine. I can't say the same though about the congee/fried doughnuts, lobster and e-fu noodles, and the steamed egg dessert we ordered on top of the dim sum. The congee was so bland and the texture was almost like water unlike other congee I've had at other places. I am not very good at cooking but I can confidently say I can make a better congee than what we were served. The lobster and e-fu noodles also was a big letdown. It felt like they cooked the noodles, put the lobster on top and called it a dish. There was next to no sauce so the noodles were pretty flavourless even after we mixed the dish. Finally after all the disappointment we thought things would be sweeter with some dessert. Wow were we wrong. Continuing with the theme the steamed egg was totally bland and really didn't have that nice egg flavour either. To top off this whole experience the service was no good. Was it because it was busy and everyone was on edge? I don't know but overall it just wasn't pleasant. They made several mistakes with our order first missing a dish in we which we had to have corrected and then only after they dropped off the food at our table did we notice that they added an extra item after they fixed the missing item which we did not order (we had the ordering sheet in front of us). We let it go as it wasn't the end of the world but of course now we had too much food so we needed to pack some to go. They gave us two boxes but unfortunately we couldn't fit everything so we went to take one more small box to fit the other items. The waitress comes by and in an almost demeaning manner asks us to pay 30 whole CENTS for the box. I am fine with paying for the box but the way they spoke to us really annoyed me. I have never been to any restaurants that asked for money for a box so it was an honest mistake but to speak to us almost as if we were criminals after we just spent over $100 on a meal just really irked me. If you've read this far then you can probably guess that I won't be back. If you're just going for dim sum then it's a decent choice but for other dishes and service I cannot recommend it. read more
It's been a very busy place for dim sum. We came on Friday morning around 10, waited about 15min to sit in. Food quality are good, we ordered 10 dim sums, house special buns, excellent! Chicken feet, beef strips and pork ribs were all good with good portion. Deep fried milk was crispy as well. Only two dishes were a bit disappointed, ouduansilian and the chive pancake, avoid these two next time. They had charged 11% service fee in the bill, so don't pay additional tips on top of the total amount read more
We went in for dinner last night to celebrate mid autumn festival with my family. We have 7 adults and 1 kid. We ordered their suggested 6 to 8 people combo, there was a surcharge of $30 because it's a holiday weekend. We also added a full serving side of the Peking duck and caggabe bun for around $75 more. After the Peking duck (which look nothing like a whole duck and the serving looks only good for at most 2 people) and the rest of the dishes of the combo came in. We realized it was not enough and ordered 4 more dishes. Portions are extremely small, taste is expected, nothing really stand out. Also, though it's kind of like the new norm, but I don't believe businesses are legally entitled to just add tips in the bill. It's like they have taken it for granted. Don't get me wrong, I usually tip good, but just don't like this attitude of taking tips for granted. And I don't think the CRA accepts it, Right? Or did our Canadian government just compromised for it and let it slide? read more
Everything was actually fine before we found a piece of hair in the sticky rice (pearl chicken). We came at around 10:15a on a Friday morning, Hoping to get into the restaurant by 11 to take advantage of the $3.8 SML special. We got in and took a number, Was told that it will be very quick but it ended up to be a 45 minute wait. Ended up seated right at 10:59. But not to worry because the staff said they will still honor the special price even after 11 if you have been waiting there before 11. She will mark special on the dim sum sheet. So while you're waiting you can already look at the dim sum sheets and enter the order right when you sit down, more efficient. They are so busy that you just have to keep track of things and ask them to follow up on the order. The food overall was fine. Siu Mai is my favorite because it's so huge and meaty and flavorful. Other dishes was not bad. The chive pan fried dumpling I expect more chives but it's almost all shrimp paste. We have leftover to bring home for the two of us since wr ordered six dishes. Note The bill has 10% service charge already. At night when we were eating the Leftover dim sum for dinner, bf pulled out a long strand of hair embedded in the middle of the sticky rice. The fact that it's so inside the sticky rice makes me feels like it's the place that they sourced the dim sum may not be clean. So.... Idk, I want to like this place for its price and generally decent taste. But the cleanliness of the food makes me . read more
Like every dim sum restaurant, there's "Morning Special" pricing where all S/M/L dishes are the same price before 11am. On weekends, it's $4.98 each with cash payment. Unfortunately though, a lot of the menu is priced at "XL/SP/XP/J/XJ" which cost somewhere between $7.38-11.38 each. Pros: -Siu Mai pieces are huge so probably the best value order since it's classified as a L dish -BBQ Pork Pineapple Bun is tasty although the green shell is completely unnecessary since it doesn't taste like anything that would be green (i.e. matcha) Cons: -Very slow service, it took about an hour to receive some of the steamed dishes and we even had to cancel one at the end because they totally forgot it -They didn't serve any of the accompanying sauces (i.e. soy sauce, Worcestershire) because they were so busy -Hectic environment with crowds overflowing into the restaurant and hovering over my table while I was eating -They already ran out of Sweet Bean Curd (tofu dessert) before 10:15am on a Saturday morning.. -The Deep Fried Octopus Tentacles dish was a crazy $11.38!! And it had no flavour! -The Shrimp Paste in Tofu and Eggplant dish was overcooked and dry, with very little shrimp paste It's been so long since I've gone out for dimsum so it was a bit disappointing to come across so many cons. At this rate, I'd rather keep steaming my own dimsum at home. read more
This review is based on 1 dinner experience. Ginger and Onion Cuisine (G&O) always seems like an outcast in the Alton Tower mall to me, because the mall is mainly crowded with barely decorated eateries with pricing at the low to lower-mid ends. But G&O is beautifully decorated, which of course reflects the higher price point of the dinner dishes. I would say the dinner pricing is similar to Chef 88 Elite in Markham. Now that I have gotten the price question out of the way, I would say if you want a nice dinner, as in nice services, food, ambiance and comfy chairs, it is a viable option. We ordered a steamed eel (upon recommendation), half a crispy fried chicken and a simple vegetable dish. Overall impression was the chefs cooked well. The sauces and seasoning were sufficient but not overpowering. All dishes were not oily. Things tasted authentic and traditional. But the quality of the ingredients didn't do the chefs justice. Eel and chicken had the taste and texture of previously frozen meat. The issue was more obvious with the chicken, less so with the eel. Please rest assured that nothing was spoiled or had gone bad by any means; it was just that there was an obvious food turnover management issue. Maybe another chicken dish would taste better. But at this price point, the critic is more demanding. The services, from dish deliverer to servers, was very good, something that was in line with the class of the restaurant and I dare say better than a handful of its competitors. Will I come back? Actually yes, but mainly because of the location. And of course, we sometime feel like dining nice, and G&O fits. I am aware that the pandemic hit higher priced restaurants really hard. I don't know how much the pandemic has impacted the food turnover at G&O. I rate this dining experience at 4 stars, discounting the food ingredients issue. I believe the overall offering at G&O, if not impacted by the pandemic, would have deserved 4 stars. We are in this pandemic together. Cheering each other, lifting each other. read more
4 years ago
Big portions of dim sum highly recommended to the Siu Mai, it's really juicy and huge! Might visit again as soon as possible!! read more
4 years ago
TLDR: great value, quality, and service. Will be back again soon! For some reason this Friday morning wasn't as busy as I've read. We arrive around 9:30. I guess we were early enough to grab a seat right away. This was my first time and I was impressed. The sheer size and quality of the dishes are worth going back. In the photo I uploaded, their one siumai fit in the standard bowl where most of the dimsum restaurants I've been to fit about 3. Another honourable mention is the BBQ pork pastry with matcha on top. The mix of the flavours, the texture of the pastry, *chefs kiss.* The way this restaurant works is to get the special price before 11:30, you need to pay cash. I want to come after 11:30 next time to try the other side of the menu. All the best to the cooks, wait staff, & hosts. Until next time! read more
2 years ago
7 years ago
We drove all the way from Mississauga to have my dad's birthday dinner here, the hour long drive wasn't worth it. We had an early dinner reservation at 5:00 and we were the only ones there. The place did fill up shortly after 6:00. There's not many tables so I would suggest you make a reservation. The Peking duck was on the small side, though the skin was really crispy and not too fatty. My toddlers enjoyed the thin rice flour wrap and was able to keep the duck pieces and cucumber together for the most part. I would recommend the free range chicken in onion and soy sauce. It's super juicy and tastes fresh. It's served over dish with a tea light underneath to keep the dish hot. The other dish I enjoyed was the veggies in a broth, it's some kind of Chinese veggie. I wanted to like the crispy calamari, but it was too spicy and could've been crunchier. There is a dish with pumpkin covered in duck egg yolk, except there was too much flour and I couldn't taste the egg yolk - this is supposed to be a light coating in that rich duck egg yolk flavour. So you see, some dishes were great, while some weren't. The night ended with the staple red bean dessert (this was ok, not too sweet), small cookies and Chinese jello. The staff was tentative and offered to clean/switch out the plates, but we declined the offer. If you're in the area, you can check this place out, but the drive from Mississauga just doesn't justify it. read more
Come here quite a few times to pick up dim sum takeout. Right now they have a 20% discount takeout special. I would suggest calling ahead of time to place an order as it can take about 20-30 mins and then you can come pickup when it's ready. There's a lot of room for standing and waiting inside if it's too cold out. read more
My aunt was the one who brought us to eat dim sum at since we love to eat dim sum in Toronto. My aunt said that they have a one price dim sum before 11am like some places did before covid happened. This place was packed too. We got a # when we went in, and luckily, the wait was not long, probably around 15 minutes. We love to eat dim sum in Canada because we can't eat some of the items back in Chicago, so we rarely go out to eat dim sum back at home. We tried many dim sum restaurants over the years of visiting Toronto. They are all great compared to Chicago. The variety and selection are huge. We tried some of the must-have items along with the common Siu Mai. The Siu Mai was huge, the size of a golf ball (or larger). I find that the Siu Mai in Canada is bigger than the ones I eat back in Chicago. All of the food was delicious. The baked BBQ bun was one of my favorite. The baked BBQ bun with the green crusty topping didn't really taste like green tea (matcha), which I'm wondering what's with the green color. Either way, the crusty top part was nice and crispy, so I mind the coloring. I found the baked BBQ bun had something extra for the filling that I never had before, pineapple! The other fried items were ok. They were all nice and crunchy, which it should be. We ordered extra quantity for 2 of the items because we wanted to pack some up for my younger niece and nephews (who didn't dine with us) to eat for lunch. So when we asked for take-away boxes to pack up the leftovers, they actually charged you for the boxes. I didn't know they did that. That was a shocker to me because the other places we go to didn't charge us take-away boxes. When the waiter didn't give us enough boxes, we got another waitress to give us another box, and she charged us again for the extra box. I was like, "What?!". If I knew they would charge us for the boxes, I would have just ordered the extra quantities to-go after I paid for the meal vs. doing it as a take-away for leftovers. But then, I wouldn't be sure if they charge a fee for the boxes for ordering it as a to-go order or dining in. So the meal became more expensive than expected since we got charged twice for the take-away boxes vs. one time. read more
3 years ago
First time trying this place for the dim sum. We came around 10:15am and got a table for six shortly after. Ordered the siu mai and har gow, was surprised at how big the portions were, compared to most places. They had a good variety of dim sum, most of the food was really good. Only complaint was the pan fried beef ribs were kinda tough. My favourite was the Steamed crispy rice roll with shrimp, so fresh and crispy. I also liked the soup dumpling, which is not common in a lot of dim sum restaurants. Would recommend, if you're looking for good dim sum and variety! read more
8 years ago
Another Chinese restaurants in Scarborough. Similar menus, Similar set up, Similar taste. I had been here for dim sum and dinner. Both times has an A OK experience. Not too busy on weekdays for dim sum early bird but I like the fact that it opens at 8 am. The more modern decor is quite nice. Service was fast and friendly. read more
Dinner was amazing, we got 2 bowls of soup( even have enough for lunch the next day! I haven't had such yummy sweet and sour pork for a long time. The pork was still crispy after they had the sauce wrapped around each piece. I did wish they have more pineapples but I like how small the bell peppers are and pepper flavour does not coat the pork. The veggie with fish filet was cooked very well as well. The stems of the veggies usually are more chewy because of the skin and I'm very happy to see the chef has peeled some of the skin. The roast pigeon was really amazing. The skin was crispy and the meat was good. read more
[ High quality dim sum, especially the squid ] In the northeast end of Toronto, this dim sum place is legit. One of my go-to dishes includes siu mai because the quality gives you a good idea of how the rest of the outing is going to play out, much like how a first date paints an eventual relationship. THE dish here, however, is the fried squid tentacles. I love how they very very very lightly bread it, just enough to add crunch. The squid had a super sweet taste, indicating freshness, and was accented by a soy-like sweet glaze. It's almost $10, but you'll be hard pressed to find inexpensive squid anywhere in the city and at least this is worth every penny. Another dish done right here is the sticky rice in lotus leaf. It's sooooo moist and tender. Pro-tip, you'll know you're at a quality place when the lotus leaf shell looks fresh. That means it wasn't re-heated. The tendon was also very good and plentiful. The atmosphere skews a little upscale, but I found it odd that they put a small table in a busy doorway and stuck a poor lady there to eat. The place is a bit small compared to typical Chinese banquet halls. Overall, highly recommended. It's even good enough to bring first dates...or to order squid...or both. Rating: 5 awkward conversations with someone you just met, out of 5 read more
4 years ago
It is ok in general, target those people who are living in this area. Food quality and staff services are average. They have weekday same price for L/M/S before 11am. If you can wake up early, better to enjoy dim sum in the morning. read more
4 years ago
We came for the early bird dim sum so everything from S, M,L was 4.38. The fact lots of popular dim sums were XL and S was disappointing. Their shrimp dumpling was XL but to be fair they are huge. Their shu mai was huge. The chicken feet was not but was an XL dish. Overall the food was ok and not bad. Portions were big. Since it's the average stuff I did not take many pics. read more
7 years ago
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Milliken, Scarborough
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