Le Lai Restaurant is a casual Chinese restaurant located in the Village Place strip plaza, The restaurant with full service dining room and takeout counter is situated in the basement level of the building.
The food offerings here consist of the basic Chinese dishes & items featuring Cantonese and Szechuan dishes and a few Vietnamese dishes too. They also offer Canadian dishes such as chicken nuggets, fish & chips, scallops, clams, poutines, fries, and onion rings. The prices here are moderate, most dishes $8.95-$19.95. 16 Chinese Combination Dinners served with chicken fried rice & egg roll ($9.95-$13.95) and 3 Vietnamese Combinations ($15.95-$17.95) are offered.
They also serve a Lunch Buffet (Thu-Fri: 11AM-2PM) for $12.95 and a Supper Buffet (Fri-Sat: 5PM-8PM & Sun: 12PM-8PM) for $14.95. Items on the buffet may include wonton soup, egg rolls, chicken balls, chicken wings, fried wontons, chicken fried rice, chicken chow mein, beef with broccoli, spare ribs, moo goo gai pan, beef with green beans, and Chinese macaroni.
I stopped in here recently for Sunday lunch. The supper buffet was minimally stocked at the noon opening time, not all items posted were on the buffet yet. Since I was on a schedule, I decided on takeout and ordered Combination 2 - Egg Roll, Chicken Fried Rice, Chicken Balls, and Chicken Chow Mein ($9.95 plus HST). The food was ready to go in under 10 minutes.
The good portion of food was pretty good and tasted fresh. The chicken chow mein had mix of shredded cabbage, onion, carrot, strips of tender white meat chicken & crunchy noodles in a light sauce. The fried rice was freshly made with a soft texture and had very small pieces of chicken in the mix. The 5 deep fried battered chicken balls had tender pieces of white meat chicken inside and firm outside.The Canadian style egg roll was filled with a soft dense ground meat mix. Sweet & sour dipping sauce was provided.
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