BIG MONKEY WONTON HOUSE — Restaurant in Ontario

Hit and miss on our first time here. The dry friend green beans were excellent, the pork moo shu with garlic scapes was truly delicious (even though it was a bit oily) and the best part of the seafood fried rice was the rice itself, which was perfect (the prawns were large but entirely flavour-free and the peas were insufficiently cooked). We asked for an off-menu item, wor wonton soup, which the kitchen interpreted as a murky, insipid pork-based broth with a few wontons and three leaves of yellowish cabbage. The green tea was commercially bagged and weak, even after asking for a second bag. The server's limited English was not a problem but his communication skills were lacking. However, the staff is friendly. It's an honest family restaurant that serves authentic, unamericanized Chinese dishes with good portions at reasonable prices. Overall, it was not a bad experience and we will be back to try other menu items but this was not the replacement Chinese restaurant this Vancouverite has been pining for. The...

We were in the area very hungry and decided to try this place out. The place is nice and clean and the food is delicious! Their menu is varied and there are tons of options. We tried the sweet and sour pork, kung pao chicken and vegetable noodles. Everything was delicious! The KP chicken was so flavourful as well as the noodles. Everything was made to order. I recommend this place 100%! The portions are very large, it’s more of a menu to share family style. I wish they had half portions of everything so we could try more dishes but with what we ordered we walked...

See all those 5 star reviews? Yes, and for good reason. As others have noted, it's easy to find Sichuanese and Hong Kong style restaurants, and plenty of Canadian-Chinese restaurants, but this place gets special love for offering northern-style dishes. I don't care if a restaurant serves 10 dishes that don't move the dial. What I care about, and what the vast majority of you care about, is whether there is at least one or, if we're lucky, several dishes that remind us of the special qualities of a region we love. 5 stars for THAT. Yes, 5...