Tender Trap Restaurant — Restaurant in Toronto

Not the traditional experience. The Staff is friendly, the Service is fast and the prices are fair, but the food isn't necessarily what you'd expect (explanation below). Our order contained BBQ pork wonton soup, vegetarian egg rolls, Tender Trap fried rice (also known elsewhere as house, special or Yeung Chow fried rice), honey garlic spare ribs and General Tao chicken.

The soup has a dark, slightly orange broth that has a strong fragrance of BBQ? and thick square chunks or pork. Definitely not the clear broth with thinly sliced BBQ pork and a few veggies that I'm accustomed to in other parts of the city.

The egg rolls where fine but nothing special, would have preferred if they had some meat in them since the spring rolls are also vegetarian.

The rice was quite tasty, I really enjoyed it. It's a bit darker and slightly oilier than what I'm used to but very good nonetheless.

The honey garlic spare ribs are breaded and in a thick sauce, which really threw me off. I haven't had spare ribs like since Ho Lee Chow was still around so I was not expecting that. The menu doesn't mention they're breaded. Not my thing, but I'm sure other will enjoy them.

Finally, the General Tao chicken was a bit heavy on the breading and not hot at all. The brocoli that came with it was a very nice touch and I really liked that but IMO, it still needs a bit of peppers and onions.

Overall it was an okay experience and I will definitely give them a try for other dishes, but it will unfortunately not be my first choice for...

WE ORDERED 4 ITEMS FOR TAKEOUT AROUND 12/1230. THEYRE QUITE BUSY HERE, SO CALL AHEAD FOR PICK UP.

SERVICE 5/5 THE LADY TAKING OUR WAS VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY. UNLIKE OTHER RESTAURANTS W.THE LANGUAGE BARRIER....SHE WAS QUITE PLEASANT.

VALUE 5/5 DEFINITELY GETTING YOUR BANG FOR YOUR BUCK HERE! PORTIONS ARE HUGE! TASTES OVERALL REALLY GOOD!

CRISPY BEEF 4/5 ID JUST WISH THE BEEF PCS WERE SKIGHTLY THICKER SO WHEN FRIED, ITS NOT OVER COOKED AND TOUGH/CHEWY. FLAVOURS ARE GREAT! LOVE THE SPICY KICK.

FRIED SQUID 5/5 WE ASKED THEM TO MAKE THIS DISH SPICY. PRETTY GOOD! AGAIN, HUGE PORTION!

SHRIMP FRIED RICE 5/5 VERY TASTY! THAT CHINESE FR WOK FLAVOUR! I LIKED THAT ITS NOT TOO SALTY. LOADED W.SHRIMP TOO!

BROCCOLI W.GARLIC 5/5 CANT GO WRONG HERE! BROCCOLI CROWNS NICELY BLANCHED AND TOSSED IN SOME GARLIC!

OVERALLS ID DEFINITELY COME BACK HERE FOR MY CHINESE FOOD CRAVINGS! WE SPENT ROUGHLY $54 TAX IN, PLUS TIP $60. I REALLY ENJOYED IT! THANK YOU TENDET TRAP! YOUVE TRAPPED...

Update 3 months later: deducted 2 stars as my latest dish had a very small amount of beef in it.

Original review: High quality food and good portions. General Tao chicken had good flavour and wasn't overly breaded. Loved the Chinese greens dish! It had big pieces of bok choy. Fried rice was nice as well, didn't taste old or dry. The black bean beef could have used a bit more flavour but the pieces of beef were good quality, and it had a good assortment of vegetables including zucchini, carrot and onion.

Delivery was quick by the restaurant itself. Food wasn't too greasy. Glad I found this place. Looking forward to ordering again and telling...