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East Garden restaurant is certainly a Little Piggy favourite
for delivery Chinese. For all the years I've been ordering, I've never
eaten in the physical restaurant, located on a residential street near
Hillside and Cedar Hill road.
Like many restaurants who do a large delivery business, they
have a computerized system that tracks your phone number, (until you
move or change phone numbers) they can pull up all your address and
billing information from your previous order - while some may not like
having their personal information tracked, it does make the ordering
process smooth and efficient.
We were told, as always, that the order would be 40 minutes - it
arrived in 20 min. Super fast, but so fast I didn't have time to cook
any rice. It would have been nicer if they just told me how long it was
really going to take. The delivery driver was polite and quick to get
the food in the door.
Our vegetable chow mein had many more vegetables than I had expected
including zucchini, broccoli and red pepper ($6.95). The noodles
were not too greasy and were moderately seasoned. It's worth noting
that East Garden has an extensive vegetarian list (26 items).
We had our usual ginger-fried beef ($8.95). Always a favourite, it
was gingery, with lots of vegetables and tender meat, but also
pleasantly chewy in that mysterious 'ginger-fried' way.
Ryan proclaimed the diced chicken with red dry pepper and peanuts
($9.50) his favourite dish. Good flavour, tender chicken and a notable
amount of heat from the chillies.
For a change we had the Ma Po Tofu Hot Bean Curd with minced pork
($7.50). I had seen similar things in Chinese cook books and I was
curious, but didn't really know what to expect. It was great and I would
definitely order it again. The the tofu provided nice contrast to the
rest of the dishes and the pork provided texture contrast with the tofu.
The sweet and sour pork ($8.95) is a staple of any Chinese meal eaten
in your living room. The pork was tender and hot and accompanied by the
sauce on the side, ensuring a crispy presentation.
Ryan, Patty and I all enjoyed our meal and for around $45 were all
stuffed, leaving one large portion for lunch the next day.
Value of Food: 69/100
Quality of Food: 74/100
Service: 94/100
Average score: 79/100
Reviewed:
March 13. 2006 |
