{"id":12300,"date":"2017-09-22T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2017-11-24T09:05:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T17:05:02","slug":"bonus-lobster-not-worth-54th-ave-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/bonus-lobster-not-worth-54th-ave-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Lobster Not Worth It at 54th Ave Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a known fact that my mom’s got a weakness for lobster. And when she saw the ad for 54th Ave Cafe on Ming Pao, she wanted to give their special dinner set a try. The set includes any 2 dishes from the dinner menu and a whole lobster\u00a0for $58.95 before tax.<\/p>\n

The place is pretty close to Richmond, only minutes away once I get off Knight Bridge.\u00a0 It is a small restaurant in a\u00a0strip mall near Champlain Community Centre. Besides offering Hong Kong Style cafe fare, they have a full Chinese kitchen for Cantonese dish.<\/p>\n

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For the dinner set, there’s a big bowl of soup of the day brewed from pork bones and vegetables. It was a little bland.<\/p>\n

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We chose the Whole Lobster<\/strong> to be stir-fried\u00a0with onion and ginger. The lobster was small and slightly overcooked.<\/p>\n

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The 2 dishes we picked on their regular dinner menu were around $15 – $18 if ordered separately. The Chicken and Scallops Stir Fry on Gai Lan<\/strong> was in a huge portion. The flavour was okay but it was a little greasy.<\/p>\n

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The Big Prawns and Yam Noodle Knots in Clay Pot<\/strong> was recommended by the waitress, but I was a little put off with the prawns because they were in the shells and not deveined. I would be okay with prawns served with shells if they are super fresh. The sauce again was a little greasy, and it was a little bland.<\/p>\n

Both dishes were huge and we had a lot of leftovers.<\/p>\n

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The dinner set comes with dessert and we\u00a0could choose between the Sweet Tapioca Soup<\/strong> or the Coconut Milk Pudding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Offering authentic Cantonese dishes and Hong Kong style cafe fare, 54th Ave Cafe stands in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood without a lot of competitions. However their food is mediocre, and I rather venture to Victoria Drive for better Chinese food if I live in this area. The portion of the dishes are large but that doesn’t compensate the quality and greasiness. We came here for the special dinner set\u00a0 ($58.95) advertised on Ming Pao Newspaper including 2 regular dishes and one lobster. But the lobster was very small and disappointing.\u00a0 \u00a0I probably won’t come back there.<\/p>\n

Price:<\/strong> $$<\/p>\n

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