KESC 12 - GT Review

There was much anticipation leading up to the Golden Tower challenge of last Friday... the chance to eat at one of our favourite places in Kingsford almost coinciding with a one year anniversary of jelssie. In spite of the floods and storms there were 9 challengers, thanks to everyone who came, regulars and randoms all. Now to the review.

Golden Tower is most notable for its plastic food in the window:And it's Shan Dong chicken for $7.80:
Enough said. It's a wonderful place.

I wrote some notes but lost them, so this is the gist:

The portion sized are pretty good and they don't "fill" with noodles—there is plenty of meat and veg. Someone said something funny like "if the meal was any bigger it would be eating you". They do chinese food in bento boxes, which is nice. The shan dong was delicious, the pork dish was a little bland maybe, the noodle dishes were enjoyed. It was crowded and noisy, but that is not unexpected since it is a small room and there were nine of us! There was also a party of oldies.

The service is good, they tried to time our meals the way we requested although there was a mis-communication over how much extra it cost to have tomato rice. I have been accidentally upsold on rice there too on occasion, so be very clear about your rice order.

The value is good, $8-12 meals which are more than enough for one.

Overall, 4.2/5!

Afterwards, at Elsie's pleading, some of us went to Mochi, which does all sorts of waffles including with beef ones, also gelato and tofu pudding. We tried the gelatos and tofu pudding, but were not very impressed. They play movies and music videos though, and maybe the waffles are good, they smelled nice.