
For those who don’t know, The Mandarin is a 35-year-old Canadian-Chinese buffet chain founded in Ontario. It serves relatively decent Chinese food at relatively decent Chinese food prices. Canadian-Chinese is the key—we’re talking a very whitewashed ‘ethnic cuisine.’ Not to take away from it, but you can get garlic bread there if you want. I’ve been only once as a child and I barely remember it, save finding the fishtanks infinitely more interesting than the food. That said, people LOVE the Mandarin. And why shouldn’t they? If you’re stuck out in the sticks there is no Chinatown to get "cold tea" and 5 AM dim sum. You have to work with what you’ve got, and if you’re from Ontario you can probably tell me exactly where the nearest Mandarin is.
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