Section 3
Student: Chia Wei Chien
Student Number: 500442260
Professor: Valentina Capurri
Assignment 2
Selected BIA: Chinatown
Selected Restaurant: Asian Legend
The selection of my restaurant in China Town Business Improvement Area is called Asian Legend, where was visited at 3:20pm, Feb 16th, Monday, 2016. The restaurant locates at 418 Dundas Street West at the edge of China Town. Asian Legend has earned a reputation as one of the best restaurants who offer authentic and sizeable northern Chinese cuisines in Toronto. It is currently an expanding restaurant that has multiple franchises across the Greater Toronto Area, Niagara tour area in St Catherine, and Don Mills (Asian Legend). …show more content…
The restaurant has Dim SUM, Chinese Cold Platters, Noodles, Fried rices, Seafood and other varieties of meats. It also provides party trays and traditional Chinese desserts and beverages. According to the menu, the average price for starters are approximately 9 dollars, and 17 dollars for the entrees. Asian Legend also has combo meals, the Rice Combos, which are only available from Monday to Friday, they comes with appetizer, soup, steam Rice and iced Tea for only 10.99 dollars.
Asian Legend provides very excellent meal and personal service compare to other restaurants in Chinatown. There were approximately 30 customers in the restaurant, however, only 4 waiters were in charge during the time we visited. The service we received was marvelous. The servers first started up by introducing the types of tea that will be served, including Jasmine, Oolong and Pu Er, and the tea will be served based on customer’s preference. Most importantly, the servers was very patient and clear on explaining the menu to customers that are not familiar with Chinese cuisine. The dish were served very quickly after the orders were completed. With four dishes we ordered, they only took fifteen minutes to serve all of them to the …show more content…
Asian Legend does offer a very authentic northern China cuisine compares to other restaurants in China Town. However, the price of the meal is considered to be quite expensive for most of the students. For two people, we ordered one starter and three entrees and the bill was fifty six dollar. This amount has already exceeded my regular budget for a meal, which is fifteen dollar per meal. This explained why there were lesser students dining in at Asian Legend. Aside of its high priced menu, the services we received was absolutely