No good Cantonese restaurant in Ottawa? [Food/Vendor]

2011 Dec 12
[Originally posted as a comment under the Sea King Shark Fin restaurant.]

Why get excited about this place ? It is one of the many truly bad Cantonese restaurants in this city. It really goes down the drain on the weekends when the owner decides to pitch in and help in the kitchen. Frankly there are no good Cantonese restaurants in Ottawa. There are many reasons for this lack and I do not intend to enumerate the many reason for this sad state of affairs. Suffice to say that at the present time they all fall into two slots, bad and mediocre.

Northern restaurants come off a little better. May's and Beijing Legend offer acceptable fare. However even in this category you have none that could be considered either good or excellent.

As for Dum Sum forget it. There is no place that offers a truly authentic menu. Many like the Yangtze offer a bastardized version containing many dishes that should not appear in Dun Sum . What is offered is a tasteless fair with to much thick noodles replete with excessive amounts of fat and MSG.