Tender Trap Restaurant

Not the traditional experience. The Staff is friendly, the Service is fast and the prices are fair, but the food isn't necessarily what you'd expect (explanation below). Our order contained BBQ pork wonton soup, vegetarian egg rolls, Tender Trap fried rice (also known elsewhere as house, special or Yeung Chow fried rice), honey garlic spare ribs and General Tao chicken.

The soup has a dark, slightly orange broth that has a strong fragrance of BBQ? and thick square chunks or pork. Definitely not the clear broth with thinly sliced BBQ pork and a few veggies that I'm accustomed to in other parts of the city.

The egg rolls where fine but nothing special, would have preferred if they had some meat in them since the spring rolls are also vegetarian.

The rice was quite tasty, I really enjoyed it. It's a bit darker and slightly oilier than what I'm used to but very good nonetheless.

The honey garlic spare ribs are breaded and in a thick sauce, which really threw me off. I haven't had spare ribs like since Ho Lee Chow was still around so I was not expecting that. The menu doesn't mention they're breaded. Not my thing, but I'm sure other will enjoy them.

Finally, the General Tao chicken was a bit heavy on the breading and not hot at all. The brocoli that came with it was a very nice touch and I really liked that but IMO, it still needs a bit of peppers and onions.

Overall it was an okay experience and I will definitely give them a try for other dishes, but it will unfortunately not be my first choice for chinese food.

Excellent food, a great amount of veggie and meat per dish. Rice is included. From take out to dine in, food are percise cook to perfection. Lovely staff. Simple and delicious.

Place smells like a thrift store other than that food was great. Tried the chilli fried tofu dish ????

The food is amazing. 80% of the business is take away...so the food is amazing and piping hot. The bathroom was also stellar clean...

Despite the funny name, Tender Trap serves hot, fresh Chinese take-out in a down-to-earth location. The food is always hot and tasty, albeit occasionally salty. The chicken balls are top-notch!