30/01/2021 Fei says he s tried a lot of dishes on the menu, but some are not that good. Photo credit: Getty
A Chinese restaurant in the Canadian city of Montréal has been praised for its brutally honest menu descriptions.
AuntDai s owner Feigang Fei would rather the customers enjoy their meals, than serve them something not authentic . I don t want to get people disappointed, Fei told
As It Happens host Carol Off. A lot of people want to be the best and we are simply not the best. That s a fact. We just try to be a little better every day.
A Rare Menu That Tells the Truth: The Pork? Greasy. The Beef? Meh.
A Montreal restaurateur’s self-lacerating style has drawn worldwide attention, perhaps striking a collective chord of humility in the pandemic.
Feigang Fei’s Montreal restaurant, Cuisine AuntDai, got a welcome lift this month after a tweet about his bluntly honest online menu went viral.Credit.Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times
Jan. 29, 2021
MONTREAL Feigang Fei doesn’t like to boast about the orange beef at his restaurant in downtown Montreal. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t much like it.
“Comparing to our General Tao Chicken, this one is not THAT good,” reads the description on the online menu of his restaurant, Cuisine AuntDai, under a glossy photo of the deep-fried beef. “Anyway, I am not big fan of North American Chinese food and it’s your call.”
Leah Asmelash, CNN • Updated 25th January 2021
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(CNN) Feigang Fei, owner of Cuisine AuntDai in Montreal, wants to be honest with you.
The orange beef? Not very good, especially compared to the restaurant s General Tao Chicken. But Fei isn t a big fan of North American Chinese food anyway, so, It s your call.
And the sweet and spicy pork strips? Well, Fei has high expectations. It was one of his favorites in China. Since I have so high expectation on this dish, I am not a huge fan for our version, to be honest, he states bluntly.
All this is listed on the online menu for AuntDai, which serves a variety of traditional and non-traditional Chinese dishes, with each item including a few lines of commentary from Fei. When Kim Belair, a writer, posted the menu to Twitter last week, Fei s descriptions quickly blew up, with tens of thousands of people enjoying his words.
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Hasn t it been heartening to see our hospitality venues so busy over the summer?
We know they needed it after all the issues and losses over lockdown, and let s hope they can continue to flourish. And how good is it that there are some new ones popping up as well?
I was talking with friends last week and comparing some of our local restaurants.
We had similar thoughts about some locations, but then had opposing thoughts on others.