Dining Out: Mid-Autumn Festival Dinner at Chef 88 Elite

My mom and I went to Chef 88 Elite for our Mid-Autumn Festival dinner tonight:

Peking duck
Peking duck meat lettuce wraps
Diced beef and veggies with Maggi sauce and cashews
Braised bean curd with shiitake mushrooms and broccoli
They were overbooked and understaffed. I suppose this was to be expected — Mid-Autumn Festival is as big an occasion as Lunar New Year to Chinese people, and Chef 88 Elite is one of the most popular Chinese restaurants in Markham. Despite having a reservation, though, we still had to wait 15 minutes just for the host to return to the front, and then we couldn't even get a table inside the restaurant because they ran out of chairs. Like many others who had a 7:00 reservation, they sat us at a table outside on the patio. But it ended up being a blessing in disguise because the weather was actually really nice and it wasn't nearly as crowded. Most importantly, we had a marvelously delicious meal (I'm happy to report that their dinner menu is just as excellent as their dim sum) with enough leftovers for dinner tomorrow. 

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Chef 88 Elite Fine Dining 百樂軒海鮮酒家

Denison Centre

1661 Denison Street, Unit T1

Markham, ON L3R 6E4

(905) 604-8218