Royale Fine Dining Banquet is one of the newer banquet
restaurants that have opened up in Scarborough. The restaurant occupies a space that once
housed a buffet restaurant and is grand enough to host many large parties
including weddings and birthday parties.
We were there for a birthday party and decided to go with
their 10-course $640.00 meal. It’s a
course that is similar to many of the typical 10 courses meals which often
includes roasted pork, lobster, chicken, rice, fish, and crab claws.
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| Shark Fin Soup |
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| Crab Claws with Roasted Almonds |
My favorite dish of the evening had to have been the Crab
Claw sprinkled with Roasted Almonds. The
almonds were roasted with a definitive aroma and covered the entire crab
claw. The presentation itself was
interesting in that a large piece of ginger was placed in the centre of the
dish. What made this dish so good was
that the almond had enhanced the flavor of the crab claws even more. It gave the crab meat texture and taste as
opposed to many of their competitors where it is just crab meat and nothing
more. That “crunchiness” made it that
much more unique and made this dish a more desirable dish to have.
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| Scallops with Vegetables |
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| Steamed Fish |
Another dish I really enjoyed was actually the last meals of
the night which were the rice and noodles.
I know one would say what a silly thing to say but despite the slight
increase in oiliness in both the rice and the noodles, they both tasted pretty
good and far better than some of their competitors. The noodles were actually immersed in some
sort of soup base while the rice had contained green onions, seeds, mango
strips and Chinese sausages. Both were
uniquely made and although these two dishes are often left as an after thought
after a ten course meal, both these dishes actually stood out for me to the
point where seconds and thirds were attempted.
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| Stir Fried Lobster |
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| Chicken |
The one dish that I thought could have used a bit more
creativity was the Roasted Chicken. This
dish in my mind was poorly presented where the chicken only occupied half the plate,
the meat was quite dry, and there were no sauces to dip the meat in. I actually found it difficult to meat as the
pieces and the meat was at a minimal and in some cases, some pieces contained
more bone than meat. It did not provide
much taste and in my mind was probably the worse dish of the evening.
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| Rice |
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| Noodles |
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| Dessert |
Overall the rest of the dishes were decent and
acceptable. There were no spectacular
dishes other than the two that I had mentioned earlier. The price was acceptable as it covered ten
people per table and included gratuity.
The price also included pop and drinks.
It would be a good place to host a wedding although it was a little troubling
to see it somewhat quiet on a Saturday evening.
Overall I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Royale Fine Dining Banquet
648 Silver Star Blvd
Scarborough, Ontario
416-299-0928
