I’m not sure how we got onto the topic of ginger beef at Heritage Days on Saturday, but something propelled us to meet at Beijing Beijing ( 700, 3803 Calgary Trail) to satisfy a craving for the salty-sweet, deep-fried "meat".
Mack, Dickson and I went there last year after Heritage Days, so it could very much become an annual post-festival tradition. In any case, the dinner buffet was the draw, priced at $15.95 on Friday to Sundays (and $12.95 Monday to Thursdays). With around thirty items to choose from (including the salad and dessert bars), quality wasn’t the order of the day. But for picky eaters, or those who love variety, Beijing Beijing does a decent job at mass-producing Western Chinese food.
How can anyone pass up heat lamp-warmed goodness?
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Jane & Yi-Li (notice the different compositions of their plates)
My colourful (first) plate
I will admit to being partial to the crispy deep fried won tons and the saccharine sweet and sour chicken, so there was some enjoyment gleaned from my mass consumption of cheaply-prepared grub. Of course, as some meals go, it is the company and not the food that makes the meal.
Funny instances also help make meals memorable, and Beijing Beijing provided one of the best photo opportunities of late – Mack’s epic fail:
Is that ginger beef on your plate?
Greg, on the other hand, was able to chow down on a full plate of dessert, cream pie and all.
"I’d like a Blender Blaster with this."
As Megan would say, "Good times."
Beijing Beijing
700, 3803 Calgary Trail
(780) 430-7720
Only Here for the Food 
Yes it was indeed good times.
Also….that was an epic fail. I’m glad I time stamped that on Twitter….
Indeed.
This is the only place I order Chinese food from, but I’ve never actually been to it. I don’t order from it because I think it’s especially amazing food, but just ’cause it’s the only place I know of. I’m not really brave enough to try some random Asian restaurant out of the phonebook. Any suggestions for ordering Chinese food or other Asian food?