Of the 25 appetizers we chose to sample the tuna tataki – fresh, sweet tuna in form of a blooming rose, surrounded by cucumber halves in a presentation with sesame seeds and scallions. We sampled fried meat dumplings lightly browned and delicious, the steamed vegetable dumplings were extremely juicy with very light flavor. The deep fried soft shell crab was heavily breaded but flavor came through.
Of the 9 soups listed, we tasted the miso, the hot and sour, the wonton and the seafood soup. Miso was light with full flavor, the hot and sour had nice, complex taste, the wonton floated in a rich broth and the seafood was shrimp, scallop, pea pods and carrots in a very light broth.
All are recommended.
A large portion of mu shu pork, assembled tableside by your server, is encased in soft pancakes and has a rich full bodied taste – excellent! This one of 8 pork dishes listed on the menu.
The 10 beef offering included yellow curry beef – very gentle medium spice (can be ordered mild or hot) with pepper, onions and carrots with white rice. Just a bit of a bite!
Sushi and sashi combination – some 13 pieces including tuna, salmon, shrimp, kani (imitation crab meat)and California roll was fresh, chilled and perfect.
The poultry list of 18 items – includes duck 3 ways – Peking, China Town style (bone in) or West Lake – boned. The dozen slices of tender duck with full flavor was immersed in a rich brown sauce with bok choy, pea pods, baby corn, carrots and onions – don’t miss this one.
Choose from 15 items on the seafood menu – we selected an old standby – shrimp with lobster sauce and were rewarded with a very fine dish with tender shrimp in a rich base.
There are 10 vegetarian dishes to choose from as well as lo meins, rice noodles, fried rice dishes plus egg foo young and chow mein plus chop suey. Also, select from 17 of the Canton garden specialties and 21 combination dinner special from this extensive Chinese/Japanese bistro.
White rice is the standard but substitute fried or brown rice as you wish.
Select from 8 sushi and sashimi dinners, 20 rolls and 14 temaki (hand rolls) for delicious Japanese cuisine. Note that the sushi bar is closed on Mondays though Canton garden is open 7 days from 11:30AM to 10PM Monday through Friday, noon to 10PM on Saturday and 1PM to 10PM on Sunday. This 200 seat restaurant is located at 500 E. Spanish River Boulevard (395-2029) with a full service bar, take out service and a limited area delivery available. This 23 year old family owned and run restaurant is a treasure – We suggest you…Go and Enjoy!