Bensons Restaurant Review

Today I once again ignored the part of my brain that keeps telling me I have been going out to eat way too often and decided to tag along for team lunch. The venue this week was Bensons Restaurant at 641 Colombo Street. The front is bright yellow and the inside is very modest although they did have those cool spinny tables which is enough to impress me. The menu was in English and Chinese but the specials were only in Chinese. The waitress was very nice and spoke good English, but it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because we had a Chinese-speaker in our group.

We started with a nice big bowl of chicken and corn soup. It had lots of flavour (unlike some watery varieties I have had in the past) and there were even pieces of real shredded chicken. I also tried one of Lee’s dumplings. It was delicious and the meat inside was tasty and saucy. I just wish I hadn’t accidentally stuck it to my napkin before I ate it. For my main course I ordered the honey BBQ pork with rice. It came out on a huge plate with steamed rice and bok choy. The bok choy added a nice bit of colour to the meal and was fresh and crispy. The pork was tender and the honey sauce added a nice touch of sweetness. I almost managed to finish the whole thing and I was definitely satisfied at the end.

The people in our group ordered a wide variety of dishes and everyone seemed to enjoy them. I got the most food envy from looking at the hot and sour pork and the pork cutlet. I guess today was a pork loving day for me. The service was very fast considering we were a rather large group.

On my way out I made an impulse buy of some type of milky tea in a carton. I don’t know exactly what it was but it tasted good. The total cost was a very reasonable $12. Hopefully I will have a chance to go back because it was great food at a great price.