I too had a disastrous Dungeness crab experience at R&G. I didn’t get sick, but it was all but inedible. I generally recommend Great Eastern for Cantonese as being more consistently good across the menu and less expensive.
You are correct, Mr. Jiu’s is not open for lunch. For the record, it’s not as expensive as you might think if you order judiciously. My daughter and I ate quite well for $110 exclusive of drinks, T&T. Here’s my report from last Christmas:
Glad you backed me up on Montreal Chinatown for my love of its perennial lobster “festival.” Back in the early 90s one restaurant featured two whole lobsters for $13.95 CDN. At the time, the rate of exchange was about 1.6, so that was less than $9 USD. We pigged out on that trip.
Take your BIL to Li Po for a Chinese Mai Tai. Nothing hipper.
