Of Chinese Food and Charity

Egg rolls and Governor Tao made room, last weekend, for Ferraris and car babes, as a local restaurant played host to the Supercars Show Mississauga.

A fleet of exotic dream cars filled up the parking lot of Summit Garden Chinese Cuisine, in an effort by owners Ken Choi and Lawrence Lo to simultaneously indulge their passion for luxury automobiles while raising funds for charity.

Among the coolest wheels on display at this Dundas St. W. and Winston Churchill Blvd., eatery were an orange scissor-doored Lamborghini Murciélago, a lust-worthy Mercedes Benz SLS AMG and a pimped-out Peel Regional Police cruiser that gave onlookers a double take. Draping accessories to all were a half dozen leggy models in outfits that, shall we say, left the sunroofs open.

Along with the car show, the afternoon event included live performances on an outdoor stage, vendor booths and kids’ activities. 

And as for matters culinary at the occasion, guests were treated to an oyster bar, a saki serving, a wine tasting and a post-show dinner worthy of the high-end machines in the lot outside. Highlights included roasted suckling pig, fried shrimp balls with honey corn sauce, and seafood soup with bamboo pith and conpoy. All proceeds raised at the affair were earmarked for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The restaurant, whose special features include a BBQ counter and VIP rooms that can accommodate up to 400 people, serves both Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine, and is headed up by a master chef who once served visiting royalty in Hong Kong City Hall.