Showing posts with label Food: Chinese (Shanghai). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food: Chinese (Shanghai). Show all posts

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Northern Dumpling Kitchen 興隆軒餃子 review

Northern Dumpling Kitchen 興隆軒餃子

Location: 550 Hwy 7 E., Unit #52A, Richmond Hill (inside Times Square)
Phone: (905) 881 3818
Hours: Mondays - Sundays 11AM - 11PM

Hot & Sour soup (small) 酸辣湯 (小) $3.99
- YUMMY! =D


Sticky Rice (salted) 粢飯 (咸) $2.99
- it's good! =)


"drunk chicken" 醉雞 $4.99
- it's not "drunk" enough, can't really taste the alcohol taste


Pork with garlic 蒜泥白肉 $5.99
- it's ok. not bad.


Deep fried pork intestine 酥炸大腸 $6.99
- it's crispy! yummy! =D


Dan Dan Noodle 擔擔麵 $4.99
- it's a bit spicy for the ones who can't take the heat
- i think it's pretty good!


Leek & Pork dumpling (10 pieces) 鮮肉韭菜蒸餃 (十隻) $3.99
- it's ok.. but doesn't taste as good as before la.. feels like the quality is going down


Soup filled dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) (6 pieces) 小籠包 (六隻) $5.99
- it's ok, a bit too salty though..


Soya Milk (cold) 豆漿 (凍) $1.20


i forgot the english name of this (4 pieces).. 高力豆沙 (4個) $5.99
- it's yummy! =D

Grace

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Chili Secret 半畝園 review

Chili Secret 半畝園

Location: 9021 Leslie Street, Unit #9, Richmond Hill (Leslie Street & Hwy 7)
Phone: (905) 764 9119

Sweet and sour fish 糖醋魚片 $9.99
- it's pretty good! =) *like*


Sliced Pork with Garlic 蒜泥白肉 $6.99
- it's so good! =D love the strong flavour of garlic


Braised pork rib with snow pea 豬軟骨扒豆苗 $12.99
- a MUST TRY! =)
- the pork rib is SUPER SUPER tender, melts in your mouth!!
- the vegetable 豆苗 is grown in a greenhouse 溫室長大, but I don't really know the difference..


Beef roll 牛肉卷大餅 $5.99
- we ordered 2 orders of beef roll (so you see..there are 2 rolls)
- it was just okay.. but it falls apart too easily.. 一夾就散呢...


Fried cumin lamb 孜然羊肉 $10.99


Barbequed pork 招牌叉燒肉 $7.99
- the server said their barbequed pork is good, but it isn't!
- the pork is so dry and a bit hard =/


Fried rice (shrimp sauce) wrapped with omelette 蛋包蝦醬海鮮炒飯 $7.99
- it looks really cute! =)
- the fried rice is okay.. nothing really special


forgot the english name of it..江南賽螃蟹 $10.99
- it's so good!! love it =) i like to eat it with black vinegar 醋
- some kinda egg white thing...


Pork & chives dumplings 豬肉韭菜餃 (8 dumplings per order) $3.99
- it's okay...


Soup 香菇肉羹湯 $7.99
- there are mushroom, shredded carrot, pork in the soup


Grace

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A La Kitchen 阿拉 review

A La Kitchen 阿拉

Location: 21 Fairburn Drive, Unit #18, Markham (behind the First Markham Place)
Phone: (905) 946 7990

Went to A La for dinner tonight at around 8:30PM. There weren't too much people (guess it's cuz it's Tuesday & its late)

Yellow fish soup with Shanghai vegetable 薺菜黃魚羹 $9.99 (regular size - serve around 7-8 people)
- It's was not bad..

Green Onion cake 蔥油餅 $2.99
- it's not bad.

Steamed pork dumplings 南翔小籠包 (4 for $3.80)
we had 2 orders (8 dumplings).
- it was alright
- the meat inside was so-so

Pan-fried pork dumplings 鮮肉鍋貼 (4 for $3.80)
we had 2 orders (8 dumplings).
- it's pretty good

Fried egg white & broccoli 賽螃蟹 $12.99
- this is so good, I LOVE IT =D
- the dish was finished in a few minutes! Wish the portion was bigger!!
(I love to add some vinegar to it, it taste even better!!)

Braised minced pork balls with vegetable 菜芯獅子頭 $10.99
- the sauce is pretty good!
- the pork ball is yummy!

Fish fillet with sweet sour sauce 糖醋魚片 $10.99
- pretty good, but wish it's a little bit more sweet & sour
- portion is pretty small =/

Braised chicken with green onion (comes with 6 pieces of "pancakes") 木須雞 (配6片"薄餅") $10.99
- the "pancakes".... are just the one served with peking duck.. so thin and small =.="""
- the chicken was okay

Fried shanghai noodle 上海粗炒 $7.99
- it's a bit too oily.. other than that it's okay

Deep fried red bean pancakes 豆沙窩餅 $4.50
- it's not that good..
- too little red bean inside..

Deep fried egg white ball with mashed sesame 高力芝麻 (4 for $5.99)
I have tried deep fried egg white ball with mashed red bean 高力豆沙 before, but this is my first time eating deep fried egg white ball with mashed sesame 高力芝麻! They look the same, just different in the inside.
- I actually like deep fried egg white ball with mashed sesame better than mashed red bean!
- the deep fried egg white ball taste really good, strong flavour of egg and the texture is so soft & spongy 好有蛋味! 好鬆軟!
- MUST TRY! =) ** remember its with mashed sesame, not the one with mashed red bean oh**


Grace

Friday, February 3, 2012

Ding Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 review

Ding Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 (shanghai food)

Location: 3235 Regional Road 7 #18b, Markham
Phone: (905) 943 9880

Went to Ding Tai Fung for lunch today. It's so packed as usual. No empty table at all!

We ordered 2 orders of xiao long bao 小籠包, 鮮肉鍋貼, 担担麵, 紅燒牛筋麵:
Xiao long bao 小籠包 ($5.99 for 6)
The xiao long bao is big and juicy! There's a lot of soup in it. yummy!!
Pan-fried dumplings 鮮肉鍋貼 ($5.99 for 5)
The dumplings are fried just right. The bottom is crispy and the inside is juicy! good good!
担担麵 ($6.49)
The soup base is peanut butter with a bit of spicy oil. It smells good and it taste good!

Beef tendon noodle 紅燒牛筋麵 ($7.49)
The noodle was a bit hard. But the beef tendon was sooo good!! So soft, gummy, sticky! However, the beef tendon is a bit too thin.. they sliced them into thin pieces, would be better if the tendon is thicker.

Total $36.11 for 2 xiao long bao, 1 pan-fried dumplings, and 2 noodles.

Grace