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| - Came here on a whim because of a craving for fried rice noodle with beef (gon chow ngow haw). The place is small, but clean and bright.
We ordered two things originally: fried beef noodle with sliced beef in soya sauce, and dumpling soup. After perusing the menu some more, we also added the marinated beef noodle.
Fried beef noodle with soya sauce was good! Not too salty and not heavy on the soy sauce. There was a lot of bean sprouts and onions, more than I usually see in this dish. They were quite crunchy, which is great for the bean sprouts, but I wish the onions were cooked a little bit longer. The sliced beef was fantastic - sliced thick and extremely tender.
The dumpling noodle was great too. Dumplings were really big and you get 5 in a bowl. It's packed full of shrimp, bamboo shoots, and wood ear mushrooms. The broth is also light and not salty either. I liked how there was shredded ginger in the broth for flavour.
The marinated beef noodle was easily our most favourite. A combination of shank and brisket, each beef piece was tender and super flavourful. There's just enough spice in here to be considered spicy, but not overly. Add in some really fresh bok choy and a generous helping of thick cut noodles, this bowl was extremely satisfying.
The only thing to keep in mind is that service is a little slow. Don't expect food to come flying out of the kitchen, but you can hear everything that's going on in the kitchen so you know your food is made fresh to order.
Definitely a good place to return to for some good ol' comfort Cantonese food. Next time I want to try their congee.
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