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Matsuya is owned by two ladies who used to work at New City before their management changed. Despite the name, it is a HK style cafe restaurant foremost, with some Korean and Japanese elements to some popular HK style dishes.
I went here twice during my recent visit, once for lunch and once for happy hour. There's not really a lot of food options during those times, though AFAIK there's more options for dinner.
The first time I had the sliced pork belly ramen, and the second time I had the grilled pork chop in soup with Korean instant noodles. I found the ingredients for both items to be really good, but their noodles were overcooked both times. Obviously nothing compared to their Japanese and Korean counterparts, but for less than $10 it did its job.
Iced lemon tea also reminded me of New City in the past couple of years; the first time it was really good, the second time they didn't use high quality tea.
Service can be slow here. The first time it took almost 20 minutes for my order to come out, but the second time was faster.
The Northeast area of Markham is lacking in HK style cafes, so overall this place is a welcome addition. Definitely won't say it's the best in the city though, but a good neighbourhood cafe nonetheless.
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