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| - I love love love this place! The new Kennedy plaza is full of Asian stores, but Good Taste Casserole Rice is pretty unique! I don't think there are a lot of places in Markham, let alone the GTA that simply specialize in hot stone bowl rice dishes.
Each dish comes with soup, a veggie side dish, and a huge stone bowl with crispy rice and meat/veggie toppings. The portion sizes are also quite big. Three people can easily share two bowls and get super full.
The rice also tastes really good! The crispy parts of the edges coupled with the casserole "gravy" makes the rice really really flavourful. The spices used to marinate the meats that top the rice are also very rich and savory. Most of the meats are definitely on the salty side (ie. preserved fish, sausages, bbq eel, bbq pork, curry, olives, etc.) Despite the saltiness, the dish is well balanced with the almost pure-tasting soup and veggies.
The service here is also super super amazing! Once I had to rush for a doctor's appointment - but the casserole rice had JUST arrived (these dishes take quite some time to make obviously). So we ended up just paying the bill up front and kindly requesting the server to keep the dish warm while we were at the doctor's, and that we would promptly return to finish our meal. Despite the hecticness of the place, the owner was VERY compliant. She quickly brought the dish aside and cleaned the table so another family could sit down and be served. Within 45 minutes we returned and the server kindly greeted us, made some space for us, and gave back our casserole dish which was kept hot as promised :) (although obviously it would've tasted better if served right off the stove but we had to leave :c )
Good food + amazing service + great price point = 5 stars :D
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