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| - This newly opened Woodstone is different from their previous: completely different take as it is now a higher end Hong Kong cafe style restaurant. The menu is quite condensed, and they have your typical porkchop with tomato sauce on rice, Portuguese chicken rice, spaghetti bolognaise etc. They also have breakfast and afternoon tea and a handful of vegetarian options.
Food - I come here often because of the convenience of the location (not many hk cafes nearby), but I would give the food 3/5 stars at most. The baked items are rather heavy, though flavourful. I quite enjoy their minced meat with potatoes on rice dish, but a bit too many carbs on one dish lol their afternoon tea options are rather limited, with their piggy bun bread to be slightly hard and inedible sometimes. I do enjoy their grilled chicken with toast and potatoes and egg as a lighter option, but the chicken steak is very small (approximately an actual portion of meat that one should consume lol)
Specific dishes
Curry - 2/5 I find the curry to be watered down, or lack of salt. The beef brisket was nice and tender though.
Whole chicken appetizer - I would give this dish a 4/5. A bit pricy and longer wait but the outcome is a juicy whole chicken with a spicy sauce that makes you want seconds.
BBQ pork - 2/5 wouldn't recommend as it is expensive and nothing special, not worth it
Spaghetti bolognaise - 3/5 a good one, not amazing, but one of their better dishes
Macau style udon with beef - 2/5 felt like eating regular beef brisket with udon, nothing special.
Portuguese chicken rice - 3/5 they added shredded coconut which makes the dish too sweet. They also add olives which gives the dish a good amount of saltiness but the flavours don't mix.
Overall I don't mind the food, but for their price, the portions are slightly smaller than it's competitors in Markham. Customer service is decent, but my orders have been incorrect a few times while I've been there. Food portions are also inconsistent.
I give it 3 stars because of convenience and decent flavours of the dishes.
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