3.5 stars
When I first heard the name of the restaurant, I thought it was a spin off of Lee or a collaboration of some sort hahaha.. but I was wrong :p
Lee Chen has a classy yet traditional interior with wooden furniture and decors. It brings me right back to Shanghai (I just came back from Asia!) and I am curious to try our Canadian version.
Service was great :) Very courteous and attentive. Waiter automatically speaks to me in mandarin, but I appreciate that they can switch back to English unlike in Shanghai (my mandarin barely passed in Asia hahaha...)
Food was good. Xiao Long Bao (soup dumpling) definitely can't compare to the ones in Shanghai but it was decent but a bit smaller in size.
Almond fish was thin, did not have much fish meat but it was pan fried and completely coated with sliced almonds. If you love almonds, you'd love this dish!
Shanghai soup noodles was really good :) The texture of the noodles was chewy which I love very much... kinda reminds or of hor fun (thin rice noodles).
Shanghai garlic bok choy was delicious. Simple dish but I enjoyed it very much. Plus, I haven't been eating much veggies during my meat-eating Asia trip lol... so this was really nice!
Tang yuan in sweet wine soup had my favourite black sesame tang yuan (glutinous balls)! Normally in this particular dish, the tang yuan is served without a filling and is much smaller. This dish has fermented rice in it too... so you can get full from it lol. I think I would enjoy the tang yuan in clear soup than in their version of wine soup.
Overall, very pleasant meal :) Be sure to get your fortune cookie on your way out! (We took one on the way in too hahaha!) My fortune said I am a very wise person lol. #justfotlaughs
P.S. This is the 100th review for Lee Chen, weeeeee :D