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| - I had to make a stop at Pacific Mall, and figured I might as well grab a quick bite while I'm there. I punch in congee on my trusty yelp app, and bam, Sam's Congee Delight pops up.
So, I walk over to Markham village and start my search. off topic: how do you find anything in Markham Village? I couldn't for the life of me find a mall directory or something. I had to scour through the whole place before I found Sam's Congee Delight or SCD as the kids call it (I don't know if the kids actually call it that. I'm just assuming they do cause they seem to love to abbreviate everything icydk)
ok, so after finding it, here's what you need to know. it's not very big and there was a lineup. However, it only took about 10 minutes before we were seated (at around 11:30 am on a Saturday).
The Congee dishes seemed reasonably priced. approx $4-$5 a bowl. I got the Fish congee with preserved egg, while my sister got the fish congee with minced beef, and my mom got the sticky rice. We also got the fried dough wrapped in a rice noodle (I have no idea what it's called in English. zha leung in chinese).
The congee came out minutes after they took our order. It was piping hot and tasted great. Couldn't ask for anything more. The real standout was the zha leung. We saw them frying the dough fresh, and wrapping it in the noodle in the window at the front, which is why we decided to order it in the first place. It was fantastic. It was fresh, and quite possible the best I've ever had. If nothing else, I would go back just for that alone.
SCD is definitely my go to congee spot now whenever I'm in that area.
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