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| - Location: South-East corner on Birchmount and Lawrence, in a plaza.
Yay! Awesome food. I highly recommend checking out this place. The plaza, to the Elitist and Royalty Wannabe might be unappealing, but the restaurant inside, while having that older feel (They're all like that!) is actually pleasant, and clean. Again, only in Scarborough will you get Hakka Chinese food like this.
The lady server (seemed like the owner) was nice, attentive, and knew English well. She has a certain charm to her.
I read the reviews here, and decided to try it for a mid-week anniversary dinner. I definitely concur.
The Manchurian soup is awesome. Familiar but different. Kind of like a egg drop soup, but with shrimp and other ingregients, not as 'gooey', spicier, beefier but a tad zesty taste. See menu I scanned for prices and sizes.
The other dish we ordered was Garlic Green Beans. Nicely cooked, not too soggy, good texture. Plump and juicy.
Masala Beef was nice and peppery, with the masala taste and spice. Served with vegetables.
And finally, the Chili chicken. Almost like bits of fried chicken, with gravy on it. This was the tastiest chili chicken I've had. I still have to try other local, less known 'Hakka' restaurant staples (I have tried: Lucky's, Frederick's, Chung Moi, new on on Ellesmere and Markham)
This one, I still crave. Light, but crispy, not too salty, good spice (not too spicey though).
Everything we ordered tasted fresh to order. I recently had Lucky's Chili chicken and it tasted like it was sitting around for awhile, cooked in a big batch, and sitting under a heat lamp before being microwaved or quickly re-heated.
Also, I didn't need much Hot Sauce at all (normally a sauce monster), because the food itself was just that good.
We will definitely recommend this to friends, or take them here for any casual lunch/dinner gatherings.
I also just noticed they serve Lobster and Crab. Will definitely have to try that sometime too. Try it and give the 'established' Hakka places a break (which I think they sometimes take things for granted), by checking out this hidden gem of a place.
Kimling Indian Chinese Restaurant.
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