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| - I went for an early lunch with my parents at Wonton Chai Noodle recently. Their specialty, you guessed it, is wonton noodle soup. They do it well indeed!
I got the "noodle in soup" with 2 toppings ($6.50). I chose shrimp wonton and sliced beef for my toppings and egg noodles for my type of noodles. My dad also had the "noodle in soup" but had 3 toppings ($7.50) - shrimp wonton, dace fish balls and beef brisket and egg noodles. My mom had the "lo mein" with 2 toppings ($7.50) - shrimp wonton and beef brisket.
I liked my soup. I got 3 huge shrimp wonton. The wontons were quite possibly the largest wontons I've ever seen. They were almost bursting with shrimp filling. Each wonton contains 1 large whole shrimp surrounded by ground up shrimp. The wonton wrapper was nice and thin. The wontons here are fantastic! The sliced beef, while plentiful was rather chewy. I liked that the meat was lean and not fatty, but it was too chewy for my liking. The egg noodles were thin traditional wonton soup style noodles. They were nicely cooked. The broth was flavourful and not too salty or oily. I would have liked it if I had some vegetables in my soup. The pictures on the menu show some greens in the noodle soups, but I didn't receive any.
My parents both enjoyed their meal. They too commented on the deliciousness of the shrimp wonton. My mom's meal came with some Chinese greens. I guess that's why the lo meins are more expensive than "noodle in soups." I mean they seemed to me like basically the same thing except the lo mein has the broth on the side while the "noodle in soup" has in all in one bowl. Maybe it's because they have to wash an extra bowl.
Anyway, service was not the friendliest, but they were very quick and efficient. No one was rude, they just didn't smile or seem warm/friendly and it seemed like they wanted to get us in and out as fast as possible. If I were paying big bucks here I would have been offended, but since our meals were so cheap, I found their behaviour amusing. We had our meals less than 10 minutes after we ordered.
The restaurant is a casual eatery with not much décor to speak of. They have a place in the corner where you can help yourself to water or tea. All beverages are served in Styrofoam cups - I'm not a huge fan of this for many reasons (environmental, health, etc.), but whatever. There is a sign that says if you use more than 1 cup a person, they will charge you $0.25 per additional cup (?!), so yeah, I guess if you drink tea and then want water, you either have to pay $0.25 or use the same cup.
After you're done, you have to go to the cash register to pay.
The restaurant is in a strip mall. There's lots of free parking.
I would come back for the shrimp wonton soup for sure!
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