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| - Good hole in the wall Hong Kong style tea shop in the heart of north Scarborough. For those who are not familiar with HK style milk tea, it is a blend of Indian and Chinese teas designed to maximize aroma and flavour, and is meant to be had super strong, with condensed milk, also in very strong portions. You can have it iced or hot, but the flavour has to be in your face.
This is the best incarnation of HK style tea I've had in Canada. The owner apparently won a competition in HK for best HK style tea a few years back, and has been featured in the Toronto Star.
The décor is definitely old school Scarborough, meaning no frills and basic. When you walk in you're greeted by old uncles chatting in Cantonese while watching news from HK. There is a newer location in Richmond Hill, but this is the original so you get 'authenticity' with your visit. If you're dropping in though, be sure to try the food, particularly the HK style breakfast favourites. They have all the classics like macaroni and instant noodles soup, with different toppings like pork chops, ham etc...
One time I wanted the pork chop pineapple bun sandwich for breakfast but the bakery doesn't deliver the pineapple buns until later in the day so I went for a rice noodle with satay beef on top. Everything tastes as it should, with the satay sauce complementing the beef nicely and lettuce on the side.
A word of caution though: for those of you coming in expecting traditional Chinese food, or Thai style food, you won't get it here, but what you will get is a delicious tea, and a taste of HK's melding of different cultures from all around the world.
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