I've been craving for Indian-Chinese food (Also known as Hakka Cuisine or Desi Chinese) since I came to Montreal and was surprised that these kinda restaurants are almost non existent here. Browsing through pages on yelp I found a review of Salateen by Montreal Yelp CM, the awesome Risa D. It said that Salateen does offer Desi Chinese food. So off I go to the Parc & Jean Talon area. Located just a block away from Parc Metro is Restaurant Salateen. Looks like any other Indian restaurant in the Parc area. Nothing special. The Ambiance..... Its a dining hall with 10 tables, a tv that's playing some south asian stuff......But you are at an Indian restaurant in the Park and JT locality. If you are here I assume that you are here for the reasonably priced food, period. The place looks clean. That's what matters. The Salateen menu has 2 sections. Indian food & Desi chinese. I haven't tried the Indian menu as my intention was to go for Hakka menu. So I ordered Chicken Manchurian, Schezwan Chicken, Veg fried rice & Chicken Noodles. Honestly I was expecting the food to be mediocre as this was the only restaurant that serves this kinda food and there's no competition in the city. I was WRONG. The food was delicious. The Manchurian was very flavorful & the Schezwan had a nice zing to it. Fried rice was good. Its not the regular fried rice you get at Chinese places. This is made with Basmati rice. So its very fluffy and has a nice aroma. The Noodles were good. A bit greasy, but in a good way. Definitely worth a visit.
Food - Really Good
Service - Ok
Ambiance - Place looks Clean
Worth the money - Hell Yeah