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| - As others have mentioned, the concept is similar to Deer Garden but I find in general there are alot of noodle bars popping up around in Markham now.
Decor and service:
-Modern looking interior with booths, tables and a long bar (which you can sit as well facing out to the north). The booths are nice but they probably max out at 4 people.
-We went on a Friday night around 730 and got in with a 5 min wait for 2 people but afterwards the lineup really filled up.
-I liked the marker idea for the menu - as you use a washable marker to pick your soup, noodle, toppings and etc. Makes it easy for changes ;)
Food
-They have quite a variety of soup, noodle, topping and snack choices. It is almost a bit overwhelming at the first!
-We ordered 2 noodle combos: fish soup with rice noodles, mushroom and wonton; laksa soup with yellow noodles, chasu and taiwanese fish balls. For snacks, we got the pork chop special and taiwan chicken nuggets.
-Noodles and soups were great. I loved the Laksa flavour - a bit of spice but most coconut curry. Yellow noodles were the perfect combo. The chasu and fishballs tasted good as well. For other one, fish soup and rice noodles were a more mild flavour but still good. However, we found the portions of the mushrooms and wonton was a bit small. For the extra charge, it didn't seem like the wontons were worth it?
-Snacks - when they served it, they kinda looked a unimpressive. A small pork chop cut in to slices and a small box of chicken nuggets. However, don't let the looks deceive you - the pork chop tasted awesome! And the nuggets were a hit as well! Perhaps if they change give you a bit more that would be good but otherwise I would recommend both snacks!
-Drinks - we ordered the cold milk tea which came very fast.
In general, we liked the place and I will return to try other combos as well. If I were comparing it to Deer Garden, I may lean a little towards Deer Garden as they have more "free" toppings in their soup. But Chef Papa has a shio soup with ramen which I don't think Deer garden does.
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