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I never would have found this amazing little place out north if not for Yelp and Devan R convincing me to try the best Hakka food I'd been missing out on at the last Elite event.
The 11 of us at this restaurant on a Tuesday night for a UYE were quickly accommodated. We let Devan order for us as he needed to prove if it really WAS the best Hakka food around, and he seemed to know what the house specialties were. And boy was he right.
Started with soup, Hot and Sour and Crab Corn Soup (or was it chicken?). I wasn't a big fan of the Hot and Sour, had a very very slight bitter taste to it, and quite unlike any soup i have had before, maybe i need to give it another try to figure out its complexity. Corn soup, is what i grew up on, and this place does it WELL. This is the comfort food of my dreams. Even better with the chilli oil.
Moving on to the main dishes, the Shrimp sizzler tasted more Indian than Chinese, even with the spring onions and crisp veggies, a bit like how my grandma makes it (her cooking is Burmese/Indian influenced). Very flavourful, perfect with plain rice.
Crispy Beef, was the highlight of the night. VERY crispy covered in just the right amount of sauce to keep it that way. Slightly sweet, I guess the closest I can describe it as is crispy teriyaki. A complete flavour explosion that the texture only enhances. Didn't taste very "beefy". In fact if I didn't know it had beef, I would not be able to tell. Tied with Shrimp Sizzler as my favourite.
Ginger Chicken - Amazing as well. Not AS crispy as the beef, bit less sweet. Great choice as well.
Peanut Chicken - felt a bit more like Thai food.. reminded me of satay. Had a gravy/sauce. Not one of my favourites.
Hakka Noodles - Wasn't too impressed with this. Your average hakka noodle dish.
Chilli Chicken - Was spicy, flavourful but unlike the stuff heavy on the ginger, garlic and sauce/gravy that I've had at many other Hakka restaurants, it had no sauce. Was super good as well.
I'd recommend trying everything with plain rice, to get the true flavour, uncomplicated by the seasoning in the noodles. I found this place a bit unusual from the other Hakka places i have tried, as it seems to have more "sweet" flavours in the dishes.Something that is uncommon in Indian cooking, and Hakka places that I've tried in the GTA. Maybe its the Szechwan coming through? Regardless, most of the food tried was awesome and incredibly flavourful and is making my mouth water as i write this.
Also the service was superb! The waitstaff has psychic abilities. Very attentive, quick, and knew what we wanted before we asked for it.
Solid 5 stars! Wish i had a car so I could go here more!
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