Lohas is back! This new location of theirs is a lot smaller so the menu shrunk quite a bit. Must say I am quite sad they don't have a couple of my favorite menu items from their old location. When I asked the owner he mentioned it's cause their kitchen place is a lot smaller.
Mini Gua Bao ($6.95 for 3)
I personally love eating Gua baos, which are steamed buns stuffed with taiwanese braised pork, parsley, pickled vegetables and crushed peanuts. This is one of my favorite taiwanese snack. Love the flavor, really tasty! Best part was the pork belly that was served weren't too fatty - I've had ones from other places that served essentially a whole chunk of fat but the ones here had a good balance between the fat and pork meat.
Popcorn Chicken rice ($9.95)
Portion was decent, quite a lot of pieces of popcorn chicken. It was nice and crispy, a bit light in the seasoning and flavor but still good. I like how they served purple rice, not an authentic taiwanese style but it's healthier.
Pickled Vegetables and Minced Pork Noodles ($7.95)
I personally thought the minced pork meat was a little bland and not strong enough in flavor. Was tasty but I would have preferred it stronger in flavor. Decent portion, there were a lot of noodles but also enough meat and veggies to go with it all mixed up.
There were some other appetizers that I want to come back and try. I will admit I am a little bias though since I've been following this couple that opened the original store for more than 10 years - from Times square to First Markham Place, and now to Langham place.