"It's been quite a Journey learning of Hakka cuisine in the Toronto scene. It's amazing to realize how little I knew/know of this Hakka Indian-Chinese offering. This being said, I'm sure there are even more people that know even less than I do or not at all. Some people will love it and other dislike it, while as for myself... \n\nI can definitely feel myself being bias without initially realizing it and it is simply because this cuisine is confusing to myself as a Chinese descendant. We're probably looking/dissecting for that Chinese element and flair in every dish while not understanding this is not Chinese food but rather it's own distinctive cuisine, Hakka Indian-Chinese. \n\nTo see the brilliance of this cuisine is to see it in the eyes of the people of this culture and the people that frequent Hakka Indian-Chinese restaurants. To breakdown each part of the Hakka, Indian, Chinese individually and then assemble it back together to make it altogether something unqiue, unfamiliarly-familiar if you will. 2.5'd\n\nIt's just very unfortunate that I've figured that when I break the dish down to it's particles, that I know the reason for my natural personal MEH for this cuisine at no fault to the cuisine itself. Factors such as deep-frying, overly starched Soups/Sauces, orange/brown colored monotone presentation, hot spices. Just as where I cannot force someone to love Stinky Tofu nor Duck Tongue, I have a preference for some Hakka Indian-Chinese dishes over majority of others. \n\nChicken Pakora - Love that spicy Chimichurri-esque dipping sauce(+0.5 Star). The Tandoor spice on the Chicken gives the Croquette a darker tinge than other places but at the same time less flour-coated due to the smaller size. I like the juiciness and spiciness.\n\nChilli Chicken(Gravy) - Bland starchy Gravy doesn't give much to the lightly floured deep-fried Chicken. I still don't understand why they call this Chili Chicken when no hint of spice was there. This looks more Canadian-Chinese if I wasn't in a Hakka restaurant. \n\nManchurian Noodle - First experience with this dish and basically felt like it was a version of Shanghai Fried Noodle with the distinctive Indo spice. See what I did there? Refer to Chinese again, my bad! Give me time... \n\nManchurian Vegetable Egg Fried Rice - First experience with this dish, so you already know by NOW what I'm going to say so peace out."^^ . "1"^^ . . . "3"^^ . . "2011-02-01T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ .