Food and service were A+! Clean bathroom to boot. 5 - 5:30 pm only had 3 tables and one family…read morecoming in for a bubble tea. Had fried fish cakes, spring rolls, popcorn chicken, rice, two beef and tendon noodles in soup, one pork mince in noodles. My family of 4 ate everything, no leftovers.

I've been going here for like 10 years and it's always been so good! might as well give it a Yelp…read moreshoutout. I always order the garlic cucumber salad ($5.75) and bean curd skin salad ($6.25). Both always taste so fresh! The. cucumber dish is garlicy, cucumbers are crunchy, and loved the pickled sweet and sour flavours. The bean curd skin salad is heavenly. It has bean curd, carrots and edamame. It is slighly umami almost? and salty but also slightly sweet. idk but this is a MUST TRY! The pork ball noodles are also great. Noodles are firm and bouncy, soup is not too salty and i love the fried onions/garlic they add to it to give the soup more depth. It makes the broth taste richer!

Extremely unassuming little place along that great strip of Kingsway that is just loaded with…read moreterrific eateries. Expecting nothing special, we wandered in during a quiet time and ordered pork dumplings, small plate of broccoli, cold plate of spicy beef shank and tendon, fried bread stuffed with garlic chives, and a lovely bao filled with savory slices of lamb. Our server was so proud of their Dan Dan noodles that she gifted us a portion despite our protestations! Everything was absolutely delicious and had the ring of home style authenticity. We will definitely return. Ticked all the boxes! We made a video for our YouTube channel @global_feast.

Excellent Dan Dan noodles. Could be spicier though. Lamb…read moredumplings are phenomenal. Service is good and the food arrives quickly and is very hot. Small restaurant with approximately 8 tables, so it can be noisy on occasion.

Want something simple, tasty and quick? This place is a hidden gem outside Crystal Mall. Not a big…read moreplace and just a few tables but the service and turnaround was quick! The food was such a pleasant surprise! Great Taiwanese food! The beef bulgogi was a favorite but I forgot to take a photo.

This is one of my favorite restaurant to get a comforting meal. The vegetables are lightly seasoned…read moreand it's a balanced meal set. You've got the veggies, protein, more protein and carbs. The price is great for the portion. It's about $18 and you can get 10% off on their daily specials. I love the crispy chicken because it has taiwanese chicken seasoning. It's a bit salty and flavorful. It's a bit oily though. I like the tofu sauce as well because it's spicy. The rice also have some meat on top which is a nice addition to the warm bowl of rice. You also get iced tea or miso soup with the set. If the chicken is too oily for you, the miso soup is perfect to water it down. Otherwise the iced tea is a good option as well since it's black tea with a bit of sweetness. Please note that they will charge 50 cents if you use credit, but they accept debit cards.

The service was amazing and so was the food!! and incredible atmosphere and cozy vibe.read more

Contrary to their name having the word "Szechuan" in it, Kalvin's Szechuan Restaurant is actually a…read moreTaiwanese restaurant, & a very authentic one at that. - 230. Dry Shrimp with Egg Yolk Fried Rice - 218. Crispy Salt & Peppery Chicken with Noodle in Soup I've been here a few times before & highly recommend the Dry Shrimp with Egg Yolk Fried Rice! This is one of their signature dishes & they do it so well! This fried rice is unique & so perfectly flavoured with the salted egg yolk & dried shrimp bits! I also enjoyed their tasty hand-pulled noodles.

The restaurant is cute and cozy inside. Mark down your order on a piece of paper, bring it to the…read morewindow and the server will bring your food out. There is a self-serve water station. It's good value for the amount of food. Everything tasted fresh from their hand pulled noodles to their wontons and XLB made from scratch. They also sell frozen dumplings to go.

Stopped by to try their xlb and some dumplings. The restaurant is small and cozy but very bright…read moreand clean. Decorated with white chairs and white tables. We were greeted right away by a staff member and seated when a table was available such wasn't long as there was an empty around the corner. We were given menus and menu sheets to order. He didn't give us a pencil or pen but I had one. We decided to get 2 orders of xlb, wontons in chili oil, boiled pork/chives dumplings and hk style curry fish balls. If you don't order drinks there is complimentary water machine for hot/ cold water and a self serve sauce bar. Bowls are also located there. At the table are disposable chopsticks and spoons as well as napkins. After filling out the paper wifey brought it up front to the staff to fill. As we waited for the food i created my sauce. The food arrived and looked good as any dumplings should. The wonton on chili oil was tasty and I liked them. The wrap seemed a bit loose so maybe over cooked by a little bit but not a big deal breaker. The chives dumplings were yummy. Not huge but a decent reasonable size. Tasty as well and the wrapper wasn't overly thick and had a good chew. The curry fish balls were ok. Not bad but not great. The xlb were very nice. Wrapper not to thick, not thin either but acceptable thickness. Plenty of soup inside and decently tasty. The meat filling itself is also tasty. Very good meal and would go back in the area for decent xlb.

Dropped by for dinner and the place was pretty empty. They have a decent amount of seating. It's an…read moreorder at the counter, serve your own water kind of place. But they'll bring the food to your table. The soup dumplings were good. The dough was thin, but held up and the soup and flavour of the dumplings was tasty. Shanghai pan fried noodles with pork was our favourite. The noodles had a good chew and the flavour was good. It wasn't too oily and I liked the mix of vegetables and pork in it. Pan fried pork buns, although they looked small, it was a good amount. The bottoms were crisped but not too crispy and the filling was juicy. Overall, a very satisfying meal. Prices are reasonable for the portions. And you can you see them making the dumplings in the back. Although I'm not in this area very often, if I am, I'll definitely be back.

I've been coming to this place for years. No complaints about food or service, ever--until my last…read morevisit. Food quality is still ok. The service has always been slow--never knowing if your food is coming next or if it's going to the next table. Parking is a hit and miss. Such inconvenience. But all tolerated until now. I waited in line patiently for this guy to take my order and when he finally comes back to the counter to take my order, he got p*ssed that I started ordering using the numbers that coincides with the menu items. I was like, dude chill. He could've asked nicely. I have (and coworkers) always ordered using the numbers and never had any issues. I'll retract all the recommends I've been giving out to friends. You've lost my business.

I had the Seafood Curry and vegetables, wifey had pork and chicken dumplings…read more Awesome good.

I had really high hopes from all the good reviews and was excited for thick chewy noodles. Paid…read moreparking only at this mall, I think, so we managed to park elsewhere and walk here. Fried noodle with pork - very very little pork. Very little veggies as well. The noodles were super chewy and texture was great. I assumed it would be similar to the taste of the shanghai fried thick noodle since it is also soy sauce based, but instead it was so bland. I would try cumin next time but am afraid it would be equally bland Dan dan noodles - also completely bland. Not peanutty, no spices. Pan fried dumplings - i love northern style dumplings because they have a thicker skin. Unfortunately the wrapping was not a dumpling wrapping. It was a bao wrapping - very similar to sheng jian bao. I did not expect 12 baos. The bottoms were also not crispy. I think next time I'd better go with boiled dumplings. The only thing I liked was the bounciness of the noodles. However, I can get that elsewhere like the biang biang noodles at crystal mall.

Their pastries are pretty good but nothing special. I had their wifey cookie and the pineapple bun…read more The wifey cookie/bun outer layer could be more flaky. The pineapple bun was not bad. I really like how big it was and it had a generous amount of the butter sweet flaky topping.

I was sooooo excited to try this place when I saw they had 3.2 stars on yelp! For those unfamiliar,…read morethere's an unspoken belief that if a Chinese restaurant has 3 stars on yelp, they have amazing food and substandard service. I am sad to report that this was somewhat the case. Yes, the service was substandard but the food was too :( The service was pretty typical for a Chinese restaurant. The servers are doing their jobs and don't care too much about pleasantries. My main gripe is that we all felt like the food was bland (apart from the fried string beans). We had also ordered chow mein with bokchoy and beef. They had typed in our order wrong and instead a beef brisket friedchow mein came out. We told them that the wrong order came out and they tried to convince us to keep it but it wasn't what we wanted! If you are familiar with Cantonese food, beef brisket has a VERY distinct taste. Eventually they agreed to take back the beef brisket chow mein and came out 2 minutes later with the chow mein we had originally ordered. I could taste the beef brisket sauce on it still. They had just removed the beef brisket from the noodles and replaced it with beef and bokchoy. In my opinion, they should've made us a new dish as this completely changed the taste of the dish. In terms of vibes, the restaurant looks like your typical Cantonese restaurant, the inside is a decent size. I think the clientele here leans more to the older side, not many young people seem to frequent here. Overall, I will not be coming back or ordering from here again :(