Oh wow, I can't believe it's been this long since I was first at Mamatsu!…read more TL;DR: It's still great. The dan dan noodles had a great peanut flavour, with some chili oil heat, and it was a fantastic deal at $11 for the bowl! My wife's coconut mango chicken ($13) had a lovely sauce with the smooth and rich coconut milk and the sweet mango, and tender pieces of chicken. Chicken lettuce wraps ($10) were a fun and filling app, with pops of crunch from the carrot and and a lightly salty and savoury sauce.

Overall Rating: 3.5 stars Dan Dan Noodle…read more3.6/5 A bit too salty to my taste, probably because of too much sauce given. The noodle was thin noodle. There were peanut butter in the sauce so be careful if you're allergic. The pork is fried, well-cooked. Pad Thai 3.3/5 The noodle was too soft and the chicken was dry. Loved the peanut though, quite crunchy

Great little hideaway cafe. Soup and sandwich were the call. Tasted great with great service.read more

New owners when we went for lunch. The soup was good but the rest of the food was nothing special…read more Service was ok. Ambience was ok

From the outside it just looks like a plain store amongst other small stores in a little strip…read moremall. Inside is also not that impressive. You can see the partial kitchen through the front counter and a man was busy cooking, with a large doner kebab slowly spinning. For me, this was all promising. There were enough people coming in for take outs, mostly doner I'm guessing it's easier for people to eat when they are running around or busy. There was a young man manning the counter and he also was a server. He was polite and helpful. We really enjoyed the food! I am from Philadelphia, and we go crazy over a Lebanese restaurant, Saad's (esp in West Philly). I am going to say something that will get me attacked. This Maple Cedar exceeded Saad's! The flavour was spot on, nothing was greasy, everything tasted fresh. If I lived here I would probably eat here often.

One of the benefits of living in your hometown for the first time in basically 20 years is that you…read moreget to try out the restaurants you don't have the chance to on quick visits when you're mostly hitting hold favourites (re. stuffing my face full of Pictou County-style pizza). When my wife and I found ourselves looking for a quick dinner on early on in the week when fewer restos are open, we made our way over to Maple Cedar. Having come from Ottawa, which in addition to being the national capital of the country is also the shawarma capital, it was a bit weird how few shawarma places there are in the area. The menu leans in a mostly traditional Middle Eastern direction, although they do have pizza, donairs and garlic fingers too. We went with the shawarma ($15) and falafel platters ($15) for dine-in. It was nice to see a flow of customers, despite it being a Tuesday, and our food was in front of us in good time. My shawarma platter had thick pieces of chicken on top of a bed of savoury rice. I would have liked to see a mix of white and dark meat and some crispy bits, but it still had a nice, rich flavour and was moist and tender. Of note, the garlic sauce had more of a aioli-like texture than toum normally does. It tasted fine, but this would anger Lebanese friends of mine. The falafel platter had a generous serving of eight of the crispy chickpea fritters. The platter's composition made it a sort of build-your-own wrap, with sides of tomato, shredded romaine, pickled turnip and tahini with pita. We found the tahini a bit bland, but the falafel were spot on and not at all greasy. A container of baklava ($10) that we took home was flaky, savoury and sweet, and had the most noticeable flavour of orange/rose water I've ever had in baklava. On a return visit, I went for something quick and easy to-go, the large shawarma wrap ($11). After a short wait after a few others, I had my shawarma and classily ate in my car. It had a lovely and crisp exterior from the griddle/sandwich press, plus more traditional ingredients than most shawarma places - chicken, toum, pickled turnips and the clincher - fries. No salad in these bad boys! If they had a better toum, it would be a front runner for the best shawarma wrap that I've had in the province. Maple Cedar may have a broad menu to appeal to a smaller customer base that's less familiar with Middle Eastern food than big markets, but they're still doing right by their culinary origins.

Great home cooked food! Cashier was friendly and helpful and the breakfast was delicious!read more

I have eaten at a lot of greasy spoons and small places that turn out to be the best steak, burger…read moreor that special place that's just like grandma made. This is no such delight. This is an average place with an all day breakfast.

Had lunch at this diner in New Glasgow NS…read more The diner is not fancy but the staff are friendly and the food is fresh. I enjoyed the pan fried haddock with coleslaw, veggies and fries. There are daily lunch specials and daily dinner specials. There is free parking in front of the restaurant.

The big breakfast is magnificent. Any food of theirs is a great choice. My parents and I go every…read moretime they visit me. The people make you feel like family and always go above and beyond while serving you. There is always more than enough seating but on a busy day even they are worth waiting for a table , I promise. It's a very comfortable and friendly place to eat. Afforardable too.

While Joe Chow's has been in New Glasgow for as long as I can remember, it was only in my 40th year…read moreon this earth that I darkened their doorway. What can I say, we were a Ming's and Dragon Bowl family! The restaurant is just about everything you'd expect an old school, Chinese-Canadian restaurant to be. Vaguely oriental script on their sign? Check. Wood paneling? Check. Heavily boomer clientele? Check. That's not to slag any of those things (well, maybe the latter...). Restaurants like this, and ones that my own grandparents ran, were trailblazers in bringing new foods and flavours to palettes across Canada, from the biggest city to the smallest towns. I've had my fair share of takeout out from Joe's, but I wanted to get their food fresh from the kitchen. Chinese may do better as takeout than some other foods (I'm looking at you French fries), but everything is better when it hasn't been steaming itself in a plastic container. We got a hefty order considering it was just my wife and I, but such is the way of things! The meal started off with their pan fried dumplings, which seemed more like pan fried wontons, but they worked - crispy edges and something resembling chili crisp for dipping added sweetness and spice. For a Chinese place, their menu is oddly bereft of pork other than the de rigueur spare ribs and BBQ pork noodles and rice, so we went with the latter for our rice dish. It was a solid iteration of fried rice, with little else than the desired protein in it, but it hit the right notes. Fried rice is like pizza in that it's hard to have a bad version of it, but it's equally rare to have a really memorable one. Our favourite dish of the evening was definitely the hot and thick noodles (oh, grow up). For the namesake hotness, you can chose the degree of spice and we went with the middle of the road 3 out of 5. The broad noodles had a little hit of wok hei to them, which along with the moderate spice made for a nice flavour profile. Chicken, eggs, bean sprouts and julienned carrot fleshed out the dish, and the chicken was quite tender and distinctly *not* overcooked and dry. To bring *some* vegetables to the meal, our final dish was the almond guy ding. The mix of baby corn, carrot, onion, water chestnut, broccoli, chicken and almonds may not have tipped the scales on this being a "healthy" meal, but it was a deftly cooked and kept out plates from being completely brown. Joe Chow's is a relic in all the best ways - a testament to hard-working people that made a life for themselves and shaped the communities they set up in, and who still take pride in putting good food on people's plates.

Very efficient staff, small location, service oriented. Great food choices, well run business even…read moreunder busy circumstances.

What a great little restaraunt! Deb is incredible but, don't let her get you to try the dandelion…read morejelly unless you are prepared to buy it. It's delicious! Home made bread and hamburger buns made our lunches extra good. My husband ordered the hot turkey sandwhich and fries. Deb delivered it to him in minutes. This heaping plate of delicious lunch was served with a cute quip from Deb. "Get to work." Great place I hope to get back there soon!

What a great gem! I come with a LOT of requirements. I need a gluten-free place without a lot of…read morefragrances. Not only did Deb hit the nail on the head, but she offered hilarious stories of entertainment! The wall art for sale provided loads of laughter while we waited for the absolutely delicious food. Then we left with homemade bottled goodies, and an invite to join their Thursday night Bingo game since we are spending the week at the local Smith Rock Chalets. The Eggs Benedict was the best my husband had ever had. Not GF for me, but me homemade meal of corned beef and cabbage made my week!!!

Visited this restaurant in New Glasgow NS. It is located in the downtown area…read more We were seated promptly. The service was great as was the atmosphere. We enjoyed the cauliflower appie and the seafood chowder and teriyaki bowl.

Having been back in New Glasgow for a few months now, we've started to cycle through more…read morerestaurants, after hitting old favourites and new-to-us spots fairly thoroughly. A return(s) to East Avenue was inevitable, and certainly looked forward to. It has to have one of the most beautiful restaurant interiors in northern Nova Scotia - exposed brick, soaring ceilings, and walls dotted with paintings by local artists. For our first visit of 2023, I had the Tamis anghang ($20). Filipino for "sweet and spicy", this is a slightly fancier, single-serving version of sweet and sour chicken. Replacing the cloyingly-sweet sauce at most Chinese-Canadian restaurants, East Ave's Thai chili sauce is much more balanced, with a light punch from the hot pepper that livens up your taste buds but won't scorch them. The chicken was cooked with a deft hand, and the crisp batter held up until the last bite. My wife's duck ragu gnocchi ($29) was a hearty meal, with an impressive amount of rich, shredded duck and fluffy sweet potato gnocchi. If that wasn't enough, shredded parm added even more umami. The sauce was a bit thin and served overly generously, which made the dish a bit soupy, but was otherwise quite delicious. Bonus points for this dish and many others having gluten-free options! They had an impressive crowd for a Tuesday evening and that plus a very large group that came in just after us seemed to make for somewhat uneven service. A return visit had us targeting their patio, sadly one of the few in the non-Pictou towns of Pictou County. Step it up people! We just wanted some mid-afternoon snacks, so we went for a couple appetizers. The fried sweet chili cauliflower ($15) was a tasty app. The mild crunch of the cauliflower gave further crunch to the crisp coating, which did wilt under the slathering of sauce. Said sauce did have a bit more bite than most sweet chili sauces out there, but it won't have you breathing fire. Our kale Caesar salad (side size, $10) was a bit on the healthier side than our deep fried app, and pleasant departure from the standard formula. The mix of kale and romaine paired the strengths of both greens, while chickpeas and tomatoes brought added couloir, flavour and texture. And don't worry, there was still bacon, shaved parm, and a hearty dose of dressing. East Avenue continues to put out generally great food in a killer atmosphere (both inside and out), and I love how much this new business has brought and added to the food scene in the area.