This is a classic Markham food court spot for cheap, delicious eats. There's a reason it's been…read morehere for decades. Yan Can Cook is known for their giant menu filled with the classic Chinese dishes you crave from Yeung chow fried rice, to tender beef brisket noodle soup/rice, to sweet & sour pork rice, and more. But what I remember most about this spot is growing up eating their Chinese "snack time" foods. I'm talking bean sprout chow mein, shredded chicken soup (with red vinegar drizzled on top!), soy sauce rice noodle rolls, and their huge fish siu mai. Even with rising food prices, you get a lot of bang for your buck. The chow mein was LOADED to the brim! This spot will always hold a special place in my memories - and I highly recommend visiting it (especially because compared to the BBQ pork lines, you'll get your food a LOT faster).

Yan Can Cook is a real hidden gem in the Markham First Place's food court. Everyone comes here to…read morewait in lines for the two famous Cantonese BBQ vendors and underestimates the vendor in the middle of them. In my humble opinion, Yan Can Cook isn't worse than them. It has a variety of different Hong Kong street foods that I was wondering how do they prepare such a huge menu in that small kitchen. I ordered curry chicken rice and shumai. The amount is big with pretty affordable prices. My favourite part of this restaurant is that most dishes are cooked after you order! That gives them a tremendous advantage! Next time, don't wait in lines for the BBQ, come and enjoy other authentic Hong-Kong-style dishes.

This review is mainly because over the years sadly this location has gone down in service and food…read morequality. Don't get me wrong there are still some dishes that are tasty but it's hit and miss now. The portions are not as consistent as before and some of the managerial staff are less than helpful when it comes to customer service. On a Friday night in summer this place should be full!!! Like the surrounding restaurants and in the past I'd say it would have been but now, it was empty during peak time. Which is so sad because this used to be one of our favourite spots. The mushroom soup was watery and tasteless. Some dishes have more veggies than meat ratio. The curry peanut chicken was also watery not as thick as I'm used to seeing a Thai peanut curry. Coconut rice didn't have much coconut flavour almost felt like it was just coconut cream instead of water but nothing else. Just overall sad to see. I hope things change cause I'd hate to see this place continue to decline but the proof is in the pudding something isn't working for them to be empty in the middle of summer rush dinner time. Hope this helps. The main problem here is the food is not consistent. And the service from management is a little snarky. Side note though their crispy fish still is amazing so if you only go for that totally worth it!

The first thing I noticed about the space is that the interior is quite beautiful. It boasts dark…read morewalls, light seats on the booth and beautifully ornate gold treasure-like pieces along the wall and glass shelves. It is reminiscent of a museum that pays homage to thai culture in a very classy way. Our server was extremely friendly as she listened to our spice requests and emphasized that our food will be cooked to the way that WE desired. My partner and I ordered the Green Curry with Beef (with a side of rice) and the Chicken Ayam Curry (Malaysian style). In addition, we settled for a vegetarian spring roll appetizer with the sweet and spicy sauce. Due to a promotion, that spring roll was actually complimentary which was a pleasant surprise! The vegetable spring rolls were large but cut in half to resemble four mini rolls. It tasted good with the sweet and spicy sauce, but the inner veggie filling was piping hot (be careful, almost burned my tongue!). The curry portions were quite generous - especially the Green Curry which came in a bowl that was the size of a medium salad bowl! It was creamy and flavourful. The Ayam Curry was extremely savoury and the chicken was so soft. Instead of the creamy viscosity of the Green Curry, it harboured a thick, sauce-like consistency. It paired so wonderfully with the lightly toasted and buttered roti. It was so delicious that I ordered another! If I had to choose one to recommend, it would be the Ayam Curry. Savoury, delicious, flavourful and unique! Note: the only parking nearby is street parking along Avenue rd which may be paid (I commuted to the location).

Friendly staff, great service, and amazing food when fresh. Highly recommend the General TSO…read moreChicken and broccoli beef--was pleasantly surprised they use striploin. Solid spot!

It's time I order the fried rice, the thin noodles, and a chicken dish and the long beans and the…read morefood was terrible! I was not and I will probably not order from them again!

What do you do when the service is five stars but food is meh you give a two star review! So went…read morehere on a chilly evening with full on hakka cravings. We were a group of 8 people. Went in got seated immediately and the order was taken promptly. The food arrived in a short time. We pretty much ordered everything. Starting from the dry beef chili in two different sauces recommend by our server. Both were a 4/10 so so chewy and dry almost felt like we were eating beef jerky. The noodles and rice both lacked flavor and veggies both would be a 6/10. The chicken was so so a 5/10. The only winners of the night were the chili fish and the hot and sour soup. The portions are huge and the service is mind blowing our server kept checking on us constantly. There is plenty of parking outside. The restaurant is clean. Pricing is pretty much like all the similar restaurants. They do have good lunch menu if you are wanting to try combos instead of getting single entrees.

we often see posts of aesthetic food like egg sammies with drizzled condensed milk or milk teas…read morewith bears in it - great for social media and hype but how quickly before people find out your quality is trash? A plate of Shanghai noodles, chicken pakora, chilli beef and fried rice at any Hakka restaurant will remind you that Chinese food doesn't have to be pretty to blow your mind. Best Cantonese restaurant? Congee queen. Is it aesthetic and filled with skinny kids with DSLRs? No. But it's bussing everynight. Let's end these hype restaurants and show what is actually due. A good bench press with no more skinny kids.

Food is delicious Service was wonderful…read more Ambiance good Very happy I stopped in for a quick dinner!

Got the chicken friend rice and general Tso's chicken…read more The fried rice was okay. Not great on its own, had to add soy sauce to it for some flavor. They didn't have chili oil just hot sauce :/ I found this strange for a Chinese restaurant. I was skeptical about ordering a deep fried dish but I went for it anyway. Honestly, what a scam.. it's 95% fried batter and then a tiny piece of chicken inside, some of the pieces didn't even have any chicken. I ended up biting into the pieces to see if there was chicken inside and everything in the attached picture is fried batter!! I'm not vegetarian so this was pretty annoying to eat, I just threw it out. I've never had this happen before: Its a rip off. Pro - food packaging was good, spill proof ...

If you want Vietnamese noodles and rice in an efficient restaurant with no surprises, this is the…read moreplace. They have been very good for a very long time! If you a single person or a larger group no problem. And the menu is in English too. Just write down the number and ur all good (for my non Chinese writing friends). Give it shot if you are in Scarborough.

I used to come here a lot before but haven't been here in quite some time. I came here with my…read morefamily on a Saturday evening around 6pm since we were in the area. We ordered the Pan Fried Balacan Beef w/Noodle and a Vermicelli with two items - lemon grass chicken fillet and Vietnamese spring rolls. When we got our food, I guess I was too hungry that I didn't notice the spring rolls were missing from the vermicelli until my kids asked me. Thankfully I hadn't started eating yet so I notified one of the waitress. She apologized for the mistake and she quickly checked with the kitchen. She came back with two spring rolls and apologized again. Overall the vermicelli tasted great. However the beef with noodles was a bit too salty. We usually don't order something like this at a Vietnamese restaurant however my kids wanted it so we just got it.

It's a fast food shop selling fried rice, noodles and fried dishes. The price is very attractive,…read more$7.99 for beef noodle and 4 dish with 2 box of rice is $45. The food taste is ok esp for rush mom to feed a family. I cannot ask more with this price. Cashier is very friendly and it only took 10 mins to complete the order in non rush hour. There is lots of parking in the mall. Washroom is next to this restaurant.

Classic Chinese takeout place hidden inside Denison Centre…read more I discovered this place last year, and I would always go here for Fried Chicken Wings. Their chicken wings are quite large and meaty and also crispy. Made fresh to order as well. I also ordered their Salted Fish and Chicken Fried Rice which is my second favourite dish there. Also, the lady in the front is always so kind and sweet.

I didn't expect it to be so good. Usually when it comes to Chinese restaurants that serve chicken…read moreballs or anything or the Chinese-Canadian/American cuisine, it's not very authentic or good. But this place is, this place is great. I've never had orange chicken, I think it's Chinese-American. But it was quite delicious, the watercress especially. The Cantonese Fried Rice was perfect. Best fried rice. Better than Chi's Congee and Noodle, better than Pho Mi 99, my previous top two spots and it was $9.95!! Instead of like $14 Delicious food, crazy prices, a discount for paying cash and the man who took my phone order and gave me my food was great too It looks like we've found our new favourite spot. I'll update this review with more pictures as we get more dishes.

Decided to try this out for the first time with 2 adults and 4 teens. First of all, Excellent…read morefood. We ordered a huge amount, expecting to have leftovers for late night snacks, but the crew we were feeding demolished every single bit of it. No higher compliment. Good job - will 100% be back.