C.C.: hk diners review in Toronto

3/13/2013

Food Review: Leslie Cafe 利是冰室 (Tsai Tsan Tang)

Today's post takes you in a two-way. For food, that is.

My sister and I have many similarities, and during lunch one day, we both wanted beef brisket. So luckily at Leslie Cafe, they had an extensive list to choose from.

Rice noodle with beef brisket with tendon in soup (photo below)

Beef brisket with vegetables on rice (photo below)

Both were very tasty... especially the rice beef brisket. The beef and tendon was so tender and the sauce was not too salty but very flavourful.

Something new that made my experience that much more pleasant was FREE WI-FI. They must have added it recently because the last time I was there (a few weeks ago), it was non-existent. In order to get it, just ask one of the waitresses. Last time, it was LC plus their phone number.

And the hot milk tea isn't so bad either. *wink*

1/10/2013

Food Review: Mr. Congee Chinese Cuisine (Tsai Tsan Tang)

Here is my second review on one of GTA's HK diner restaurants

Mr. Congee Chinese Cuisine

Location: Warden & Finch (North West corner plaza, next to Price chopper)

This establishment is not as visible. It's located inside a very large plaza. However, if you keep going north on Warden, you see an opening into the plaza (left) and once you drive in, it has a medium-size sign.

I went in the late afternoon, which was just around the time they were serving afternoon tea. For those of you who don't know what afternoon tea is, it's set time (usually 3-5, sometimes as early as 2:30pm) where they have a different menu, greater value and along with the food, they provide a complimentary beverage. In this restaurant, they extend that service and offer 2 other options on top of the regular hot milk tea, coffee and lemon tea. At Mr. Congee (during afternoon tea 3-5pm), you can choose a Red Bean Ice Cream or Bubble Tea. *yum

The food here is not average, like most HK diners.

My favorite dish was the fried rice, which was cooked perfectly and made very tasty. The soup noodles were as to expect, not bad but not great. My sister who had the beef in the red sauce, said it was not to her liking.