Creating Taste

their scallion pancake tasted like those frozen ones u can buy at asian grocery stores: not to bad or good 2.8/5

Oh my god I have never tasted anything better. The Lao You Fen is absolutely divine. I recommend this place for fun, unique flavors. This is definitely my new go to spot for some comfort Chinese heartwarming food. The staff is so nice and I love making small talk with them, the aunt is smiley and seems very outgoing. Would definitely come back!

Nanning lao you fen (old friend noodles) was tasty. Felt thirsty after, but not sure if that's because of a lot of msg or the high amounts of preserved bamboo in the soup. Nanning lao you fen might not be for everyone as it's savory and sour. I believe the sourness is from the preserved bamboos. Overall recommend trying if you haven't tried this noodle dish before. It's a unique taste profile

Hands down the Absolute Best Wonton Soup I've ever had. We drove to this restaurant because of the 4.9 rating. Dis not dissapoint. So delicious. Will be back again.

Tasty noodle

點了 爆漿雞排 和 手工水餃（豆角，韭菜，白菜，茴香？）每一種口味各三個。 爆漿雞排 很有汁，好吃。手工水餃的味道都不錯，除了豆角我個人不喜歡以外。 老闆娘的人很好 ❤️

😋非常好吃！！！ 老闆及店員非常熱情、熱心介紹美食 招牌👍🏻南寧老友粉 酸爽美味 韭菜水餃餡多，不會過鹹，非常推薦 爆漿雞排內起司特別多吃得很過癮 鮮肉包剛蒸起來也非常美味 會常常來光顧😝😝😝地理位置方便，吃飯的好去處～

阿姨很親切，看到她的笑容感覺心情很好。食物也很好吃，怕辣還是繼續吃，溫暖☺️

Have been on the hunt for lots of Chinese regional specialties lately after scrolling through XHS. I've always loved the stinky snail soup noodles that come prepackaged and have tried the real thing at a few places around town (Snail Noodle King and Alley Snail Rice Noodle), but wanted to try Creating Taste's rendition. Creating Taste focuses on regional variations of noodles from Guilin, a city in China's Guangxi province. Along with the famous Snail Noodles 螺絲粉, they also offer Marinade Dry Noodles 滷菜米粉 and the adorably named "Old Friend" Noodles or 老友粉. We had the two former options for a late lunch today, and they were both packed with flavour. The Snail Noodles featured a robust, tart broth with a hint of spice. The usual suspects like pickled green beans, pickled bamboo shoots, fried beancurd, and peanuts were all present and the noodles were perfectly cooked with a nice slurp. We added sliced pork to round out the bowl and it was a very large portion for lunch as my husband struggled to finish. On the other hand, the Dry Noodles were slightly thicker but came with a pool of marinade at the bottom. Creating Taste claims that their braised items are made with a 50 year old recipe with over 30 ingredients for a more complex flavour, and that braising liquid serves as the sauce for this bowl. With similar toppings, the Dry Noodles also came with slices of crispy roast pork and braised beef shank. I also added a few spoons of their homemade chili oil for an extra kick. If you're not feeling soup noodles, I highly recommend this as an alternative - it's a very tasty and filling lunch at $13.99. I ended up with leftovers as we also had some dumplings from the neighbouring stall - more on that in my next review. Creating Taste takes cash payments or most Chinese payment systems like WeChat or Alipay.

As of this writing, Thursday; October 16th, 2025 "Creating Taste" located in the President Plaza Food Court has changed ownership. It has been replaced with "Steamed Memories." Stay tuned.

Very friendly staff and reasonable price for what you get. I had the 老友粉 and liked it! Good amount of pork that tastes fresh, and the broth was yummy. It's located in a food court with several other Chinese places, very casual and you clean your own table. I'd come back next time I'm in Richmond.

8/31/2024 Saturday morning 11 am here for breakfast.. This tiny food court is packed. But most customers were after Cha Kee Kitchen.. We go for this eatery alternatively and found the food here not bad at all. It's original, hot and tasty. And the price is reasonable. Gf like it and she definitely would be back again..

All the points go to the staff cos they were nice and friendly. The stinky snail noodle was not great though. It lacked any depth of flavor and just tasted flat. If you wanted to get better taste the packaged snail noodles, this is unfortunately not the spot.

Solid Chinese soup noodle place inside the President Plaza food court. This restaurant relocated here from a nearby strip mall. Parking is available in the nice large President Plaza parkade. Staff are friendly friendly and chatty. I had their Sichuan spicy pork noodle soup. Quite a nice kick to it, despite not looking spicy. Served with pickled vegetables. I also added a boiled egg. This place also serves steamed buns. Not the cheapest, but super tasty. Basically a giant xiaolongbao, and filled with the same delicious soup. I was happy. Would definitely eat here again.

We ordered 2 noodle soups, one non-spicy and one mildly spicy. The non spicy broth still had a heat in it. The mildly spicy broth was medium spicy to me. The bowls looked small but the portion of the the noodle itself was pretty big. There were not enough garnishments as a result. In all a competent food stall to fill the stomach at lunchtime.

Home of the "explosion pulp chicken", displayed prominently on one of the outside banners ... a permanent one, at that. Apparently it's a fried chicken breast(?) with cheese that oozes from the middle (explosive pulp) when you bite into it. Though I was very curious to try this strangely-named item, we opted instead for their more traditional dishes since it was our first visit. We ended up ordering the Guilin and Nanning noodles (#1 and #2 on the menu). Guilin noodles were dry style while Nanning noodles came in a sour soup base, similar to the Chinese sauerkraut fish dishes. Noodles were the standard "lai fun" used in these types of dishes. The soup had decent flavour and was a bit oily. Not sure if I'd go back for these selections, but I do want to try the explosive pulp chicken...