Tania L.
Yelp
Came here for dinner in eager anticipation due to the raving reviews! We each ordered a signature beef noodle soup (four in total), with a side of fried intestines and popcorn chicken.
The popcorn chicken came first, and, true to the reviews, it was absolutely delicious!! The batter, though thick in some parts, was not heavy at all. I purposely grabbed it with my fingers to test its greasiness, but my fingers came away virtually free of any oil blemishes.
The beef noodle soup, on the other hand, was a different story. My three family members ordered the spicy version (read my tip on that after), while I got the original. The soup was not at all good. Even I can make a better version of it at home. The broth was overly sweet, with too much sesame oil, and lacked any meat flavour whatsoever. Adding the spicy sauce made it slightly more bearable, but there was still far too much oil and the sweetness of the pickled cabbage was still very much present. We were not fans of it at all, and realized belatedly that we could have ordered three to share. With that being said, I was pleased that m bowl had so much tendon (basically all tendon, not much beef).
The pork intestines were okay. There were some crispy bits, but on the whole, the intestines were overly fatty and oily. The best intestines I've had thus far were definitely those at Swatow on downtown Toronto, Chinatown.
Overall, I didn't find this place to be as good as others have stated. Maybe we ordered the wrong things, but really, only the popcorn chicken stood out to me. Will likely visit other places in Markham instead of returning, since there are so many choices in this region!