Eating With Gordon

Jim Chai Kee is located in the same plaza with Golden Court Abalone restaurant and Yu Seafood. Parking in this plaza was really bad (especially at lunch time)

Food Rating: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5

Atmosphere:
Restaurant was medium size with simple tables and chairs. The style was very laid back and relaxed with no decor themes at all. Do not expect much for presentation!

Service: The menu was very simple with graphics of the food options. Drinks (water, tea) were obtained by yourself at the end of the restaurant. The servers were quick to pick up orders. To pay for the menu, you had to go up to the front desk of the restaurant.

Food Comments:
The basic wonton noodle soup comes with one topping (choice of shrimp wontons, fish balls, or beef).  I actually prefer getting the everything but with noodles on the side. The soup broth is pretty salty, but non-oily compared to many noodle places. The price for the meal was very cheap (less than $10).

Would I come back? Yes

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I found the toppings to be large size

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Address:	270 West Beaver Creek Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3Z1
Phone:	(905) 881-8778
Website:	NA
Hours:	Wednesday 10AM–8PM Thursday 10AM–8PM Friday 10AM–8PM Saturday 10AM–8PM Sunday 10AM–8PM Monday 10AM–8PM Tuesday 10AM–8PM
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beef tripe with green onions - it was so so in flavour

Siu Mai was good in my opinion

Fried Squid Legs - my daughter enjoyed this

Curry Cuttlefish was amazing with the fiery sauce

Chicken Feet with Sauce

Giant Shrimp Har Gow - skin was over done (so sticky to everything)

Egg Sunny Explosion Custard Bun - really good!

Address:	270 West Beaver Creek Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3Y9
Phone:	(905) 707-6628
Website:	goldencourt.ca/
Hours:	Wednesday 9AM–11PM Thursday 9AM–11PM Friday 9AM–11PM Saturday 9AM–11PM Sunday 9AM–11PM Monday 9AM–11PM Tuesday 9AM–11PM
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My colleague and I decided last minute to try an Indian restaurant in the neighborhood. We have normally visited Bombay Bhel but we decided to try something different in the hood. Dum Pukht it was! Located on Denison street up in Markham, there is ample parking space for this restaurant.

Food Rating: 4.5/5
Service: 3.5/5

Atmosphere: 
Once I enter the restaurant with it's automatic doors, I was impressed with the upscale decor themes in this restaurant. To be more honest, it look like a upscale nightclub with an impressive bar & lounge area.  Lots of lighting, dark good looking decor with ample furniture and spacing. Even the chairs are impressive.

Service:
The service was so-so for today. There were a bunch of new hire servers and 1 main full time server. One junior guy took our order and completely forgot our naan order. Good thing the full time server thought it was strange that we didn't order any naan/rice to go with our dishes ....The new hires were just terrible (I had to ask for the menus ...).

Food Comments:
We ended up ordering 2 regular nanns, Lamb Rogan Josh and Chicken Biryani. The naans are very large!  I would order 1 per person as they slice in 4 pieces. As for the flavour of the naan, they were quite normal and not burnt (good thing!).

Rogan josh, is an aromatic lamb dish of Persian origin, which is one of the signature recipes of Kashmiri cuisine. It was so perfect in spice flavours and texture. I felt some heat from the dish and my colleague assured me that this was "mild" to him. I rarely eat anything spicy these days.

Biryani, also known as biriyani or biriani, is a mixed rice dish from the Indian subcontinent. It is popular throughout the subcontinent and among the diaspora from the region. It is made with spices, rice, lentils, meat and vegetables. Their dish was covered with that bread/naan. The flavours were just exploding in my mouth with saffron, cardamom, cloves and ginger. Definitely a signature dish as suggested by Dum Pukht!

This place is one of the more expensive Indian restaurants in the area - we average about $20 per person. There is AYCE Indian buffet down the street as well. However, with attention to food quality and decor, this place is well worth the price.
 
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Chicken Biryani Special Signature Dish

Lamb Rogan Josh

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Address:	323 Denison St, Markham, ON L3R 1B7
Phone:	(905) 604-6401
Website:	NA
Hours:	Wednesday 11AM–11PM Thursday 11AM–11PM Friday 11AM–11PM Saturday 11AM–11PM Sunday 11AM–10PM Monday 11AM–11PM Tuesday 11AM–11PM
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My colleague and I found some free time with our open lunch afternoon schedule (no meetings!). We decided on trying this place again called "Steam Kitchen". I remember this place replaced another hotpot restaurant.

Food Rating: 3/5
Service : 3/5

Atmosphere:
The decor is very dark theme and the restaurant was half-filled with people. They also got this random waterfall wall display fixture at the end of the restaurant. There are booth seating along the west end of the restaurant. These seats tend to be popular with the locals.

Service:
There is only 2 front line staff. The wifi password was steamkitchen but it didn't work for my phone (issues with connections). I had to flag the waiter twice to get the check.

Food Comments:
Their signature dish is supposedly their steam hotpot rice with Cantonese style food toppings. My colleague and I decided to try it out. I got Pork with Salty fish steam rice hotpot ($6.99). I think about 20-30 minutes later, the dish came ... I think their dish was okay. The rice didn't have that crunchy rice cooking texture and I thought the sweet soy sauce they offered was slightly sour ... (WHY??)

Would I come back , probably not in a while.

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Address:	328 Hwy 7, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1A1
Phone:	(905) 597-6667
Website:	https://www.facebook.com/SteamKitchen/
Hours:	Wednesday 10:30AM–10:30PM Thursday 10:30AM–10:30PM Friday 10:30AM–10:30PM Saturday 10:30AM–10:30PM Sunday 10:30AM–10:30PM Monday 10:30AM–10:30PM Tuesday 10:30AM–10:30PM
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This is another Taiwan restaurant at the Metro square plaza. As much as my dear loves Taipei Chin Yuan Pai Ku fast food place, I actually like this place more! The pricing is very affordable (most bento $7 includes soup). They also have a lot of taiwanese side dish options (you can choose 3 with the set meal option). The seating is tiny (4-8 people), but you can grab it and go to the food court. I personally like the popcorn chicken here!

Food Rating: 4/5
Service: 4/5


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Pictures of the Side Options

Pricing and Options for the Set Meal

Address:	3636 Steeles Ave E, Markham, ON L3R 2Z5
Phone:	(905) 947-9998
Website:	NA
Hours:	Wednesday CLOSED Thursday 12–8PM Friday CLOSED Saturday 1PM–8PM Sunday 11AM-6PM Monday 11AM–8PM Tuesday 11AM–9PM
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Address:	3636 Steeles Ave E #105a, Markham, ON L3R 2Z5
Phone:	(905) 940-2008
Website:	NA
Hours:	Wednesday 11am–8:30PM Thursday 11am–8:30PM Friday 11am–8:30PM Saturday 11am–8:30PM Sunday 11am–8:30PM Monday 11am–8:30PM Tuesday 11am–8:30PM
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For Father's Day, we decided to go out as a family to try a local place in the neighborhood. We came to this restaurant before their re-branding and renovation. It used to be called 31 Kitchen which focus on Taiwanese food and desserts. Their food were so-so at best.

Food Rating: 3.5/5
Service: 3.5/5

Atmosphere:
The renovation has made this restaurant more spacious and added a lot of light wood themes. I like this new look compared to the previous decor of 31 Kitchen.

Service:
Service was okay. They have many servers going around in circles. They have free wiki (use their phone number).

Food Comments:
They have a small menu for lunch/dinner items but a massive desserts list. Seems there is a lot of emphasis on the presentation. I would say the food was much better than before. We ordered the tofu salad, eel rice with egg and ramen dish.

Bad: Ramen noodles were glued together while cooking (not good). I found the rice sauce too sweet for my liking.

Overall, I enjoyed the food and might come back again.

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Eel Omurice w/ Teriyaki Sauce

Order extra noodles for my daughter growing stomach

Cute but hard to eat with this spoon!

Tofu Salad was good!

Eel Omurice w/ Teriyaki Sauce

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Address:	10 Ravel Rd #1-2, North York, ON M2H 1S8
Phone:	(416) 756-3311
Website:	www.petitpotato.com
Hours:	Monday 11:30AM–1AM Tuesday 11:30AM–1AM Wednesday 11:30AM–1AM Thursday 11:30AM–1AM Friday 11:30AM–2AM Saturday 11AM–2AM Sunday 11AM–1AM
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Food Rating: 4/5
Service: 4/5

Service: The pizza guy was exactly on the schedule and location for the delivery.


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This was the Box of Honey Chicken Wings

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Address:	3000 Hwy 7 E, Markham, ON L3R 6E1
Phone:	416 - 439 - 0000
Website:	http://www.pizzanova.com/locations/markham.html
Hours:	Friday 11AM–2AM Saturday 11AM–2AM Sunday 11AM–12AM Monday 11AM–1AM Tuesday 11AM–1AM Wednesday 11AM–1AM Thursday 11AM–1AM
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