Tuesday, March 25, 2008

半畝園 Chili Secret

半畝園 Chili Secret
Address: 9021 Leslie Street, Unit 9, Richmond Hill (Hwy 7 & Leslie)
Phone: (905) 764-9119

we saw the whole process of this restaurant being built, from nothing to an actual building.. (we live nearby).. & this is the 1st restaurant the opened in that plaza.. & it's pretty big inside.. very nicely decorated..

we went there for lunch on sunday..
they have Imperial Court Cuisine (養生官府菜) on their menu.. e.g. 魚翅撈飯, 佛跳牆 etc.. but they also have Business Lunch & Dinner Combos..

for sure we didn't order 魚翅撈飯.. we just tried some of their dishes..

Cold Noodle with Shredded Chicken 麻辣雞絲涼麵
..from the menu, it doesn't look like it's very spicy.. but when we mixed the sauce up with the noodle, the whole dish became quite spicy.. for me, i like the taste..

Deep Fried Pig's Intestine 酥炸大腸
..it has green onion in it.. the pig's intestine itself is very fatty.. tasted good.. but we don't like the green onione as it has very strong flavor..

(left) General Tao's Chicken on Rice 左宗雞飯
..it looked like 咕嚕雞 more, with a hint of spicy flavor..
(right) Go Believe Steamed Bun (Pork) 正宗天津狗不理包子(豬肉)
..this one was good, very "juicy".. it said on their menu that "Go Believe Bun is famous throughout China & overseas for 100+ years becoz of its very tasty fillings using fresh pork & other superior ingredients wrapped in yeast dough with eighteen folds & steamed"..

Sweet Rice Dumplings in Light Syrup 洒釀湯圓 (10粒)

when LG asked for their take-out menu, the waitress said they don't have one yet.. & she gave us a 10% discount coupon in return!!

there r some pics of the interior of the restaurant at 星網..

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

the service was sub-par at best, the debit system was down, and the general tao chicken was unlike any i have ever encountered - and not in a good way (dont recommend); also tried the kung pao chicken, again, not a thumbs up in my book.
both items located on the lunch menu, all things considered (including shrimp dumpling dim-sum, excellent), paying 19.18 plus tip, i would not go back.
sorry fans.

BM said...

i just went there again last sunday for dinner.. & yes, the food was not good this time..

Anonymous said...

When I went, the service was excellent - we were served by the manager, according to the name tag. The debit system was working for us too - maybe it was a temporary breakdown?

We tried the spicy fried chicken (not sure what it's actual name is), and it was very good, as well as the sweet and sour eggplant (again not sure about names, it comes on a wooden plate and it's sizzling when served). All in all my wife and kids had an enjoyable experience.

Unknown said...

seriously, the service plain SUCKED. SUCK SUCK SUCK etc. the food was ok though...

but it's the only place I can name in the GTA with deep-fried ice cream, which brings me to my point, is there any other place that offers this dish?

BM said...

sorry to hear that u have a bad experience there..

i didn't know that they have deep fried ice-cream.. but, do u mean the deep fried ice-cream which we can find in some jap restaurants?

Anonymous said...

@R3D China cottage has deep fried ice cream.. you should try it there