Ottawa Foodies

We took the kids here for dinner tonight and really enjoyed it. The food quality doesn't match some of the better Chinese places but it's very decent for the suburbs. Certainly much tastier food than can be found at the "North American" Chinese restaurants that are ubiquitous outside chinatown.

Portions are generous and prices are low enough to bring a tear to my eye. Actually, the food quality and prices remind me of dinners at Ben-Ben (vendor 69) when that was our regular joint 10+ years ago. In other words, it's an ideal place for people who are transitioning their tastebuds from "North American" Chinese food to more authentic fare.

Our menu:
* Crab Meat and Fish Maw Soup (Medium, $7.90) Not the best but still tasty.
* Special Stir-Fried Snow Pea Shoots with Beef ($10.95) Very tender and tasty (the shoots and the beef)
* Fried Noodles with Veg and Shrimp ($8.25) A good sized platter of very tasty noodles.
* Barbecue Pork Appetizer ($3.95) Pretty good, but no threat to Double Happiness (vendor 1169).

We had quite a bit of food left to take home. Do the math -- this place rocks! ;-)

Order what's not on the menu. My favourite dish here is the stir-fried snow pea leaves, a heavy green vegetable. Insanely addictive.

Shrimp and eggplant hotpot is also a good one here.

I like their "Fried Rice Noodle with Beef in Soya Sauce". I mean the flat one. The chef did a good job on this dish. Other dishes are okay.