chinese food court... After spending a day playing tennis and basketball, my friends, David and Perlman wanted to grab some food. We wanted to grab something cheap, quick and tasty and we ended going to the Chinese food court on Silver Star Blvd.. If you've ever been to a Chinese food court, you know that they are awesome for huge portions of quality chinese food for low low prices. We decided to go the La Grill King, which is basically Hong Kong style cafe (aka Cha Chan Tang), but in a food court.
I went with the Baked Pork chop rice with Tomato Sauce (I think it was $5.99 + tax), as it seemed like lots of people were ordering this. This tasted freaking good! The sauce had plenty of flavour and the entire dish was a huge portion. The only downside to this was that they should have put more cheese on the top before they baked it. To make it even better, it even came with a drink and a soup. I got a cold HK style milk tea, which I highly recommend from here. Their milk tea is super creamy and definitely better than most cold HK Style milk teas from other restaurants.
David and Pearlman decided to split the Pork chop + 1/2 Chicken meal for 2 people. This came with a large portion of just baked Pork chop with tomato sauce, 1/2 a chicken, 2 soups, 2 rices, and 2 drinks (the girl working there even let them pick Bubble Tea drinks without extra charge. The entire meal only cost $12.99 + tax. They got this meal because they wanted more variety, but they still wanted the awesome baked pork chop with tomato sauce. We left this place very satisfied and since its a food court, we don't even have to pay tip. lol.
La Grill King is clearly the busiest restaurant at this food court, as all the ones are either shut down or really dead. The Food Court is located in the corner of the same plaza that the Destiny Bubble Tea place is at (633 Silver Star Blvd., Scarborough).
yum... Maybe it's because of my canto background that I've become a regular at Phoenix, but this place has some damn good food! I went to Phoenix today for a late lunch around 3 pm. Phoenix serves Hong Kong style Chinese and Chinese fusion food ranging from from HK style baked rice to HK style french toast. If you've ever been here you know the menu is huge and covers a variety of foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I wasn't too hungry today, so I ordered the French Toast with condensed milk on top from the tea time menu (2:30-5 pm), which included a hot drink (ex. milk tea, coffee, hot lemon tea). The HK style french toast was good, being made from a thick slice of toast and had a sweet crispy batter. Having the sweet condensed milk on top makes it even more of a dessert type dish (don't even have to use the syrup that comes with it). The one recommendation I would have when ordering this dish is to ask for butter on the side as the butter was pretty heavy (as you can see I brushed it off in the picture, but theres still tons of buttery goodness on the french toast). My friend had just woken up and was really hungry. He ordered his usual order of the Pork Chop Cutlet Rice with Tomato Sauce and Rice. This is his order every single time he comes here and he swears that it is the best pork chop cutlet in Toronto. I have tried this and agree that it is HELLA tasty, but I prefer choosing the option of having it baked in a casserole style rather than the one in the picture.
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Quick Notes: A good tip when ordering any meal with the hot lemon tea is to keep refilling the lemon tea with the free tea that has free unlimited refills (this way your hot lemon tea becomes "unlimited" hot lemon tea.lol). The French Toast is $4.50 + $0.50 for condensed milk on top or an extra charge for having a filling inside the middle such as condensed milk or peanut butter. This price includes the hot drink (+$1 for cold drink) during the tea time period(2:30-5 pm). The porkchop cutlet w/ tomato sauce and rice cost around $8-$9. Our total bill came to ~$17 after tax/tip. Phoenix is definitely not a cheap restaurant but the food is always good and you can be sure that there will be a lineup during weekends or busy hours. It is located at Woodbine/Steeles (just south of the Frankie Tomato's). They also have a location further north on McCowan between 16th and Highway 7.
