@movernie
As I was On the MOVE driving the all-new 2024 Mazda3 Sport GT around the area, I stumbled at this plaza looking for an afternoon snack and I found 茶記 Cha Kee Restaurant.
As I walked in, it’s modern, clean and I was impressed the number of staff working here. I was greeted right away by a friendly staff and got seated.
As I examined the menu, I noticed they don’t offer the typical “Cha Chan Tang” afternoon tea special, instead they offer many “Daily Special” and “All-Day Menu”. Nevertheless, the pricing is reasonable, it’s competitive from other Cha Chan Tang in the nearby area.
I ordered a grilled pork chop soup noodles, ideally, I prefer “Ho Fun” but they don’t offer that, as they offer rice noodles, spaghetti or macaroni. I chose spaghetti. The meal was $10.99 CDN + tax and including a hot or cold beverage. Interestingly, cold beverage are no extra charge, which many other places asked for extra $1.50 for cold beverage and no extra cost for hot beverage. I opted for a cold iced lemon tea.
Within 2 seconds, they already handed me the lemon tea, which was the only slight drawback. Normally, other places would take their time to brew the tea and then prepare the lemon tea. Clearly this place has pre-prepared a bunch of iced lemon tea so whoever ordered, they just hand it to the customers, which I prefer not being handed to me so quickly as I am not in a rush. Other than that, the iced lemon tea was served in a big plastic cup and it’s flavourful.
Then, my grilled pork chop soup noodles arrived. Kudos to the Cha Kee for serving the grilled pork chop on a separate plate than the soup noodles so that the pork chops aren’t being soggy flowing on the broth. Many places don’t care and just serve it in one bowl to save washing an extra plate but pork chop being served on a separate avoid the meat being soggy in the broth. Furthermore, the server asked me if I prefer the pork chop to be served as a whole piece or prefer them to cut them into pieces for easier to indugle. I thought that was very attentive. Thank you Cha Kee!
The broth has a good flavour and I appreciate the sprinkle of green onions.
I do, however wish Cha Kee offers fried pork chop or pork cutlet as I prefer more crispy meat than just grill. Thus, I do wish they offer various cooking style of the pork chop.
Overall, I like how clean and modern this restaurant is. The friendly staff and they offer 10% off if pay by cash.
Moreover, I enjoy the food menu design, it’s cute and I like the font, it’s very inviting to look over the entirety of the food offerings.
I would definitely come back!
茶記 Cha Kee Restaurant – Markham, Ontario, Canada
Website
Address: 50 Bur Oak Ave #9, Markham, ON L6C 0A2
Phone: (905) 534-5788
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WJsUmwkyxuBPzNaL6
