@movernie
Auric King 金瑞麟 is a new Chinese restaurant that just opened 2 weeks ago and is located inside CF Markville Mall in Markham. If you had visited Markville Mall before, this restaurant space was formerly the Pickle Barrel (I sure miss Pickle Barrel especially its fish n chips and fried calamari).
At this entrance, there is a BBQ station serving take out such as BBQ pork rice, or roasted pork, half chicken or half roasted duck, the typical usual Chinese BBQ items you will find elsewhere.
After our dine-in Dim Sum experience, we decided to roam around Markville shopping mall, then on our way out, we bought half a duck at the BBQ station for having dinner at home.
Although I did find the BBQ station very odd design as the meat isn’t being prepared or cooked inside the station. There was no kitchen nearby or a corridor directly connected to the BBQ station. But instead, you see the BBQ Chefs pushed the wholesome BBQ roast pork and other BBQ items outside the restaurant and into the BBQ station. With some of the meat being carted through the waiting area and into the BBQ station. In terms of health and safety, I found it odd the Food Inspector would approve the meat being transported through so many human touching points, through the crowds from dragging from the kitchen far from the BBQ station. I don’t know if anyone, especially non-Asians are comfy seeing a dead wholesome roasted pick being trolley into the BBQ station from the entrance of the shopping mall.
Just like other Google Reviewers stated, the meat on display isn’t the meat that they give you, instead, they just pick whatever meat that they placed on their wooden platform. So, it kind of sucks that you can’t choose the duck or meat like other Chinese BBQ places.
Also, the BBQ duck on our meat lacks the usual roast red colour skin. Anyhow, the chopping knife skillz and size were great by the BBQ chef. The customer before me ordered a BBQ pork with rice, the BBQ chef gave him quite a good amount of pork, that looks impressive, not bad for $12.99 CDN.
I appreciate the convenience of being able to buy BBQ meat at a shopping mall after running errands and shopping. This Auric King is a great spot for take out.
Auric King 金瑞麟 – (Inside Markville Mall), Markham, Ontario, Canada
Website
Located in: CF Markville
Address: 5000 Hwy 7, Markham, ON L3R 1N1
Phone: (905) 477-7222
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/V9uMGERMXRsj68WX8
