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Soft Opening Discount: Currently, every bill receives 12% off as a welcome Soft Opening discount. But Cash ONLY. However, no one knows how long this 12% off is going to last.
NOTE: Currently, the restaurant says they are ONLY accepting cash as their terminal machine is still being installed. Perhaps in the future, they may accept debit card and credit card.
It seems like the trend of opening more Hong Kong Style “Cha Chaan Teng” is still happening in Toronto when “Nice Cafe” is now doing soft opening in Markham. It’s located at 9390 Woodbine Avenue, inside King Square Shopping Centre on the 2nd floor.
Since they just opened last week, the food menu choices are being kept to the minimum. So, please bare with the slow service and limited food items available for the time being.
Nice Cafe offers afternoon tea items from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM, since I arrived past 5:00 PM, I could only order other food items. They have an “All-Day” Section featuring only 2 items. One was toasted sandwich + spam instant noodles. Or toasted sandwich + snow choy pork vermicelli.
Anyhow, there are a decent list of rice items to choose from, this is a regular menu that comes with a hot beverage with no extra charge. If you want cold beverage, it would be $1.25 CDN extra.
I ordered a curry fried chicken spaghetti which is $14.99 CDN + tax. I would say this…there is a Ho Garden at a plaza nearby, it’s cheaper than $14.99 CDN but offer a complimentary soup and hot beverage. I feel Nice Cafe not offering a soup would be at a disadvantage.
It took about 10 minutes before my order has arrived, which I am fine with coz I know they just open, kinks are needed to be ironed out + it’s fried chicken, it should take time to fry. Quite honestly, if the fried chicken comes quicker, then I would be worried. LOL
Fried chicken was crispy, decently juicy, however, I feel other places offer a bigger piece of fried chicken and juicier tender meat. Curry sauce is a typical curry sauce you will find at other Cha Chaan Teng, however, this curry sauce at Nice Cafe has a nice little heat to it. Spaghetti was in great amount and served on the side separated from the sauce which I prefer as I like to mix the sauce to myself with the pasta.
Milk tea has a nice creamy visual to it, I could smell the tea aroma. However, I would prefer the tea to be more creamier and smoother and I would prefer the temperature to be hotter. Having said that, the hot beverage was decent.
NOTE: On the wall, a handwritten poster mentioned that they will continue to expand its food offerings once they have settled in with their kitchen and restaurant. They are keeping the menu to the minimum for now to ensure a quick a service and preparation as they can. The poster indicated future food items include sizzling plate pork chop, chicken or steak. Also including sizzing Chinese style rice pot.
Overall, I would say it’s very typical Cha Chaan Teng offerings, typical normal taste, nothing stands out, it’s decent, but not bad. If you live far, there is no need to come, but if you are nearby and you are curious or wanted to try, by all means.
I feel the biggest drawback for Nice Cafe is its secluded location. It’s located on the 2nd floor of the shopping centre, which means, patrons need to find a parking spot, comes into the shopping mall, take the escalator on the 2nd floor and try to find the eatery. It’s a lot of walking, when the eatery isn’t that special, I don’t know how many peeps are motivated to go thru all the trouble and effort to get up to the 2nd floor which at most times, the 2nd floor is pretty quiet.
Having said that, I will come back in the near future to try its expanded offering of new food items so I have a better gauge of its taste and the overall dining experience. When a new resto just opened, it will take time for everyone to get used to the operation.
Nice Cafe (inside King Square Shopping Centre 王府井) – Markham, Ontario, Canada
Owner: 王府井有限公 King Square Ltd
Phone: (289) 859-4732
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vp9qmtB6nEdNv3Jv6
