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I have been watching some foodie Youtubers who had recommended their viewers to try 滿意粥粉面 Very Good Congee & Noodle located inside the King Square Shopping Centre located near 16th Avenue and Woodbine intersection in Markham, so I have decided to bring my parents to give this place a try.
My parents, especially, my dad luvs wonton noodles. Since we hardly been to this shopping mall, it will be good exercise to walk around and window shopping.
The restaurant is a good size with 5 or 6 booths, surrounded by table for 2 or 4, it’s modern, simple but clean interior with a forest birch background wall as one of the resto’s wall.
Prices are pretty on par with other similar specialty wonton noodles shops which is $12 CDN + tax here at Very Good Congee & Noodle.
My parents ordered a bowl of shrimp wonton noodle and a assorted “boat son” congee to share. Meanwhile, I ordered a beef tendon soup noodles for myself.
My beef tendon arrived first and for some reason, the shrimp wonton noodles took quite a while before it arrived to my parents. Luckily, they got to try the assorted congee, otherwise, they will be watching me indulging my bowl of noods. LOL
The broth of my beef tendon noodles was clean, smooth and mixed with the marinated beef tendon sauce, it’s the highlight of my bowl. The egg noodles were very refined, thin and fresh. However, compared to other noodle shops, the noods here seem to be less bouncy or less “song”. I don’t know if they exclude the soap water which other restaurants used so often to make the noods chewy. I can’t conclude. Anyhow, the nood still fresh but less chewy.
Brownie points for this resto to sprinkled the “9 yellow” grained to the broth which is a nice touch and what an authentic wonton noods should include. Beef tendons were in abundance and they were perfect texture, not too hard, not too soggy, just the way I like it.
The chilli oil provided was fresh and smells so good. It’s not too spicy but does the job.
The assorted congee was a disappointment. It doesn’t have lettuce strands but more importantly, the toppings were lacking in variety and not much in proportion either. In many restaurants, assorted congee includes lots of squid, strips of pork, shrimps, scallops and other ingredients. But here, it’s lots of strands of pork that you see in a century egg congee, lack of squid, little bit of jellyfish, but there were no shrimps or other ingredients. It lots of BBQ duck and strands of pork and that’s about it. ONLY good thing about this bowl is the good viscosity of the congee, otherwise, this bowl of congee is a let down here, “NOT Very Good” if you want to play on words.
The shrimp wonton soup noodles that my parents ordered seem to be quite good and came with 5 shrimp wontons. The broth was clear, clean but flavourful. Lots of shrimp roe on top which is a rarity in many restaurants where most other places wouldn’t bother to include shrimp roe.
The wonton was a good size, not too big, not too small, there was shrimp paste, then big wholesome shrimp with a hint of shrimp roe. Wonton is good here.
I do have to emphasize that the service is excellent here. The staff are hardworking, they never give you a hard time or give you those sad faces like other typical restaurants. We asked for extra bowls to share, iced water and extra napkins and they obligated without any resistance, so that’s a major plus.
Overall, I wouldn’t say the noodles here are good, but not as hype or what other Youtubers hyping it up to be. Again, at the end of the day, everyone taste buds are subjective and different.
滿意粥粉面 Very Good Congee & Noodles – Markham, Ontario, Canada
Website
Located in: King Square Shopping Centre
Address: 1CF8, 9390 Woodbine Ave, Markham, ON L6C 0M5
Phone: (647) 847-8198
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AZjQJ9Rs2UmFWejy7
