Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Review: 茶餐廳 in Toronto

茶餐廳, which sells cheap Chinese and Western food, is an unique Hong Kong culture. This type of restaurants originates from Hong Kong, just like pizza restaurant originates from Italy. Recently, 有香港政黨建議中央向聯合國申請把茶餐廳列入「人類非物質文化遺產」.

My favourite 茶餐廳 food are 港式奶茶, 鴛鴦, 蛋治, 蛋撻, and 鮮油菠蘿. So, I decide to do a review of my favourite 茶餐廳 food.


港式奶茶 is also called 絲襪奶茶 or Hong Kong Style Tea. A good cup of 港式奶茶 must be 香、滑、and 濃. This is a very famous drink in Hong Kong.

鴛鴦 is basically a mixture of coffee and Hong Kong Style Tea. A good cup of 鴛鴦 must be also 香、滑、and 濃. My favourite 鴛鴦 is mixing 檀島咖啡 with 港式奶茶.

蛋治 is egg sandwich. I prefer the bread not to be toasted. The bread must be chewy and the egg must be soft.


蛋撻 is egg tart. There are two types of egg tart crusts: 曲奇皮 (cookie crust) and
酥皮 (puff pastry crust). Personally, I prefer cookie crust since it is less fat.


鮮油菠蘿 is a 菠蘿包 with a thick slice of butter inside. The 菠蘿包 must be hot enough to partially melt the butter inside.


Here are different 茶餐廳 in Toronto...

(1) 味全茶餐廳 Mei Chuen Cafe & Fast Food
(3301 McNicoll Ave Unit 1, Scarborough, ON)

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong and smooth. The tea and milk proportion is good.

鴛鴦 => This is the only place I found that 鴛鴦 contains 檀島咖啡 and 港式奶茶. The other restaurants usually use normal coffee instead of 檀島咖啡. The 鴛鴦 is strong and smooth. The tea, coffee, and milk proportion is good.

蛋治 => The bread is chewy and the egg is smooth and soft.

蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => Good!


This restaurant is my favourite!!


(2) 南園餐廳 Richmond Court Restaurant
(different locations (i.e. in Times Squares))

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong and smooth. The tea and milk proportion is good.

鴛鴦 => It uses normal coffee in 鴛鴦. It is strong and smooth. Sometimes, there is a bit too much coffee in 鴛鴦. Overall, it's good!
蛋治 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => Very good!



(3)雅閣 Les Chateaux Bakery
(In Times Square)

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong enough. The tea and milk proportion is good.
鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => N/A
蛋撻 => Very good especially when it is hot and just comes out from oven!

鮮油菠蘿 => Haven't try it yet!


(4) 君好茶餐廳 Good Hill Cafe
(324 Hwy 7 E Unit 7 Ho-View Plaza, Richmond Hill, ON)

港式奶茶 => Too much milk in the tea.
鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => The bread is chewy, but the egg inside is not soft enough. Both sides of the egg are brown. I wouldn't try this again.
蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => Haven't try it yet!

I didn't have a good experience at this restaurant. The service was very bad.


(5) 茶亭 Tea Time
(F16 inside Market Village)

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong and smooth. The tea and milk proportion is good. I always buy a cup when I am at Market Village.

鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => Haven't try it yet!


(6) 品味屋 Tasty House
(FF8 inside Market Village)

港式奶茶 => The tea is good. However, the quality is not consistent. Sometimes, it is good. Sometimes, it is not so good.
鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => N/A
蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => N/A


(7) Magic Fruit Cuisine
(Inside First Markham Place)

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong. Even though it is not as smooth as some other restaurants, it is still very good! I usually buy a cup when I am at First Markham Place.
鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋撻 => N/A
鮮油菠蘿 => Not sure whether this restaurant offers this item or not.


(8) 龍島 Lucullus Bakery
(328 Hwy 7 E Unit 19, Richmond Hill, ON)

港式奶茶 => The tea is strong and smooth. The tea and milk proportion is good.

鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => N/A
蛋撻 => Very good especially when it is hot and just comes out from oven!

鮮油菠蘿 => N/A. I think this restaurant only sells 菠蘿包.

This place sells delicious cakes too.


(9) 美而廉餅家咖啡屋 ABC Bakery & Coffee Shop
(3618 Victoria Park Ave, North York, ON)

港式奶茶 => It is good.
鴛鴦 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋治 => Haven't try it yet!
蛋撻 => Very good especially when it is hot and just comes out from oven!

鮮油菠蘿 => Haven't try it yet!


I'll add more 茶餐廳 reviews in the future....

1 comment:

蛋治 Canchi said...

蛋治 must have soft un-toasted bread, with butter inside the bread, and the egg must not be fully cooked.

美而廉 - GOOD!
味全? Haven't been there for years~