Address: 350 Highway 7 East, Unit 101
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Wonderful-Kitchen-%E5%8D%81%E7%B2%A5%E5%8D%81/541062532648943
Type of Meal: Dinner
Hidden at the back of a Richmond Hill strip mall, My Wonderful Kitchen, busy even during week nights, is a place known to local residents. Luckily, the restaurant is enormous so there's no wait and unlike some competitors, their tables are comfortably spaced and the large enough to hold the various dishes.
Deep fried
squid in spicy salt ($6.95) is one of my favourite dishes, so I've had it at
uncountable restaurants, including Luckee. This was possibly one of the best
versions I've ever had! Piping hot, the crispy crust retains its shape
(creating almost a shell) while inside the squid remained tender and moist.
Every piece was evenly coated with the spicy salt seasoning so there no bland
ones. And to top it off, they were presented with an edible "shell", what
a great idea!
What My
Wonderful Kitchen has going for them is their intense flavours. The fried rice
noodle with shrimp and BBQ pork in curry sauce ($7.95) had a hefty dose of
curry powder making it fairly spicy but still bearable. As a warning, the “sauce” in the name is deceiving as the noodles are dry (don’t expect liquid curry). If you’ve ever had
Singapore vermicelli at other restaurants, this is pretty much the same thing
except made with flat chewy rice noodles. Mixed with BBQ pork, shrimp, crunchy
bean sprouts, onions and slivers of bell peppers for colour it’s a great choice
if you can handle heat.
Another
satisfying dish was the super-sized House special noodle soup
($8.95), where it arrived in a candle heated serving vessel. Despite the
shallow bowl, there was a fair amount of noodles – enough for approximately
seven bowls. Moreover, there was a great selection of toppings including plump
shrimp wontons, Shanghai wontons (same as shrimp except includes slivers of
crunchy black fungus) and tender braised brisket & beef tendon. Once again
the soup base had a deep flavour; some people, such as my dad, may find it too
salty, but it was perfect for me.
I’m torn
after eating at My Wonderful Kitchen.
Congee Wong has always been my go-to congee and noodle restaurant but I
feel like it may have been dethroned.
Alas, if only Wonderful Kitchen wasn’t so far away from my house, I’d
definitely be returning regularly to try more of their extensive menu.
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Gastro World's Grading System
- Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
- 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
- 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
- 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
- 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
- 10 - absolute perfection!
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