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Garlic & Chili Restaurant
One review for Garlic & Chili Restaurant
1 review in English
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Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
9/29/2009
* Egg tart quest sidetrack *
On the never ending quest for a perfect egg tart I went on a wild goose egg tart chase today to find the bakery recommended by Claudia L. to be shut down for a holiday for a month! Argh! It was a long drive away to face that "Dear Customer" sign.
I regretted schlepping out there to return tartless, but figured I would make the best of it and stepped in a few doors down to try out this restaurant.
I got a bit scared when I first saw the menu as it looked like a full-on Canadian Chinese menu at first glance. Items like lemon chicken and General Tso's chicken.
Yikes! What did I get myself into?
But then I spotted one dish that sounded good - Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup. And it was on the lunch special pricing of $5.50. I figured, "Why not?"
The food was actually not bad. The beef had been seared before being put into the soup, so it held in its natural juices very nicely. It was very tender. It had a slight bit more fat content than I normally like - but it was tasty. The veggies in the soup were at the right consistency as well - still with a bit of crunch. And the noodles were actually perfectly done. Didn't expect that! The only major drawback was the broth. It had such a large amount of MSG that you could taste it. I was happy to find a few actual Szechuan peppercorns to give your tongue that good numb feeling as well - also not expected at this location.
Overall a pretty decent lunch, for not much at all.
The place is pretty clean as well, as it appears they recently renovated and changed names to Garlic & Chili. There were some hints that the place used to be called "Chiu Yuet" or something such as that.
The egg tart quest continues, with its pleasant diversions along the way!Listed in: Vancouver Chinese Food, Vanoodle, The Quest for the Perfect Egg…
