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- Hours:
Mon-Sun 12 pm - 2 am
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dessert
- Alcohol:
- No
9 reviews for Health Herb Harmony
9 reviews in English
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Review from bold c.
Toronto, ON
If you are sick, ill or feeling the winter blues come to herbal3 and make it all better.
This is as close to hong kong as you will find in Toronto.
30 Sec Summary
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1. Has all the traditional chinese medicines
2. Offers take out + delivery is free over $20
3. Cash only
4. Responsive service.
5. Located on East side (hidden section) of Times Square
6. Parking underground available
7. Good seating
8. Little cold inside
9. Bathrooms are like Hong Kong (not that great)
10. Food and snack are prepared fresh
11. Delivers
12. Prices are reasonable $1.50 - $30.00 depending on order
13. Try the Herbal Essence Jelly (cold or warmed)
14. Anything with Lingzhi will stimulate you
15. Free WIFI
16. Try the Hot chocolate with Lingzhi, Mango and if you are suffering from a cold or flu or need to boost your immune system order a stewed birds nest or fungus soup (sounds awful but this stuff works)
17. NOT A BEAR BILE PLACE - Environmentally respectful restaurant
18. Great and is filled with University Students who study, young couples who are looking for a quick dessert & snack and grandparents who know a bargain when they see it! -
Review from Wendy C.
3/21/2012
A Hong Kong style Chinese dessert shop usually offers herbal, or tea-based, or fruity, or essence jelly type items that are supposed to be good for your health and balance out the sins otherwise. And they usually open late, so the idea is to go late at night after a full dinner, eat more but this time the "healthy" dessert which will help restore your body harmony. I don't know if I believe all these, but I am happy to eat desserts.
After eating way way too much at dinner and lots of spicy crabs, we came here to detox. Essence jelly was A-okay, you can get it with sesame paste or other sweet soupy things which help mask bitterness of the Essence. I had a sampling of what others had ordered, all pretty good but none really memorable.
Worth going if you are in the area. -
Review from Valery C.
12/8/2011 5 photos
After finding our first choice for after-dinner dessert, the ever fickle Full House Desserts, was doing one of their "We'll open for table service later but we're doing take-out in the meantime" things, we picked up some pancakes to go but headed to Health Herb Harmony for sit-down desserts instead.
Casual, brightly lit space with lots of tables, with their enormous menu under the glass tabletops. I'd like to say for better or for worse, but it was really probably for the worse, we ended up mostly ordering the sort of things we were hoping to get from Full House Desserts. These were typical Chinese sweet soups like sesame soup, walnut soup, filled glutinous rice balls, and mango with tapioca and pomelo soup. At least based on what we got, these didn't seem to be things Health Herb Harmony makes well, with the exception of the mango with tapioca and pomelo soup, which was bright and refreshing.
What their menu actually has plenty of are selections with herbal components (yes, in retrospect, I see the name of the restaurant is appropriate). In any case, I tried ordering the lingzhi coffee b/c the picture of the lingzhi mushroom was intriguing (and someone later pointed out the rather large specimen on display at the restaurant) but can't say it appealed. My friend concurred, although his was the mocha version, but that didn't change the consensus.
The best thing I sampled there was their boiled egg and milk custard, freshly made, hot and smooth.
In the end, I suppose with such an extensive menu, it makes sense that there are things Health Herb Harmony will make quite well, and others may just be mediocre. Unfortunately for us, much of what we sampled wasn't so good, but I suspect we simply missed the mark on what would be better, especially after seeing the reviews afterwards. I'd come back to try better reviewed items next time around. -
Review from C T.
Markham, ON
9/4/2010
I've been to this Chinese dessert place on 2 occasions. If it was all based on first impressions, I wouldn't have returned. But I was at Times Square for dinner with my husband (we had pho at Kim Po) and felt like a dessert chaser. Since we were already there, we decided to go back to Hx3.
The first time we were there, we ordered to fresh tofu dessert for 2 in the traditional wooden pail. We also ordered a honeydew sago. We had been on the hunt for some good fresh hot tofu dessert. So we were excited to see this place offered what seemed like real thing.
It turned out to be a disappointment. When it came, we took off the lid, took the scoop, and tried carefully to scoop the tofu dessert into the bowls. One the very first scoop, the tofu dessert disintegrated into a hundred separate pieces and poured like a liquid into the bowls. The tofu itself tasted like a puff of air... Nothing. No texture. It was Ike swallowing a mouthful of air. Once we got to the middle of the wooden pail, the scoops of tofu got a bit more solid. It didn't disintegrate into a hundred pieces, but it still tasted like air. I like my tofu dessert with a bit of "bite", and this one had nothing. Even worse, the bottom of the wooden pail gave us sheets of overcooked tofu, like tofu sheets. All in all, the tofu dessert, while it looked nice and promising, failed to deliver.
The honeydew sago dessert was equally disappointing. I like my sago with a "bite" too, something I can actually chew (even if I can just swallow it). This sago was like the tofu... Nothing but gulps of air. The syrup wasn't sweet enough, and the honeydew pieces saved it a bit by adding some much needed sweetness to the gulps of air.
Our second visit brought better results. My husband got the hot black and white sesame paste soup, and I got the boiled egg and milk with added ginger juice. Both were well done and tasted good. My boiled egg and milk had a good refreshing taste of ginger. Our bill, along with a large cup of sweet herbal tea (a little bit TOO sweet), came to about $15.
I would return to Hx3, but only if I'm in the area. The tofu dessert experience still haunts me. -
Review from Annie L.
Markham, ON
1/10/2011 2 Check-ins Here
When I'm craving Soy Bean Pudding...this is the place!
My girlfriend being Bulgarian is picky and she loves the fresh soy bean pudding made from scratch (allow 10 mins). She loves reading the menu cause it never makes sense with straight Chinese to English translation. It's always cute to share their bamboo container. Usually $4.30 for a bowl of soy bean pudding but the fresh soy bean pudding for two person is $8.00 (Deal). They do have a 4 person bamboo container. Their herbal tea is always good. They have free WiFi and open late.
Best part, it's close to me. Markham isn't far from Richmond Hill but it's also off Highway 7. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Health Herbal Harmony is another Chinese desserts restaurant that serves Essence Jelly and other herbal remedy. It is located in Time Square with storefront facing Hwy 7.
Dropped by on a late Sunday afternoon. The restaurant was empty. The menu here is extensive with a lot of different selections and it will be great if you come with a group of people so everyone will find something they enjoy!
Have to get my fix for Essence Jelly as eating too much spicy food is not good for health, and Chinese believe that Essence Jelly can balance out the effect of NOT so healthy eating. This is especially true when the weather is hot!
They do serves afternoon tea set (2pm-6pm everyday) which are around $5 that seems to be good value. Which I definitely would be back to try out. Today I decided on the Essence jello with Fresh fruit mix with coconut milk. ($6.80+$0.6).
The portion here for sure is not as big as other places. However, the mixture of fruit is great, watermelon and mango are both so sweet and other fruits are all fresh.. thank you! no canned fruits in sight!
The essence jelly is a lot bitter in taste than any other places in TO that I tried. They put lingzhi in that too. Lingzhi is another herbal remedy that suppose to be good for your health. I am not sure if the Lingzhi gave it a really bitter taste or they use extra herbs when preparing their jelly. Any way, I am glad that I order it with fresh fruits and coconut milk. If not, it will taste more like a medicine!
Services are fast and friendly.
They do give 10% off non set menu if you have a full time student ID and with free Wifi, I can imagine a lot of younger customers would hang out here later in the evening.
Their website is really cool too.. and they even deliver to your house or you can order takeout online and then go pick it up!
Cash only! -
Review from Vivian C.
7/30/2010 12 photos
What a pleasant accident! My friend was told of a great dessert place in Times Square and had happened upon this one. This wasn't the right spot, but it was deemed better than the one originally recommended. So, here we went for dessert!
Super smooth tofu pudding served in cute covered wooden pails. Delicious steamed egg with milk - get the whole egg version. A mango crushed ice drink however would have been more enjoyable made with shaved ice.
Real food is also served at this dessert place, but we didn't get around to trying any.
When we ordered a cold dessert to-go along with our eat-in sweets, the first thing to come to the table was the bagged pudding. Bad idea.
Cash only!!!
Tended to get busier later in the night.
***8/2011***
According to the menu, they have wi-fi, and if you present an effective student card from any Ontario post-secondary institution you can receive 10% off. -
Review from Diana T.
9/8/2010
This dessert joint was right across the street from our hotel, basically a hop-skip-jump away. It was about 10PM on a weekend and we were lucky enough to snag a table right before a huge rush of people came in. Their menu was huge and extensive: drinks, slushies, ice cream, sweet tofu, special chinese desserts with snow fungus and etc, and they also have food. I ordered a boiled/steamed papaya with egg and milk. It takes about 15-20mins to make. The steamed egg and milk was divine, so soft and not too sweet. I loved how the papaya flavor was infused lightly into the steamy and gelatinous mixture. By the looks of the crowd of people and the desserts they ordered, I bet most of the selections are really yummy. Can't wait to try another when I come back to Markham.
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Review from Ken T.
7/25/2009 5 photos
Great Yummy Dessert in Richmond Hill!
