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Pun Cao Tong Herbal
Categories: Food Desserts Food Specialty Food Restaurants Chinese Desserts, Specialty Food, Chinese [Edit]
550 Hwy-7 ERichmond Hill, ON L4B
(905) 762-8822
- Price Range:
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$$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
6 reviews for Pun Cao Tong Herbal
6 reviews in English
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Review from Rachael T.
Toronto, ON
10/30/2010 ROTD 9/14/2011
I'm a sucker for chinese desserts. I feel like a lost puppy in vancouver because I cannot seem to find any.. except Bubble Fruity that i finally managed to try a couple of weeks ago.
But in Markham - the options are endless - I asked my friend, and they know instantly... I'm such an Asian sometimes..
.. being super indecisive, I went to cancelling a UFC fight, to deciding to have BBT to last minute changing to chinese dessert - and thank goodness I did.
I came here based on my friend's recommendation on night 1.. and brought my parents here on night 2... i never do that - twice in one weekend, let alone twice in 1 month!
The first night - I tried the stewed egg with walnut paste. It took 15 minutes but it was Delicious. It was super hot and the egg was soft and creamy, with the nice tints of walnute paste submerged into the dish. We also got the mochi to share. I think it was made to order because it took quite sometime, but it was 3 flavours - sesame, coconut, and peanut. all equally good.
The next night, my dad tried the same as me because the whole papaya was sold out and he agreed that it damn good! My mom got the plain walnut paste while I got the black glutinous rice with coconut to bring home to share with my brother (he got the typical sago in coconut milk).
Everything is consistently good. Prices are decent and the options go on and on and on.... it was making my head spin. I guess it just means I have to come back and try something new next time! -
Review from Wendy C.
3/21/2012
This is the smaller, lesser visible (from the main street) Chinese dessert place in Times Square mall. Food and drinks are consistent in quality, and quite good.
If you've had Hong Style Chinese "dessert", you know you will get a huge menu, breaking down into several categories. I usually land on Essence Jelly, or egg whites/milk boiled in a papaya-half.
It's a small place. Chinese antique style wooden stools are cool to look at, but not comfortable to sit on for long. I get the point. -
Review from Steph L.
11/28/2010
There's always room for dessert!
And I love Chinese desserts because I don't feel like I'm having something bad for me.
Chinese desserts can usually be classified as:
* Soupy
* Fruity
* Custardy
* Glutinous ball-like
Served hot, cold, or with some form of jelly or sweet rice.
Tonight, I wanted something warm, custardy, but not too sweet.
I ordered the steamed egg white pudding with sesame paste ($4.50)
High in protein and calcium, and black sesame is believed to be good for your hair!
The place is small and the decor is simple.
Most people are drawn here for the extensive menu.
They have fancier items with bird's nest ($25) which is bird saliva that is supposed to make your skin beautiful.
Also, they have many items with Durian. I'm not a huge fan, but everyone else was eating it up!...Except for one of my friends who I think wanted to kill himself because of the smell. :P -
Review from Karl R.
5/23/2010 4 photos
Pun Cao Tong serves up various bubble tea like desserts and iced drinks. There has to be at least 50-80 items on their menu and settling one or two yummies can be a challenge. I decided on the mango "soup" and an iced lychee drink. The mango dessert came with mango, tapioca balls, and shaved ice. The lychee drink was in a fountain glass with ice and lychee syrup. Both were quite sweet and amazingly refreshing on a May Sunday with the mercury topping 26c.
Seating is on low slung stools, ensuring you don't get too comfy. As the Boston poster (Go Bruins!) below noted, there's a flat screen on the wall showing some kind of Chinese drama.
Anyway, major points for the variety and the novelty. Parking is tight as its in the Time Square "Mall" complex. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
I love Chinese place for dessert! Why?? Because of the varieties in what they offer!
Pun Cao Tong Herbal is one of these Chinese dessert place I enjoy! There are such a huge menu of what to eat.. all I would love to try! Sometimes it is even hard to make up one's mind!
The dessert I decided on is the mango with glass jelly and black glutinous rice ($4.50). There are chunks of mango inside! Not too sweet, but nice and refreshing!
There are only 1 waitress working here on a Sunday afternoon, but the place is not busy.. The service is cold and indifference... wish she can say thank you and smile more to the customers. (I know it sucks to work on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon!)
I would be definitely be back again to try out other desserts! One good thing is for Chinese, some desserts suppose to be GOOD for us! They can give us better complexion and health. It is hard to believe, but this maybe just an excuse for me to eat dessert every chance I got!? -
Review from Francisca W.
8/22/2009 1 photo
this place originally started off specializing in herbal food/tea, then they started making desserts and snacks, later even expanded their menu to include smaller portions of rice dishes and noodles.
love their desserts there, from "tofu fa" (sweet tofu pudding) and steamed egg/egg white to glutinous rice balls and herbal drinks. their savory snacks are ok, too. service really depends--either they get too busy to be attentive, or the waiter/waitress doesn't know what he/she is doing.
bright side, they offer complimentary trash magazines and chinese tv for your entertainment, so even if going solo, you can sit back and relax there--if they're not too busy and need their table back for the next customers.
