Hong Kong Style Cafe

I love going to Hong Kong style cafes for afternoon tea or for a quick and cheap lunch.  And lucky for me, Toronto or actually the GTA has no shortage of them. We have a few we frequent but it's always nice to try out new places.  Stumbled across this place when I suggested going to a Hong Kong style cafe for lunch with a friend and she replied,"the one at Apple Creek"?  Well, I guess that's one way to get it Googled and to bring in customers, name your place exactly what it is...

Hong Kong Style Cafe
10 Apple Creek Blvd
Markham, ON L3R 5W9
905-474-1228

First Impression:  Clean and spacious
Second Impression:  The All-day specials are worth coming for lunch and dinner!

Food

They have an all-day specials menu with a good selection of items that include baked rice/pasta dishes(one of my favourite things to get).  Their afternoon tea menu is your typical sandwiches and fried foods.  The regular menu is actually pretty extensive with the typical rice, noodles, sandwiches and it's reasonably priced.

We've been here twice now and have tried the baked rice dishes, a curry beef on rice, and pork chop bun.  All were well seasoned and portions were good...except maybe my partner would have liked a little more beef in the curry beef brisket, but hey, that was a special.  The specials also come with a soup and hot drink while the afternoon tea items only come with a hot drink.  This is in traditional HK cafe style, not many places provide a soup nowadays.  Want a cold drink?  Add $0.75 which is standard.

Sometimes places don't add cheese to their baked dishes but I think it just makes it much more tastier.  The cheese added was on the salty side though but not overly, so it was very enjoyable.  I missed taking a photo of the breaded fish inside but it's a white fish, maybe basa, and the portion size was good.  At $6.99, with soup and a drink, it was a very good value meal!!

Regular priced item but still inexpensive.

Curry flavour was fairly strong, comes with soup and drink.

Afternoon tea item, portion size was decent and you can opt for salad instead of fries.

 But they get an extra star for their drinks because the size is quite large, even when it's part of the special, and when ordering a cold drink, they give you the sugar syrup on the side so you can add the amount you desire. Even purchasing this at regular price is a good deal.  Taste wise, it's decent but not the best Hong Kong Style Milk Tea.  We haven't tried any of the other drinks though...next time I'll order the lemon iced tea.

A 12-16oz glass?

Atmosphere/Service

Good mix of booths, tables, and 1-2 person tables.  Clean and seating is not crammed.  Wooden high chairs available for those with kids.  Service was okay, nothing special to note.

Overall

Definitely on the rotation for HK style cafe meals now!  The food is decent, selection is good, the milk tea is large, and most of all, it's good value.