" Cafe Majestik, 2900 Markham Rd, Scarborough "
Braving 2023’s first snow storm, I drove over 45 minutes from Richmond Hill, in an effort to re-capture and savour some nostalgic and authentic ’ Colonial era Hong Kong ', cafe/hawker stall style, comfort food.
For lunch, we gave the following a try:
- Hong Kong style milk tea
- Gone-Chau-Ngau-Ho ( aka Fried rice noodle, Ho-Fun with beef )
- Braised Beef Offal soup noodle
- Fried HK style Shrimp toast
- Rice congee with thousand year eggs and shredded salted pork.
Overall, the experience was memorable and did not disappoint!
The ‘loaded with wok-hay’ Fried Ho-Fun with beef was well seasoned and nicely executed!..a great value at only $11.99 ( consider Richmond Hill’s ‘Starchiva’'s mediocre and anaemic looking rendition was a whopping $20!! )
The savoury and quite genuine taste profile, Braised beef offal brought back some fond child-hood memory! All key ingredient components, including large intestine and pancreas were present.
The shrimp toast, using a lighter, fluffier bread as base was different and delightful. However, my wife preferred a thinner and denser version. To each its own!
Texture of the rice congee was consistent and smooth, though taste profile was a bit bland and one dimensional. Definitely room for improvement to bring product up to current restaurant’s impressive standard.
Lastly, one entire page of the menu was dedicated to some funky looking, new style dim-sum…or old classics with a twist! Definitely on my next visit’s radar screen!
