YL’s Curry Bowl

The curries are excellent if you like the harsh taste of sprouted garlic. I really mean that. It’s good. The flavour is a little thin otherwise, but it’s good.
Cheap, fresh-​made roti, though. So crispy and perfect, and $ 4 an order. I just want to go with a big group of friends and order a dozen roti and cover a table with them. So good. And unlike a lot of the roti in the Lower Mainland, they really develop the multiple layers and the taste really well.

I enjoyed a quick meal here. My combo was more than enough for one person. Plenty of seating in the food court area.

We stumbled upon this restaurant when we ran in TNT supermarket during our visit to BC over Christmas holiday. The hainanese chicken rice was delicious. The rice has really good flavor and the the chicken was cooked to perfection as it was tender and yummy! Very authentic dish indeed. Additionally, meal comes with a very authentic Chinese soup with chunk of carrot and Chinese squash! Soup tasted exactly what my late mother would have on her stove everyday! I simply loved it! It is a must try if u ask me! Plate of rice and chicken and soup only cost C$ 8.50! What a bargain !!

Simply the best curry in lower mainland. Even better than the one in yaohan centre in Richmond! The owner is always friendly

This place is actually in the T&T food court in Surrey. It’s nothing fancy but the curry is amazing… could be my favorite curry place. I usually order the beef brisket, the curry is very flavorful and the beef is very tender, just good honest food. They also have haianese chicken which I order sometimes as well and it is very good too. Whenever I“m in Surrey which isn’t that often I’ll come here for some curry beef… good stuff!

I was going to give it a 3 star, until I really thought about it, as I ate.
My initial thought was — for $ 7.50 it’s a little steep especially for just a plate of curry.
I am a curry guy — and not just because my parents are Japanese, not because I ate it as a child growing up, and not because I make it myself, but because I did the CoCo Curry House Curry Challenge in Japan. That is eating 1.3 kilograms of curry in 20 minutes (I actually did it in 12).
So, as I reminisced, I ate, and became more and more convinced of how good this simple plate of curry was. (I keep wanting to spell it currey).
They give you a plate of rice and a little bowl of curry — I got beef brisket and they throw in some potatoes too. I wasn’t too impressed with the portion when I first got it, but it made me full and not wanting any more (and if you haven’t already figured out, I can eat a lot –whether I need to or not).
I am with Arlen N. on this one, definitely a better alternative than a Big Mac at similar price. The hottness is perfect … spicy but not too. I got the beef brisket curry the meat was perfect tender. What a great plate of curry.
What keeps it from a 5 star for me is I’d like SOMETHING on the side — a few lettuce leaves, something pickled, something. Doesn’t have to be big, but a nice little complement — because it is a lot of curry. I know really petty, but for me it makes a big difference.
As a reminder, it is in the T&T market food court, and is CASH only.
I will definitely RETURN!

It’s GOOD, what more can i say?
YL’s Curry Bowl is a located in the food court of the 152^nd St. location of T&T Supermarket and offers a fairly typical food court experience in terms of service, seating and atmosphere (a pretty constant flux of people and the odd screaming child) but a pleasantly atypical food court experience in terms of food quality!
It should be noted, like all the vendors in the food court, they accept CASH ONLY but a TD ATM is available. YL’s makes for an excellent quick lunch or supper. It is a frequent lunch spot of mine.
I will have to admit, I have not made it very far though the menu as I seem to be really hung up on the lamb curry with steamed white rice. Of course they do have a larger menu including a couple of beef curries, a chicken, a veg, a soup and a few other meat based menu items.
It is an Asian style curry, somewhat chunky with noticeable presence of chillies and has attractive gold/​brown colour. There is a generous amount of tender lamb (I can’t speak for the other versions, but would assume the same) and the spice is just enough to leave a pleasant and lingering tingle in your mouth but certainly not overpowering. The curry is served over a small amount of boiled potato and served along side an optional plate of steamed white rice. The lamb curry with large plate of steamed rice makes a sizable (likely a bit large for all but the biggest eaters… like me) lunch for 7.50 $ (tax in), which might sound a little high, but when compared to Big Mac for 6.15 $? There is no comparison.
It should be kept in mind that while an adventurous eater, this curry is being reviewed by a Caucasian guy :)