Hong Mère

I’m not sure if I should even bother taking the time to write a review since Unilocal NEVER recommends my reviews but nonetheless, let’s see what happens.
I ordered from here tonight and the delivery was quite fast. Their menu is extensive and there is a lot to choose from. I ordered the green beans with ground pork which was delicious, the special fried rice which honestly was quite possibly the best chinese rice I’ve ever had, the leek pancake which was quite good, the wonton soup and the salt and pepper tofu.
I feel that I should elaborate on the pros and cons of the salt and pepper tofu and the wonton soup. First of all, the salt and pepper tofu was really quite flavourful, the problem is that they use plastic containers to pack their food and anything fried should not be packed in plastic because it loses it’s crispiness. It’s the second time I order something crispy from this restaurant and it arrives not as crispy as it should be but I can tell that it was nice and crispy when they packed it. I’m going to have to either remember to only eat their crispy foods in person at the restaurant or ask for a different kind of packaging. As for the wonton soup, their wontons were yummy and the broth was fantastic, the problem with the wonton soup is that it is supposed to be a large meal sized soup for $ 8.50 and I felt like for that price I should have gotten more than 9 wontons, the rest of the container was packed with some kind of noodle. Their small sized soups only cost $ 2.50 and if you order dumpling (which are basically the same thing as the wonton) you get 18 for $ 9.99 so I just don’t thing that the $ 8.50 I paid was good value compared to the other items on the menu. It left me wondering if I might of gotten more wontons if I had ordered 3 small sized wonton soups for $ 7.50.
One other thing I think I should mention although, they may have now resolved this issue or maybe not, if you order over the phone it can be quite difficult to get your order across since they have several different menus. I don’t even bother ordering over the phone anymore, I just order online so there are no issues with having to explain what it is I want to order.
All in all, the food is really quite good!

Top chinois authentique. Service chaleureux et simple.
Des plats originaux et des ingrédients frais. Demandez «l’autre menu» et voyez appar apparaître une panoplie de sélections typiques que les chinois aiment commander.
Nous y sommes des habitué et c’est génial.

It was good! We got the cabbage soup with white meat and stir-​fried french beans with ground pork. Way too much food for two people. Next time we’ll probably get an appetizer (leek pie??) and an entrée.
As an American expat, Canadian-​Chinese food just doesn’t taste quite right to me – I’m apparently used to a slightly different grease-​and-​sugar blend. This place appears to serve both Chinese and «Chinese» food, so if you want something interesting but your companion demands General Tao, it might be worth a shot. Both menus appeared to have a large variety of choices.
Service was very friendly. Waiter was happy to answer questions about the menu. Ambiance was hole-​in-​the-​wall, but why hold out for fancy tablecloths when you can have decent, cheap eats?

Went here a couple days ago not expecting much but the food was really flavourful! However, the food is a bit greasy, especially having it as leftover the next day. But otherwise, the food was really homey and authentic. We had food off the Chinese menu such as the eggplant, dumplings, stir-​fried beans with shredded potato, «la pi» and a chive and egg «large dumpling». The meat sandwich «rou jia mou» was a bit dry though. But definitely going back! Random hole in the wall location, my favorite finds.