Tasty House

Came here on a Saturday for lunch. The place was full but within 2 minutes we were seated. This was like a true HK style café. You got like half the kitchen exposed so your table could be right beside where they prepare the drinks. You also got a kid probably about 7– 10 years old serving tables. Hilarious.
The food here is cheap and really good.
The scrambled egg sandwich was done just the way I like. Soft white bread with no crust. Eggs buttered up and a bit runny.
The rice rolls were also done really well here. Soft with a bit of chew to it.
The dish that really impressed me was the satay beef with noodles and soup. The bowl is super large portion size. Choice of noodles which made me happy since I prefer the thicker noodles. The satay beef was so plentiful and it was also soft and tender. Also came with some veggies too.
Meals come with soya drink.
Service is fast and efficient.

Great price for more than generous portion. Ordered the congee with preserved egg, stir fried beef noodles and cheung fun. Congee was bit bland but I didn’t mind it. My favourite was the cheung fun which they made it really good. It would be ³⁄₅ for food but plus 1 for the portion and price.

This is my alternative to Sam’s Congee when I am not in the mood for long lineups. This place can get quite busy but since it’s pretty big space the wait is usually not too lengthy.
The food is okay I would say. The congee tastes a bit on the bland side but the portions are on the larger side and they don’t skimp on the ingredients either. The star of their food is probably their soy based «cheun fun» — kinda like various meats and vegetables wrapped in a giant soy pasta sheet and steamed. They are okay too, it won’t be keeping you up at night craving for this stuff.
Perhaps, the best part about this place is their breakfast specials. For $ 5 you get a giant bowl of congee and a inappropriately large plate of cheun fun.
I am extremely disappointed that this place does not serve «yau tiu» — fried dough or any other of it’s cousin sidekicks to go with my congee. This mystery mystifies me every time I visit!

Good place to go if all you want is cheung fun and congee. Most popular special is a plate of cheung fun plus a huge bowl of congee for $ 4.99 before 11am. I do like the texture of this style of scrunched up cheung fun; bit chewy. There’s a fair amount of filling/​ingredients in both cheung fun and congee. The congee is tasty and the bowl is very big for one person. For small eaters, you may want to share a combo and add a small sandwich or something separately. Fill up quickly early weekend mornings. Décor is pretty drab though and they do not make any fried dough sticks (yau tiew) that you normally could get with congee elsewhere. Service is decent. Food is always freshly made to your order and arrive at your table piping hot within a reasonable period of time. Definitely a good go to place if you mainly want simple tasty congee and cheung fun at a good value.

Came here with my bf after one of his doctor appointments nearby and he treated me to some authentic Guangzhou food since that’s where is from and I, the Philippines! We were seated near the front facing the window and were served in a prompt manner.
Anyway, he ordered me some congee with preserved duck egg, spare ribs with noodles and (forgive me I forgot the name) those white noodles that you pour some soy sauce over. The congee with preserved duck was tasty as I have never tried preserved duck egg before (lack of a better word I am normally too chicken to try it). The dishes were delicious and we finished everything but I felt a bit awkward since when we left I felt everyone knew I wasn’t Chinese and were staring at me lol! (a little daunting) my bf just assured me it’s because they normally don’t see Filipino’s in their restaurant eating or ordering authentic Guangzhou food so they were impressed (yeah right lol!)
What also made it awks was that while we were waiting, two women with a young boy came in and for some reason he somehow managed to run into the edge of the door (cutting his forehead) and started screaming in pain while the young mother was so distraught and unsure how that happened that they left. It caused such a stir amongst the other people in the restaurant that my bf started talking to the other Cantonese people at the next table about how you shouldn’t let your untamed kids run free.
Other than that upsetting occurrence I find it didn’t stifle my eating experience there but I’m sure I will be back if we are ever in the area again because the food was delicious in my opinion and I know he will crave it at some point.

We were an accidental patron. The dim-​sum place 3 doors down was renovating, and we needed some grub. So we sheepishly slid into this unassuming place. It looks clean and elementary, and a sneak peak at the somewhat messy kitchen does not pleasantly impress one, but the two noodle dishes we ordered were very decent, while the yu-​choi in oyster sauce tasted fresh. Their ‘cannelloni” with shrimp is different from the usual, as these are not cannelloni at all, since the shrimps sit on TOP. They have great prices, although I was momentarily embarrassed when I went to pay — this is the place where I found out they (and other businesses) no longer take pennies. The penny is an obsolete Canadian currency unit, apparently!
p. s. my friend Jennifer K. wrote a great review, I only just found out (as she usually does), but just to be clear, what she said about the noodle dishes being $ 5 and free soy milk drink apply ONLY to the breakfast specials. Also, they have free wifi, but don’t take credit cards. Pretty good trade.

I dropped by for lunch. The way I rate places for lunches is always about deliciousness, value/​price and portion.
I ordered a Fried Rice with Guilin Minced Pork ($ 5.99) that came with a cup of soy beverage.
— Deliciousness — it was tasty. It was supposed to be spicy but it wasn’t really. The rice was a little burnt to be honest. I digged hard to find the minced pork and I found only a few. At this price point, I should not expect a lot of meat. The key words were «should not», but I still expect to find some. Anyhow, the rice was not bad; it just could be better, easily.
— Value/​price — it costed $ 5.99, and it came with a beverage, so the value was very good. It was cheaper than some food courts
— Portion — big portion. I ate only half and doggie bagged the other half.
Overall, the value and the portion saved the day. In fact, all other menu items seem cheap, too. I guess I would have enjoyed the food more should I order more ordinary entrees such as a bowl soup noodle.

not bad, has a very homey feeling in a way.
they have homemade ricerolls, but not the same as the ones you get at dimsum. its quite different. The only problem is that the servings are small.
guilin noodles are okay, not too bad. comes out in a big bowl but i did not feel full after i ate it. still very worth it in my opinion.

3.5 Stars
Tasty House should be call the «New» Tasty House.
A brand new menu, A complete makeover, A new Chinese name…
Tasty House is not a Hong Kong Style Café anymore but more of a Congee/​Noodle/​Rice Roll restaurant.
There are quite a few new Chinese restaurants in the area specialized in this house made steamed rice roll and Tasty House is one of the better ones! I love how the texture of the rice roll has a little more chewy texture.
Plain Rice Roll ($ 1.99)
Fisherman Congee ($ 4.99)
Spicy Ox Tail ($ 3.99)
The food we ordered were all quite good. Come before 11 am and you can pick any congee with any rice roll for $ 4.99 as breakfast special! This is a good deal!
Most of the other noodles dishes are around $ 5 or so and comes with a soy milk drink.
Tasty House is a good place to come for some congee and rice roll and even some soup noodle. at a good price!
Cash Only!

I was on the hunt for hot & sour soup to sooth a man-​cold; I saw this place from the street and decided I’d give it a try. There were only 2 tables occupied and I was greeted promptly but the server had to go back and ask somebody in the kitchen about the soup — I’m not sure if she was asking if they had any left or if they had it at all. Some guy from the back peeked out to see who was inquiring and quickly withdrew with a startled look on his face after checking me out. The server told me yes they indeed had it and that it would cost $ 5.60 (a little steep) and that they only took cash. I went to the Scotia Bank a few doors down (not my bank) and it wouldn’t give me any money so I rustled up some change from the car (luckily I had that much, I normally don’t) then I went back to place my order and proceeded to wait almost 20 minutes for 1 soup! The place is very dated and needs repairs but there was a steady stream of people coming in, some who appeared to know the wait staff so they must be regulars. Since I don’t live in the area I don’t think I’ll be back again with other better options around.