Seafood Village

They started doing Lanzhou Lamian Noodles recently, a favourite of mine which a lot of places don’t do well in Toronto. It actually turned out to be really good. Got a bowl (large) for $ 6.99, pretty worth and the noodles were authentic hand pulled noodles, the taste was very close to authentic Lanzhou noodles I had in China. Definitely would recommend to try it. Although their specialty is seafood, the Lanzhou lamian noodles really stood out. Would come back again for the occasional lunch or dinner.

I’ll give it a 1.5, but only because the lamb was actually lamb.
Came this afternoon, when there were no other customers in the restaurant, and the staff were having lunch. I ordered what on their English menu is just labeled «kebabs». They’re lamb, and it says that there are 5 kebabs for $ 3.99. I thought I was getting a really good deal. I ordered them for takeout. Once I ordered, they placed my order, and then left me to stand there awkwardly for about ten minutes while my order was being made. Um… not cool. There was also a cart for dirty dishes right next to the cash register/​where I waited. Unpleasant.
When my order came, the man who took my order asked if I wanted a bag. Yes please. When he handed me my bag, it was so light that I did a double take. I actually wondered whether they had gotten my order right. The box (small, square, styrofoam box) was so light that I wondered whether there was anything inside it. I checked what was in it once I got outside. Um… yeah. They had my lamb pieces in a piece of tin foil. Lamb and tinfoil (wrapped loosely around the lamb) was about the size of my fist. I still fit in children’s mittens. Do you see a problem with this? I do. When I opened it to see the lamb, there was about enough lamb to cover two, perhaps three kebabs (at absolute best). When I arranged them in the box, it turns out they gave me exactly enough lamb pieces to cover the base of the styrofoam box. A better size approximation is that they gave me about 25 kidney beans (hydrated) worth of lamb pieces.
Utterly ridiculous. What a rip off.

Seafood Village is another addition to the Finch/​Midland Plaza that seems to churn out new places on the regular.
This small restaurant looks to be mirroring most Chinese seafood places, and is newly opened for all to try. The interior is very clean looking and not as regal as most of the expensive places tend to try to be. The menu is clean and small at the moment, but will probably expand (hopefully to include an English menu in the near future as well).
My GF and I were not very hungry so we only looked to get their Fish Rice Noodle Soup, which they had advertised on their door. They offer them up as lunch specials, but we were able to get them for dinner at an additional $ 2. Good deal. We tried their Fish Rice Noodle Soup as well as a Beef Rice Noodle Soup. The Fish Rice Noodle soup was great! I love the flaky pieces of fish that they give, while the noodle was very good. Near identical to Yunan Cross Bridge Noodle, with the same kind of style. The broth for the fish noodle was a bit sour (good thing) because of the pickled vegetables and had a briny taste. The beef noodle had a much better broth as it was more savory, though still clear and not dark, like beef broth should be. The beef slices though were minimal and not very good at all. Noodles and broth for the beef noodle were amazing though and saved the dish.
Service was very friendly, and it’s rare to see a Chinese server actually constantly smile at you. The food here is decent enough, and I’d definitely like to come back to try an actual dinner with multiple dishes.