New Greatime Corp. (Szechuan Chinese Cuisine)
Location: 3875 Don Mills Road, North York
Access: Public Parking available, Along TTC bus line
Blogsters' Rating: 3.5/5
Located in a small plaza in North York, New Greatime Corp is a Chinese restaurant that serves Szechuan Cuisine. In case you're wondering, Szechuan Cuisine is known for their super spicy and tongue numbing dishes and that is exactly what we're here for!
For appetizer, we ordered a cold dish which is shredded potato in hot and sour sauce. This is one of my favourite Szechuan dishes! It is indeed very appetising. Although this wasn't as spicy as I expected it to be but it was refreshing.
A main dish we ordered was the famous boiled fish fillet in chilli oil (or better known as water cooked fish). You can feel the spiciness by just looking at this picture! Some might find this dish too oily but this is a traditional Szechuan dish that you must try! The fillet had a very soft and smooth texture which I liked and it was marinated to the right level of saltiness. Underneath the fish is a layer of nappa cabbage which i think is the most spicy part of the dish as it absorbed all the chilli oil but it's oh so yummy! Remember to eat this with a bowl of rice and a can of ice cold coke. You won't regret it.
We decided to order a non spicy dish just to be safe and we got the Surimi and egg with Broccoli. This is another famous Chinese dish that you must try in your life time. This dish in Chinese literally means 'Comparable to crab meat' although crab is not an ingredient in it. Traditionally Egg white and fish meat is used to create a texture and fresh seafood taste that resembled fresh crab meat but over time, different adaptations came in and ingredients such as surimi ( imitation crab meat) and broccoli were introduced. The raw egg yolk is added last and diners would mix it in with the egg white along with red vinegar. The egg yolk gives it a smooth texture while the vinegar brings out the fresh taste of the imitation crab meat.
The restaurant's name in Chinese means the Coming together of Spiciness and Aroma which very much reflect the dishes they serve but its English name made me a little confused. Nonetheless this is a legit Szechuan restaurants in the neighbourhood with quality Chinese food which I enjoyed. I would return again to try other dishes.
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