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May 3rd 2018, I went back to my old workplace on Burnaby Mountain to visit my co-workers. We had a nice lunch at Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle House together.
Chef Hung is a Taiwanese Beef Noodle Restaurant. It’s famous for their signature noodle soup. It’s very tasty and authentic It has five locations in the Great Vancouver area. I always went to its first location Aberdeen Center in Richmond, BC long times ago. Last year, Chef Hung opened its fifth location at Simon Fraser University, which was very convenient to all students there. When It just opened, it was a huge lineup everyday. It has been opened about the year. It was getting better, but it’s still very busy. I think it’s because of the small environment.
My friends and I, four of us, got to the restaurant around 12:30 pm. Inside the restaurant was busy. But, we were lucky. There was only one four-seat table left. We were very fast gotta the table and began to take a look at the menu.
Two of my friends ordered Seasonal Vegetable with Noodle in the Beef soup, Me and another friend had award-winning beef shank, tendon & trip with noodle soup. We all choose the flat noodles for our noodle bowls. Besides noodles, We also ordered Cold Mixed Kelp to share. All the food came out the kitchen fast and fresh. The soup was very hot and tasty. I love my award-winning beef shank, tendon & trip with noodle soup. All the beef in my soup were super soft and had special flavors. The cold mixed kelp was one of my favorite dishes at Chef Hung, but it was a very small portion. It was cold with unique Chinese Style flavor: Sweet and Sour, which made me couldn’t stop eating it. I love its taste so much.
In summary, we had a nice experience eating at Chef Hung.
As for the broth, it was really clear and it tasted pretty healthy. I was hoping to have the dark beef broth with preserved veggies that usually comes with Taiwanese noodles but this one was alright too. The only thing that matched my cravings were the chewy flat noodles which were delicious. There were dense and chewy.
I found the soup to have a more bolder taste compared to the Aberdeen one. Beef is very good here, more tender than Aberdeen's. However, they tend to cook their noodles too firm and it's not the same handmade noodle as the Aberdeen location; I ask them to cook it softer and it came out just right. I also noticed quite a few people only eat the beef and soup without eating their noodles. Also a bit annoying there aren't many single-person seats so if you go by yourself you'll have to sit with another person.
On my last visit the person sitting across from me noticed a fly in their soup and the manager was alerted to the problem and offered to make a new one... These things happen but it is very discouraging!
Chef Hung is fast and convenient. It is small and personal. They have a very busy kitchen which is open faced and you can see that it is immaculately clean and well organized.
Their food is comfort food and delicious. Easy to get in, served and back out in 30 minutes.
I ordered the house special beef noodle. Nothing special about it, taste like your typical Taiwanese-comfort noodle soup. But at the SFU location, I believe it is a bit more expensive than other places outside of campus (can't remember the exact prices of the other restaurants). One bowl of noodle was around $12-13 before tips and tax.
Service was good. Although the layout of the tables were quite odd because you would have to share tables if your sitting at the back area. The restaurant isn't that big, but overall, had a comfy feeling to it
It was the grand opening of their SFU location, there was a huge line up. I waited about 30-35 mins before being seated. The renovation was interesting (well, compare to other restaurants in SFU). Anyway, I ordered their Champion Beef Noodle in Soup, I wasn't expecting much because there were just too many people and the quality are usual not so good where there are so many people, but there are never much choices in SFU anyway.
Surprisingly, the Noodle was pretty good! Beef was tender, noodle was soft and chewy, soup base was excellent, definitely live up to its name.
I tried their noodles in Taiwan before and I think their quality was pretty consistence
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