Situated south of Diana's, Phoenix Restaurant was only a three-minute drive down Woodbine. We arrived to a partially-full restaurant, making me glad that we hadn't come during the lunch rush. Without further ado, I proceeded to order a glass of Iced Hong Kong Milk Tea and a plate of Green Tea Egg Waffles to share.
For a HK-style cafe, Phoenix's dessert selection was pretty impressive: Brick toast, toast cubes, pancakes, and waffles were some of the options. Egg waffles were a new addition to their menu, and were advertised via a simple, colourful promotion poster in the entranceway. In addition the ever-popular Green Tea and Black Sesame, the combos were also available in Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, and Mango, each varying slightly in price point depending on popularity.
Being Chinese I'm a sucker for the authentic white cut chicken and the ginger/green onion sauce. 😍 My mom is pretty picky about eating out at Chinese restaurants since many of them steer away from the original flavours. But she loves this restaurant. Phoenix has affordable prices and great food. Will go back again
Excellent cold HK style milk tea. I have only been here once (today) and was very impressed with the selection in the menu. I ordered the baked chicken rice and it was pretty good. The chicken which was fried was excellent (as was the fried egg that it came with). I thought the tomato sauce that it came with (the sauce that's normally on the baked rice dishes) was a bit on the sour side ....could have used a bit more sugar to offset the sourness. I "upgraded" to a cold drink for my meal and was really impressed with the cold HK style milk tea. Typically, most restaurants would just be giving you a hot milk tea and adding a bunch of ice cubes .... making it a "warm" and diluted tea. But this one came without any ice yet it was ice cold and that contributed to the nice and strong flavour that was still in the cold milk tea ...very impressive.
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