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Marc C
4 reviews on 1 places
Date visited : July 7, 2018
Happened to be craving some quick Japanese food and my wife and I happened to be in the area. We wanted to grab a bite before going to Saturday afternoon Mass.
It has been a long time since I have been to Teriyaki Experience. It seems that they have made some major changes to the menu along with pricing.
My wife had opted for a Shrimp Teriyaki w/*bean sprouts & I went for Tofu Teriyaki w/*bean sprouts.
I still really enjoy their Teriyaki sauce, except they now have a low sodium option which I didn't realize until after we had ordered. Tho, they don't have the low-sodium teriyaki sauce available in self-serve bottle for the customers, you have to request it apparently.
Now, don't get me wrong, the food was good. However the value to portioning ratio I find unfair.
Both our dishes, the Shrimp Teriyaki and Tofu Teriyaki were both $9.00 before taxes. Okay the Shrimp is kinda on the pricey side so I can understand that but a tofu dish for $9 bux?! Even the portioning for the rice on our dishes was smaller than what they used to offer even 4 year ago. In my opinion, a Tofu dish should not be valued the same as a Shrimp/Beef/Chicken dish.
There are not many value-oriented options for those who are on a budget at this resto. Other places Tofu option or a Veggie option would be the most affordable choice..but not at Teriyaki Experience.
Based on what we saw on that day, we can make the dishes ourselves, since we have also been experimenting with Teriyaki sauce at home. Just have to get the texture of the Tofu right and we are set. Speaking of sauce, they offer Teriyaki Experience sauces for sale in bottles for like $5 + HST.
Likely not to return based on the value of the dishes for price paid.
* For those of you that may have read my other reviews, I manage gout, so I couldn't get all the standard veggies offered, since they use cabbage and cabbage has a moderate purine level.
Happened to be craving some quick Japanese food and my wife and I happened to be in the area. We wanted to grab a bite before going to Saturday afternoon Mass.
It has been a long time since I have been to Teriyaki Experience. It seems that they have made some major changes to the menu along with pricing.
My wife had opted for a Shrimp Teriyaki w/*bean sprouts & I went for Tofu Teriyaki w/*bean sprouts.
I still really enjoy their Teriyaki sauce, except they now have a low sodium option which I didn't realize until after we had ordered. Tho, they don't have the low-sodium teriyaki sauce available in self-serve bottle for the customers, you have to request it apparently.
Now, don't get me wrong, the food was good. However the value to portioning ratio I find unfair.
Both our dishes, the Shrimp Teriyaki and Tofu Teriyaki were both $9.00 before taxes. Okay the Shrimp is kinda on the pricey side so I can understand that but a tofu dish for $9 bux?! Even the portioning for the rice on our dishes was smaller than what they used to offer even 4 year ago. In my opinion, a Tofu dish should not be valued the same as a Shrimp/Beef/Chicken dish.
There are not many value-oriented options for those who are on a budget at this resto. Other places Tofu option or a Veggie option would be the most affordable choice..but not at Teriyaki Experience.
Based on what we saw on that day, we can make the dishes ourselves, since we have also been experimenting with Teriyaki sauce at home. Just have to get the texture of the Tofu right and we are set. Speaking of sauce, they offer Teriyaki Experience sauces for sale in bottles for like $5 + HST.
Likely not to return based on the value of the dishes for price paid.
* For those of you that may have read my other reviews, I manage gout, so I couldn't get all the standard veggies offered, since they use cabbage and cabbage has a moderate purine level.
We're kinda new to northern chinese cuisine. the dining area wasn't super full when we visited, this is our 2nd visit as of this writing.
Yuan Yuan took the space in the plaza where Spicy Garden used to be.
Service is typical chinese service - kinda rude, so nothing new there
As for the food : we ordered braised pork burger, scallion pancakes, soft tofu soup, potatoes and garlic & seafood noodles.
braised pork burger : ok meat to fat ratio, not enough sauce, good ratio of amount of pork filling to the bun, bun was crispy on the outside, but the bottom half of the bun was kinda thick.
scallion pancakes : nice and crispy but barely any scallions
soft tofu soup : both myself and the wife enjoyed this, kinda like dessert tofu with a lightly sweet soup, down side was we only ordered the small size :)
potatoes and garlic : first time trying this, has some hot oil, not super spicy at all, would order again.
seafood noodles : nothing super fancy about these noodles, lightly sauced a bit on the oily side. Likely not to order this one again. Note : their noodle selection is very few.
Likely to visit again to try other dishes.
This resto accepts cash & debit, uncertain as of this writing on credit card
Yuan Yuan took the space in the plaza where Spicy Garden used to be.
Service is typical chinese service - kinda rude, so nothing new there
As for the food : we ordered braised pork burger, scallion pancakes, soft tofu soup, potatoes and garlic & seafood noodles.
braised pork burger : ok meat to fat ratio, not enough sauce, good ratio of amount of pork filling to the bun, bun was crispy on the outside, but the bottom half of the bun was kinda thick.
scallion pancakes : nice and crispy but barely any scallions
soft tofu soup : both myself and the wife enjoyed this, kinda like dessert tofu with a lightly sweet soup, down side was we only ordered the small size :)
potatoes and garlic : first time trying this, has some hot oil, not super spicy at all, would order again.
seafood noodles : nothing super fancy about these noodles, lightly sauced a bit on the oily side. Likely not to order this one again. Note : their noodle selection is very few.
Likely to visit again to try other dishes.
This resto accepts cash & debit, uncertain as of this writing on credit card
This place is located in a kinda hole in the wall food court it is in the same food court as Mike's BBQ (4465 Sheppard Ave E.), not to be confused with East Court & Mike's BBQ located @ 4400 Sheppard Ave E
Scarborough, ON M1S 5J5.
Don't expect great service here. They even got our order incorrect the first time around. For English speaking visitors, I would strongly recommend pointing to what exactly you want on their free take away menu. We had ordered dish #37 (BBQ Pork and Mixed Vegetables w/Udon noodles) and the lady behind the counter interpreted dish #73 (beef brisket on rice)..which they prepared dish #73 and I informed them that it was wrong, and had to re-point it out on their take away menu.
Even with the snafu, the #37 dish was actually good, along with dish #15 Chef's Special fried Rice Noodle. Good value in regards to money paid to portion of food served.
on a per head basis this would fall as a $ ($4.99 - $9.99).
I would recommend this place if you are on a lower budget for a single person eating or a couple. Place isn't exactly great for super large groups since it is a food court after all.
For payments, this resto is CASH ONLY. So plan ahead to stop at the atm before chowing down here.
Scarborough, ON M1S 5J5.
Don't expect great service here. They even got our order incorrect the first time around. For English speaking visitors, I would strongly recommend pointing to what exactly you want on their free take away menu. We had ordered dish #37 (BBQ Pork and Mixed Vegetables w/Udon noodles) and the lady behind the counter interpreted dish #73 (beef brisket on rice)..which they prepared dish #73 and I informed them that it was wrong, and had to re-point it out on their take away menu.
Even with the snafu, the #37 dish was actually good, along with dish #15 Chef's Special fried Rice Noodle. Good value in regards to money paid to portion of food served.
on a per head basis this would fall as a $ ($4.99 - $9.99).
I would recommend this place if you are on a lower budget for a single person eating or a couple. Place isn't exactly great for super large groups since it is a food court after all.
For payments, this resto is CASH ONLY. So plan ahead to stop at the atm before chowing down here.
We came here on a recommendation via email from Yelp. We arrived at a slow time, they weren't very busy. Be prepared to have some patience since English is a challenge for the staff. Just asking if they accept debit payment took me 2 minutes.
We are still relatively new to Northern Chinese cuisine. So kinda went in without have too many expectations. After some quick perusing of Google foodie reviews and Yelper reviews. Apparently the Scallion pancakes are a must have item.
So we ordered the scallion pancakes (aka green onion pancakes, 1 large piece), an order of the chive & egg pancakes (3 pieces), steamed dumplings (pork, shrimp & leeks) arrived in a large steamer with 15 pieces, deep fried prawns with salt & spicy. We also ordered the #41 shredded pork w/garlic & chili sauce, but it never arrived, I mentioned to the staff they should look on both sides of the order sheet when I went up to the cashier to settle our bill. Thankfully the missed item didn't arrive, since odds were that would have been take home. Since there was sooo much dough and pastry with what we ate..I nearly had a food coma from all that dough.
Service : I'd rate this around 2/5 for the the language barrier part and missing our last item that we ordered.
Food : the star of our meal my wife and I agreed upon was the deep fried prawns with salt & spicy (#80). Runner up would be the scallion (green onion) pancake (#138), chive & egg pancakes (#134) last the steamed pork/shrimp/leek dumplings (#102).
Food comments : the scallion pancake was really heavy but had a lot of fresh scallions (try to eat this quickly as the dough becomes rubbery when it gets cold). Same goes for the chive & egg pancake, (pastry wrap for this was more thin and crispy) and loaded with chives & scrambled egg. The shrimps within the dumplings were not fresh, they were kinda dry, but the dumplings themselves were soup type dumplings (enough soup to fill about 1/2 a chinese soup spoon).
A lot of the available dishes on the menu I had to screen due to me having to manage gout..so no beef dishes, nothing with cabbage, and my wife and I prefer a level of spice between mild and super spicy. Lamb is considered a red meat, so usually we try to shy away from Lamb, but I wouldn't mind trying their lamb skewers with cumin in the future. Sadly they didn't seem to have much by means of rice dishes, more on the "main entree" type of dishes and small handful of noodle dishes.
Final thoughts : is it worth a repeat visit? Perhaps yes, for the scallion pancake and the deep fried prawns. Possibly also to try their Ma Po Tofu dish (hopefully they provide steam rice with this dish).
We are still relatively new to Northern Chinese cuisine. So kinda went in without have too many expectations. After some quick perusing of Google foodie reviews and Yelper reviews. Apparently the Scallion pancakes are a must have item.
So we ordered the scallion pancakes (aka green onion pancakes, 1 large piece), an order of the chive & egg pancakes (3 pieces), steamed dumplings (pork, shrimp & leeks) arrived in a large steamer with 15 pieces, deep fried prawns with salt & spicy. We also ordered the #41 shredded pork w/garlic & chili sauce, but it never arrived, I mentioned to the staff they should look on both sides of the order sheet when I went up to the cashier to settle our bill. Thankfully the missed item didn't arrive, since odds were that would have been take home. Since there was sooo much dough and pastry with what we ate..I nearly had a food coma from all that dough.
Service : I'd rate this around 2/5 for the the language barrier part and missing our last item that we ordered.
Food : the star of our meal my wife and I agreed upon was the deep fried prawns with salt & spicy (#80). Runner up would be the scallion (green onion) pancake (#138), chive & egg pancakes (#134) last the steamed pork/shrimp/leek dumplings (#102).
Food comments : the scallion pancake was really heavy but had a lot of fresh scallions (try to eat this quickly as the dough becomes rubbery when it gets cold). Same goes for the chive & egg pancake, (pastry wrap for this was more thin and crispy) and loaded with chives & scrambled egg. The shrimps within the dumplings were not fresh, they were kinda dry, but the dumplings themselves were soup type dumplings (enough soup to fill about 1/2 a chinese soup spoon).
A lot of the available dishes on the menu I had to screen due to me having to manage gout..so no beef dishes, nothing with cabbage, and my wife and I prefer a level of spice between mild and super spicy. Lamb is considered a red meat, so usually we try to shy away from Lamb, but I wouldn't mind trying their lamb skewers with cumin in the future. Sadly they didn't seem to have much by means of rice dishes, more on the "main entree" type of dishes and small handful of noodle dishes.
Final thoughts : is it worth a repeat visit? Perhaps yes, for the scallion pancake and the deep fried prawns. Possibly also to try their Ma Po Tofu dish (hopefully they provide steam rice with this dish).