My husband and I had dinner here the other night. The place is not that big and we didn't have reservations, so we had to wait about 20 minutes or so (it was a Friday night). There's a tiny little waiting area near the back of the restaurant.
We started off with the egg rolls. They are open-ended and were quite tasty. They were a little too salty, but they were flavourful and not overly greasy.
Then for our mains we had the Spicy Kungfu Beef, Shrimp Harmony and Pad Thai. Note that the dine-in prices are a little bit higher than on the take-out menu (which is also the only menu available to view online). Not by much, maybe $0.50 to $2.00 depending on the dish.
The Spicy Kungfu beef (described as "blue belt spicy" i.e. medium) was not all that spicy. It was our first time there, so I wanted to see what their regular medium spice was (as I've ordered "medium" at some other restaurants and my mouth was on fire). Had I known what it is here, I would have ordered it "black belt spicy" i.e. hot. This dish was ok, but I wasn't too crazy about it. The batter was not as crispy as I would have liked. It bordered on soggy. Portion size was good, note that all you get is the battered and deep fried beef, there are no veggies in this dish.
The Shrimp Harmony was certainly an interesting dish. It is battered and then deep fried shrimp in a creamy peach sauce with peach slices. It is served on a bed of deep fried vermicelli noodles. There were 2 pieces of broccoli and a slice of carrot as garnish (these were our only vegetables for the meal because we thought that the beef and shrimp dishes would come with veggies, as most places add veggies as fillers, but surprisingly not Kingfu Bistro). This dish is very sweet - almost cloyingly sweet. However, it was unique and different from anything I've ever tasted before.
The Pad Thai was probably my favourite of them all. I love the fact that they use crushed almonds instead of peanuts. They also sprinkle they call it "roasted garlic" but it tasted like pieces of fried garlic (you know like those fried onions in green bean casseroles, or on burgers?) on top of the Pad Thai. There was plenty of medium-sized shrimp. There was also chicken and eggs. There was no tofu filler. We had also requested no bean sprouts or cilantro, which they accommodated readily. The Pad Thai is described as "strong blue belt spicy" i.e. medium-hot. It had a bit of kick to it, but I could have easily tolerated more (and I'm no heavy-weight when it comes to spice). There was a slightly stronger fish sauce smell and taste to it than at most mainstream restaurants, but it was not off-putting or anything. It was quite tangy and sweet and I enjoyed it.
The service was excellent. Everyone was really nice and attentive. They re-filled our waters without us having to ask. A lady who I think might have been the owner, or maybe a manager, came up to our table and chatted with us a bit. She said that she noticed that all the dishes we ordered were on the sweet side. I commented that I didn't realize that until the dishes came out and we tasted them. She asked if we wanted to order something more savoury and less sweet to balance everything out, gave us some recommendations and said that they could whip it up really fast, but we declined. Since the portions were a good size, we had leftovers. We asked them to pack up the dishes to go. When we got home we noticed that they even labelled the containers. What a nice touch!
Spice levels are on the tame side, so if you like spice, go hotter than the default. And remember to order vegetables, because the meat dishes (at least the ones we ordered) don't have any vegetables as fillers. The Pad Thai doesn't have vegetables either - although Pad Thai usually doesn't, but I've had Pad Thai with anything from green and red peppers to baby corn to broccoli in it (!)
It's in a strip mall so there is a lot of parking available. The decor is "Kungfu" so Bruce Lee stuff and Kungfu figurines all around.
Overall food was pretty good and service was excellent! read more