Chinese Street Cart Style Skewers
I recently checked out @siancitybbqbar and it made me remember that time when I checked out Northern BBQ House back in 2014. I wasn't a huge foodie back then, but I did post a photo collage of it.
Does anyone remember Northern BBQ House? I could be wrong, but I believe they were the first restaurant that was serving up chinese street cart style skewers in Edmonton and they were located in the same spot where Spirit Bistro is currently located in Chinatown.
I was pretty excited to check this place out, but at the same time sad, and that's because close to half the menu was either sold/blacked out. @yeg.baking and I ended up ordering the house special lamb and pork belly skewers, squid and bbq bun slice. I wasn't in the mood for noodles, as I came for the skewers, but she ordered the sour and spicy sweet potato noodles. Unfortunately, they did not have any sweet potato noodles, so she went with rice noodles. She shared and gave me a small bowl of the noodle soup to try. Check out her page to see her post (including a photo of the noodle soup) about Sian City Bbq Bar.
With what I did try, the house special lamb and pork belly skewers was my favourite. The squid was also good and was very tender. The fish ball, fish tofu and bbq bun slice was good, but I don't think I'll order them next time. I believe all the skewers was seasoned with the same chinese cumin spice blend and it was spicy. The noodle soup was actually pretty good and I enjoyed the broth. Yes, I sweated after eating a few skewers. Lol.
Overall, it's a pretty good place to get some chinese street cart style skewers, and hopefully when I come back next time they will have more items on the menu that isn't sold/blacked out. read more