Goodbye Canada

On our last day in Canada before leaving at 3 o'clock in the morning the next day we took a trip to Calgary to check out their Chinatown.  There was actually a decent number of restaurants in what was considered Chinatown and it was way too hard to pick one restaurant to eat lunch at.  We decided on Gee Gong (珠江菜館) because it was less nice looking but it was still crowded.  That means it must be very good and somewhat inexpensive.

We were seated at the last open table which happened to be right next to the bathroom but who cares?  The waitress served us tea right away.  The sheer number of dishes made it difficult to chose just a few.  You could choose dishes that you eat with rice, or you could order things like noodle soup or jok (Chinese porridge).  I just wanted to order everything and devour it all but after some compromising, we ordered 3 dishes from the 合菜 menu and 2 noodle soups from the paper menu.

榨菜鴨絲湯麵 (Duck noodle soup)
(front) & 牛肉湯麵 (Beef noodle soup)

The noodle soups came first.  The noodles are Hong Kong style noodles that you would typically find fried but in soup form, it tastes just as good.  The Peking duck was still crispy and juicy making it even more scrumptious.  Everything about the soups were excellent except they seemed a bit saltier than necessary and they clearly used the same soup base for both.  But it's hard for us to waste any food so we downed the bowl.  The size of the bowl is more than enough for one person unless you are a big eater which in this case, it would probably be not enough.

煎封龍利 (Fried fish)

Everything else was superb and delicious.  Nothing was dissatisfying and not before long, the plates were squeaky clean.  Even though I dislike eating fish, I found this one to be ok because it was fried to the point that even the bones could be eaten.  However, I wouldn't eat it if you are worried about your health.

牛肉炒時菜 (Beef with seasonal vegetables)

五香牛腩煲  (5 flavor beef pot)

I have to point out how interesting the way the serve their rice is.  At most Chinese restaurants, they either give you bowls of rice or in a larger plastic bowl, but Gee Gong had it in a metal bucket.  We were totally fine with that and it even adds to the traditional Chinese restaurant, making it even more authentic.  They also charge for rice but it isn't as expensive as the Silver Dragon restaurant we ate at.