🇨🇦 Waterloo | A Western Restaurant

Today, I’m introducing a really interesting restaurant called State & Main-Waterloo. What makes it fun? It serves tons of Asian dishes adapted to local tastes—and surprisingly, they’re pretty good! There are quite a few Westernized Chinese and Japanese dishes worth checking out. 😊 DRAGON BOAT LETTUCE WRAPS 🥬 The name alone sounds so Chinese! It’s stir-fried veggies and noodles wrapped in lettuce leaves. The filling includes stir-fried snow peas, chicken, fried noodles, and mushrooms—all savory and flavorful. It comes with hoisin sauce and peanut sauce to drizzle on top before wrapping it up in crisp lettuce. The freshness of the veggies, crunch of the fried noodles, and chewiness of the chicken and mushrooms? Chef’s kiss. Definitely worth a try! SOUP DUMPLINGS 🥟 Any Chinese person will immediately recognize these as frozen xiaolongbao (soup dumplings)—the name is refreshingly straightforward! But here’s the Western twist: the pork dumplings are smothered in sweet chili sauce and chili oil, then topped with shredded carrots and fried garlic. The flavor is wildly complex—so funny but somehow works! 😂 STEAK & SUSHI 🥩🍣 Sliced tenderloin steak soaks in a sesame-ginger-soy sauce, which is savory with a hint of ginger and a subtle tang. The downside? The beef cut has a lot of tough tendons. But the seasoning is solid! Then there’s the tuna sushi: it’s drizzled with chili oil (so good!) and the sushi rice is fried, making it crispy and oily in the best way. BOURBON PEPPERCORN NEW YORK 🥃 A New York strip steak drizzled with bourbon peppercorn sauce. This one’s a winner! The bourbon gives the sauce a sweeter, richer flavor than regular whiskey sauces—almost like a creamy yellow curry, but with a kick. Oh, and their fries? Perfectly crispy. So good! 🍟 The interior is clean, and there’s a spacious bar area too. 🍹 Address: L01-578 Weber St N, Waterloo, ON N2L 0C7, Canada #WaterlooFood #WaterlooLife