Expatasia LTD. — Restaurant in Calgary

I tried this place, cauliflower was pretty good, the crackling pork bell was average but definitely not close to the best I ever had. But the portion size compared to the price is ridiculous. It was like 23$ for about 2 to 3 Oz's of pork, a small portion of cauliflower and a tiny portion of rice. When he told me the price I was shocked but figured it would be a big portion but was tiny. I would never order from them again. It's the only place in the whole market I would never order from again. I lowered the rating because of the diva like response from the owner. I was off by a whole whopping 1$ and according to him the portion is 3.5 to 4 Oz's. I don't know about that but if you read reviews and what people are saying in Facebook food groups, my complaint is a common one. Yes mostly good reviews about the taste but I am by far not the only one to make this complaint. Especially in the Foody groups. And this is what reviews are for, this is how modern businesses are run. I don't go to every owner of every restaurant or business that seems off or I didn't enjoy. 95% of my restaurant reviews are...

EDIT: How have I not heard about this place sooner? I had the pork belly and cauliflower combo and that pork belly…that pork belly will live on in my dreams forever. I will have phantom memories of it in my future lives because it’s literally THE best pork belly I’ve ever eaten, and I have travelled the world and I’ve eaten it all. It’s cooked perfectly, the fat melts in your mouth and skin is crispy and airy, not rock hard like some other bellies I’ve had. The sauce they use on the cauliflower is a reason to go in and of itself. But can we also discuss the rice? I know you would think rice is rice but, cooking rice properly actually takes a great amount of skill and these guys NAIL it. Each grain is perfectly steamed, not overdone and with just the right amount of texture, and that’s actually difficult to do if you can believe that. Just go here. Please. Try it. Bring a tissue, because if you don’t weep tears of joy for a literally perfectly cooked piece of meat, then you’ll at least need one to dab the single glistening tear that will roll down your cheek after the first,...

Jeff and Joel, thank you so much for the amazing cooking lessons and dinner recently. Our stealth planning made it a big surprise my wife is still talking about and it was great to do everything right in our home.

Our guests also loved it and it was awesome how you guys got everyone involved, making for a perfect blend of time spent entertaining, learning and eating.

It was especially impressive how you got our kids involved to help out a lot (who also really enjoyed it all). I hope they’re able to have a similar laser focus with school work, as was the case when they helped to prepare the food! And they actually devoured everything too, even the spicy dishes, which speaks to how delicious we all found the menu to be.

And thanks to the provided recipes, we’ve even made a couple of the dishes since then (Tom Kha Goong and Babi Kecap). The latter makes for excellent leftovers too.

Keep doing everything you’re doing! You’re a blessing to our community.

Thanks again, Jason...