蘇Good 餐廳 So Good Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Richmond Hill

Feeling elated with this surprising ‘Hidden Neighbourhood Gem’ find!

‘ So Good!! ‘......the chef/owner sure got the name of his restaurant right!!

Rarely does one find a restaurant with near perfect execution of every single dish ordered. Our absolutely delightful, humble and value-for-money meal tonight reflects exactly that!

First off, the size of the dishes were HUGE!! For the price they were charging, this was totally unexpected! Our party of six ordered 6 dishes and we were stuffed to the hilt by the amount of food presented.

We had:

A pre-ordered ‘ Crispy Skin Salt Baked Free Range Chicken ‘. The super crisp lacquered skin was amazing. The chichen so flavourful! Using a bunch of ultra-crispy French fries as garnish was a most enjoyable and masterful - touch ‘! Stir fried dishes of……‘ Cauliflower with wind-dried Chinese Preserved Meats and sausages ‘, ‘ Port wine glazed Filet Mignon Cubes with Mushrooms and String Beans ‘, ‘ Sliced beef with Chinese Kale aka Gai-Lan ‘ were all wonderfully prepared and packed full of ‘ Wok-Hay ‘ goodness. A crunchy and umami packed ‘ Fried Jumbo Tiger Prawns and Pumpkins with Salted Duck Egg Yolk coating was addictive and lip-smacking good! Last but not least, one the BEST and most perfect executions of ‘ Sweet and Sour Pork ‘ we have ever come across in the GTA! Piping hot!...The crunchiness and crispiness was out-of-this-world and the sweet and mildly tangy sauce, so well balanced and delectable. Wow!!

And to finish off our near faultless meal….complimentary, fresh house made, ‘ Silken Tofu with ginger syrup ‘ dessert! What a treat!

Only down side of tonight’s meal?! The noise-level!.... result of a packed house and one isolated ‘ screaming kid ‘!!

Definitely...

Updated Been back a few times for lunch. Their lunch menu isn't bad, the price and portions are reasonable. There is often a wait during lunch hours. Service wise, it has improved significantly since the first time I came for dinner. I still haven't been back to try their dinners yet.

Original Drove by and saw a new restaurant opened, and decided to try for an early Saturday dinner. Sat down at 6pm, and there were only 2-3 tables. The restaurant soon filled up, partly due to people coming to try a new restaurant, but mainly because the service and waiting time for food to be served was quite ridiculous. We ordered a combo for 3 (3 dishes), and it took about 45-50 minutes to arrive after we ordered (I was about a minute away from walking out). What we thought would be a early quick dinner turned out to be quite a lengthy one. The restaurant itself was quite clean, the food was decent, except I was extremely thirsty afterwards. The steamed fish we got was really overcooked, and the eggplant in the sizzling pot definitely didn't sizzle. It barely had any steam coming out by the time it got to our table. Service-wise...I had to ask and remind the servers for tea/water, utensils, soup. When they brought the dishes, instead of putting it where we were sitting, they just left it on the other side of the table and expected us to get it and move it for ourselves. I get it, new restaurant, they're busy, they're trying to figure things out. I hope they will sort everything out soon, because judging by the grumbling by the other tables about their service and wait time, I don't know whether those people (and us) want come back...

Nice little cafe with a few large tables and mostly small ones.

We made reservations at 6 pm and they got busy just after we arrived.

We got the sweet and sour pork: good started fare - the the best I’ve had but decently crispy and saucy, Cantonese chow mien: still had crispy noodles while others were saucy - the bbq pork didn’t have great cuts and were a bit chewy, pork neck and mushrooms: this was a kid favourite (this picture was after it was already half eaten), fish in corn sauce: fish could have been crispier though hard to do so when drenched in sauce, green beans: a bit salty though I guess that’s what makes the dish so tasty!

There were a few other options we wanted to try, though stuck with the classics. Portions were a good size and needed a takeout box afterwards.

They had complementary dessert for dinner of tofu pudding which is a nice change from the typical red/green bean Chinese dessert.

The wait staff was decently friendly and attentive. I thought they forgot, but after a little longer than expected, they would come with the Chili oil, or tea refill or box that we asked for. They were a bit busy.

There was a TV with Chinese news. One note is that it was really loud. Many HK cafes are, but this night was particularly loud.

Decent all around though nothing so exceptional that we’ll be back right away. Though we probably will be back.

The kids took the pictures so hopefully...