Shaunee Restaurant — Restaurant in Shaunavon

I try to test out small town Chinese food places as you get some real gems some times... not so much in this case.

Now it wasn't terrible. Admittedly if I lived in or around town I'd probably be pretty happy but I just found this place as being "cheap".

I usually get chicken balls, ginger beef, and rice as that seems to be standard for my circles. I got the shaingha noodles (instead of rice) as they usually aren't offered as a side are typically pretty tough to get right , and I'm usually not impressed with the fried rice.

Chicken balls are kind of a standard of Canadian Chinese food and these chicken balls were far from great. The chicken inside ... well what was there was about half the size of the end of my pinky finger (like a small 4x4 Lego brick was the largest) I feel you should be able to cut a chicken ball in half and be able to see chicken in either side obviously from my photo not the case. The chicken was also a bit chewy, it seems like it was precooked (possibly frozen) and then refried. The chicken batter was tasty enough and the inside was fluffy but so was the outside, I like a crispy outside. Combined with the precooked chicken I think frying the chicken ball longer could have a fresh cooked inside, a fluffy inside and a crisp outside.

The ginger beef was better. The beef wasn't chewy and the batter was nice and crisp with a satisfying crunch. It seemed to have a bit too much ginger or not enough honey/sugar. There was no extra onions or green peppers. I like that there are no extra veggies but I know some folks like this. It seemed like there could have been a bit more ginger beef plated. The strips were pretty thin and there was maybe 4 or 5 strips which just feels again like they were cutting corners.

The shanghai noodles were pretty good but the cabbage that was cooked with seemed to be added last minute and was definitely undercooked. There was a bunch of oil left on my plate in the end.

All in all this isn't a bad place. The food was very tasty and as far as small town Chinese places go I'd be pretty happy to have a this place in my town.

All in all it feels like it's just cheap, the prices aren't low enough to feel like it's a sweet deal but the quality of the cooking is JUST below the line. My food came VERY fast... I'd wait an extra five minutes for fresh chicken I'd pay an extra 2 bucks for that much more meat. It's evident the folks here offer great service and know what they are doing.. it just feels like it's so close to the mark but not quite there.

I don't feel ripped off but I'd definitely look forward to better Chinese in a...

We sat ourselves and waited a long time before anyone came out to the front. Longer to get our order taken. Never asked us what we wanted to drink. The food came another 30 minutes or more after that. The guy at the front went past some people seated so many times without a greeting or taking their order that they finally just left. It was not busy inside. The food we got was awful. Very tiny spread out on plate. Both had ordered the meal for 1. The sweet n sour chicken was so vinegar-y, not sweet, and super hard over-cooked with not much meat inside. Cut my gums! There was no more than a tablespoon of veg in the vegetable chow mein over uncooked noodles, one fork full if you could eat them raw, crunchy tasteless. I asked why there was no chow mein, but these raw hard noodles and that we would not have ordered it if we knew. Later he came past and asked if I 'still didn't like the chow mein'. Offered nothing. The fried rice was not fried. Weird. Worst meal this year. Neither of us ate it up. But, then when I went to pay, the other man who had been in the back, says 'do you live here?' 'That's why I've never seen you in here before'. Rude the way he said it. He could have just thanked us for trying them, or coming in, or anything else. Didn't care....

I rarely order take out but i wasnt feeling well and really was needing won ton soup. I called maybe around 11 am and a guy answered. I asked about their soup and said id call back, because i needed to see if my friend could go out and get it for me. My friend couldnt show up till around 1:55 and then I called to place my order and no one answered.

Called about 7 times. I couldnt figure out why no one was answering till my friend actually went to the place and said they were closed and the door was locked. What place closes at 2 pm with no explanation? Needless to say , i was not impressed, and was dissapointed since thats the only place in town it seems you can get won ton soup. That experience does not make me want to take my business there again...