Hometaste Hong Kong Cuisine — Restaurant in Eden Prairie

This was my first trip to Asia Mall. It was an eye-opening experience to see a NYC or LA style Asian only mall in MN! It's been a super long time coming. Home Taste is the only Cantonese Restaurant in the mall. I might add that it is the only authentic Cantonese restaurant in the Edina/Chanhassen/Eden Prairie/West Bloomington region.

I went at the end of the day on a Saturday when things were winding down for dinner for one. The restaurant has an inviting and open feel. It's very clean and tidy, with a modern build-out reminiscent of newer restaurants in Flushing NY or Brooklyn Chinatown. I ran into an old waiter I knew from Mandarin Kitchen and Hong Kong Noodle. This put me at ease as I knew what level of service I would expect, as those Cantonese places valued service at dinner time. I was sad to read about the bad reviews due to service here as it was definitely not the case for me. My server was attentive, with the right amount of engagement and giving space. There were never complaints regarding table service from me or my Hong Kong family at HK Noodle, Mandarin, and now at Home Taste.

I ordered the Seafood Pan Fried Noodle, which is a classic Cantonese dinner noodle entrée. This is the very dish where the American Chow Mein was based, except it's 100% better than the American-Chinese version in it's authentic form. They stir fry lo mein egg noodles, and quickly dip them into the fryer to get the edges crisp. They then put a simple stir fried mix, in this case seafood (prawns, squid, and large tilapia filets) with veggies in a classic garlic white sauce, and pour it on top of the partially crispy noodles. The result is a mix of yummy saucy with a little bit of crunch.

Now the level of cooking at Home Taste is what I would rate as homecook+. Meaning it's just a little better than your average homecook. Well my mom is a near-gourmet chef. She learns from Shanghai's top chef's for fun. So that's not a fair comparison lol. I would say that compared to the other Cantonese places in town, it's a 3 out of 5 on food. The ingredients were super fresh, the presentation was spot on. Taste, well, it's "Home Taste." They are truthful in their assessment of themselves.

The biggest complaint was the bill. Holy cow with tip it was getting close to $40 for one singular noodle entrée out the door. Maybe it's par for the course for authentic Cantonese dining now. It's getting to the point now where I need to pay mom for Zoom cooking lessons lolol.

So the one lost star was more for the relatively blandness of the dish compared to the price charged. It is the ONLY formal dining spot in the Mall, and the classiest one at that. So that's what you're paying for. If you're here with your family with the in-law's, and don't feel like getting messy in a smash your face silly AYCE hot pot joint, then this is your only choice unless you drive all the way across to Mandarin Kitchen in East...

This is the second time we've been here. The first time, it took them 20min just to get us drinks and they never came back so we left. Granted that was around their opener and they were extremely busy so I figured we give them a try another day. Their loss though, in laws were in town so we were about to spend a few hundred dollars. Second time was a weekday so I'm thinking hey, prime opportunity to give it a shot. Still poor service even though they weren't that busy. I'm talking like 2 tables and a couple including us. Slow to take orders. Had my toddler too so ordered her the egg rolls while I tried their bbq pork/ roasted pork combo. When they finally got to us, they didn't have my dish left. Mind you this was about an hour after they opened. No way they sold out, they just didn't want to gamble on making the dishes and no one buys it. Sucks but I understand since people have experienced their business. So I get the Korean style beef ribs. It was spectacular. Fried rice was good, not bad, not great. Average lo mein. And a few other forgettable apps. But the worst thing, my daughters egg rolls, they were RAW! Chicken was literally uncooked. Not pink, RAW. And we only caught that because I break the egg rolls up for my daughter so it's easier to eat. And I knew it was bad because the inside wrapper was doughy like playdough. How does that even happen? It's egg roll wraps! Unless they freshly made the wraps but undercooked and raw chicken. And I'm Hmong! I ain't afraid undercook meat but we don't t do raw chicken! Told the waitress and she just rolled her eyes like "this again". She gave us a free can of soda. That was over $80 spent and I still tipped as they may have been struggling. Would you go back?...

It was my first time going inside to the Asian Mall and I wanted to see how it is and how is the restaurant food taste I couldn't believe my eyes any other restaurant I've been to I want to say this is the only restaurant that I'm going to keep coming back and forth because the customer service was so excellent and good coming back and forth checking on us to make sure we're okay if everything is okay and we tell them yes the fool was awesome it tasted so good then other restaurants that I eat in into if anybody wants to know how is that restaurant I give a 10 star but I know you can only get five star but if it had 10 I will give it 10 they was very friendly very nice gentle and is worth to go there and eat I'll be coming back there again I like the way how they took care of us they had good sense of humor good personality they didn't talk to you any other way they talk to you or respect and I like that other restaurant should do the same thing with customer service skills and learn how to talk to others but this restaurant I can say that it was just right 👍 the employees was very polite and friendly and gentle and they answer all my questions for light and gentle with respect they make you feel like home. I gave...