Dining Out: In Kanata, Harbin Restaurant and La Noodle serve overdue authentic Chinese fare - low fat chinese restaurant dishes

591 March Rd. ,613-693-
1525, 11 from Tuesday to Fridaym. to 9 p. m.
Saturday and Sunday from noon to 9 pmm.
Most dishes were closed from $11 on Monday. 99 to $17.
No steps from front door Kanata Ave 790. , Unit M2A,613-599-
0880, from 11. m. to 9:30 p. m.
Most dishes from $12. 99 to $18.
95. my colleague who lived there recently said to me, "in terms of Chinese food, this is a wasteland.
"I am happy to correct him because I recently ate at two Chinese restaurants in the western suburbs mall, Harbin Chinese restaurant in the center of Canata, located at March Road, Canata noodles.
Both restaurants are franchise stores in China.
Provide authentic cuisine and demonstrate the continued influx of Asian restaurants in Ottawa.
Harbin is relatively new-
Better, frankly. of the two.
It opened in September, reshaping the space of the Indian restaurant city headscarf, a clean and bright restaurant filled with block wooden tables and chairs and walls
Size of Chinese ink painting and imitation bricks.
Here, Chinese pop or rap music may be the soundtrack for your dinner, covering up the roar of gas in the kitchen --fired woks.
The name of Harbin comes from the metropolis of China's northernmost province.
The restaurant is constantly changing menus, except for some of the more common stir-
French fries, fried and appetizers, more than a dozen Sichuan dishes, some Northeast dishes, clay pot dishes, some intriguing casserole dishes that are said to be very traditional in Harbin, and many more
Nothing I have eaten here has disappointed me.
The two casseroles we have tried are both direct and easy to enjoy.
One hand is fat but thin.
Make pork meatballs, spinach and fans in the comforting broth.
Another lamb casserole, light pickled cabbage (called "sauerkraut" on the menu) and fans look more intimidating but happy with its lean meat, clean broth of thin sliced lamb and more lamb
When we finish it
The two casseroles were good enough to offset the more spicy food we ordered.
More Lamb appeared in a cumin. tinged stir-
More delicious and sweet fried than this dish I have eaten elsewhere.
This dish is sweet.
Spicy but complex kung pao chicken, crisp and delicious
Fried pork tenderloin with eggplant, but grilled with toothpick, is a good entrance-
Watch out for the level fare of diners with more spicy food.
The crispy pork ribs are meat, fat and bone. the taste is very attractive.
Mapo tofu is a reliable, comforting, warm tofu and minced pork that offers a satisfying taste with a earthy flavor and a taste of Sichuan pepper. For heat-
Head, one of the three.
Spicy food should be a challenge.
We love the deep and huge dishes of Sichuan chili oil beef slices, it hides tender meat, bean curd strips, noodles, and more is submerged in dirty, steaming, daunting
Restaurant owner Yu Hang told me in the email that other restaurants use pre-
The hot pot seasoning packaged in Harbin has made its equivalent and other seasonings from scratch.
Not only is the beef and chili oil dishes very spicy, but the other flavors are also very round, and the Sichuan pepper contributes a lot, both on the ground and on the whole.
It is worth noting that the beef in Harbin is AAA in Canada-
In the crisp of the chef, the grade and tenderness are more obviousthen-chewy deep-
Known as "fish-
Seasoned beef (beef is not a taste of fish but a taste of Sichuan sweet beef)sour-
Fish and even eggplant use spicy combinations more often.
The restaurant does not have a business license or dessert.
It is indeed adjacent to the location of pre-tea foam tea, and its countless cold and fruity drinks can relieve the heat of pepper
Dinner next door.
Several shopping centers west of Harbin are La Notta, which opened two years ago at the Kanata Centrum restaurant near the landmark cinema.
There are other ramen noodles in Ottawa, ByWard Market and Clyde Avenue.
But the position of Kanata takes up a narrow space with a dark lounge --
Y vibe has a very large pan
Chinese menu (which may be too extensive considering that several items we want have not been provided yet ).
Still, on several visits here, I found that all the best items had its signature --
Ramen dishes.
Traditional beef noodle soup, native to Lanzhou, Northwest China, with fresh noodles (not seen in the kitchen) and sliced beef floating in meat but salt --forward broth.
Dandan noodles, spicy, salty, Peanuts
Ground sauce, toppings of pork and scallions, the ring of bok choy, is made for a hearty and delicious lunch.
Vegetarian biang noodles offer simpler pepperspowdered kick.
Other dishes, though generous, are available from good to disappointing.
Country plate of "Grandma's" pork belly (known as red in other places)
I think the cooked pork is simple, salty and delicious.
Soft can also say so
We had to take out the crab fried rice because the restaurant was being cleaned.
But we found more defects in pepper. salt soft-
Crab shell (no chili-
Salty, very oily), spicy crispy chicken (not spicy or meat enough, too dry), mapo tofu (1-
Note on taste, few Sichuan pepper tingle), seafood with XO sauce (bland), "Chinese sandwich" of dice, braised pork
Standard bread) and skewers of roast sheep (sad, chewy, meager, not spicy enough meat ).
The Chinese New Year comes early this year, and the year of pigs begins in February. 5.
Maybe a trip to Canata will be suitable for your celebration.