Seatown East Asia Cuisines in Maple Ridge

Spare Ribs in Honey Garlic Sauce

My jalan jalan makan friends used to like the KL Hokkien Noodle fried by the cook that owns the Seatown East Asia Cuisines in Maple Ridge. But of late his cooking has somewhat been effected by reasons only he would understand. We have been following his progress from his JB restaurant to Qoo restaurant and now to Maple Ridge. Instead of getting better with his years of experience, he seem to have lost some of his drive to improve.

Curry Chicken

A few days ago I was passing through the area and thought that would be a good opportunity to dine there and find out for myself if he has improved on his recipes. I was there with the family so, we tried several familiar cuisines that we usually orders from any Cantonese style restaurant. I chose the Spare Ribs in Honey Garlic Sauce, Curry Chicken, Clay Pot Seafood Tofu and his signature noodle cuisine which was our favorite, the KL Hokkien Mee cuisine.

KL Hokkien Noodle

Sadly none of these cuisines impressed us. The cuisines were much more tastier and flavourful than many other small town Chinese restaurant but we expected more from him. He was able to dish out some of the best Cantonese cuisines when he was attached to the other restaurants. Just wondering, what has happen to his cooking. Even his signature noodle cuisine was not as good as previously. May be the sauce, may be the ingredients or may be just the way he prepares and cooks. But having mentioned all these, I still enjoys his KL Hokkien Noodle. It is still the best amongst all other Malaysian restaurants in the lower mainland.