The Congee Noodle King

Fish Congee

A few days ago, my wife and I went out with another couple for brunch at the Congee Noodle King on Kingsway and Joyce in Vancouver. We have been trying to arrange a suitable day to meet for sometime now. It seems that they had recently returned from their vacation in China and we on the other hand was so busy with work. And on top of that, the weather wasn't helping. After a long spell without see a drop of, snow suddenly came in abundance.

Fried Chow Mein

So, once the road conditions eased up a little and we could find time to meet, we decided to do it over a meal and have our usual chit-chat sipping Chinese tea. In fact, most diners in Congee Noodle King were actually taking their slow sweet time with their meals sipping tea. The weather outside the restaurant was below freezing and inside we were enjoying hot meals and the heat. Like wise to most diners come here for, we had two types of congee. The first was fish congee and the second was pork congee.

Fried Beef Rice Noodle

We also ordered the beef fried noodle and fried chow mien. Somehow, all the three orders wasn't really that good. I was kinda disappointed. I remember having dined here before and the food was much better than this. Anyway, maybe there is a change of chef or something but we were there not solely for the Cantonese cuisines but more to finding a place to have a undisturbed conversation. In most restaurants that are packed at this time of the day, we won't have the chance to spend more than forty five minutes sipping tea. In Congee Noodle King, we were in the diner for more than an hour and a half.