Love the food and welcoming fun staff
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 larger center.
Shaunee Restaurant is a Canadian Restaurant based in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. Shaunee Restaurant is located at 341 Centre St, Shaunavon, SK S0N 2M0, Canada.
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