Oriental Taste: Canadianized Chinese Food Delivery

Posted on May 15, 2013May 14, 2013 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

Being of Chinese descent with immigrant parents from Hong Kong, I did not have my first taste of the Canadianized version until I reached my teens. In fact, I didn’t realize that “egg rolls” to me meant something completely different to other people (an “egg roll” to someone from Hong Kong or of Hong Kong […]

East Meets West: House of Chan Does Steak without the Pretentiousness

Posted on April 18, 2011April 16, 2012 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

The Cantonese have a unique term for individuals of Chinese descent raised in a western country – jook sing (hollow bamboo) – not Chinese, but not really “western” (appearance-wise) either. That is exactly what Toronto’s House of Chan is. Though this restaurant, which has been around for over 50 years, serves old school style Canadianized […]