H and I were tired and hungry after a long day of work, looking for a place to eat around Metrotown. We were craving some Shanghai food, but Wang’s was closeed. As luck would have it, We drove past this little strip mall, and noticed Preference:
We had the pig intestine noodle.
We also had this spicy pork dish.
Lastly, we had this starchy noodle with chicken and a hoisin/peanut sauce (I’m really not sure what’s in it). This was definitely necessary, as it was a cold dish and helped to cool off our tongues that were burned by the other two dishes.
The atmosphere reminded us of being in Asia – a group of boys were chattering in Chinese and taking photos of their food (one of them yelled at his friends, “WHAT ARE WE? GIRLS?”), and other small groups of Chinese guys were chit chatting about business. I felt a bit out of place, the service was rather awkward because of language barriers, and the menus had horrendous typos and very confusing descriptions.
I think I would still come back to this hidden gem though. Good food and price. We came into this family run restaurant, not expecting much, but that’s why it was so rewarding. This was a real food adventure, without any prior research on food blogs or review sites.
All the unknowns keep life exciting.
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