Yin Ji Chang Fen Inc - Markham

If you’re claustrophobic and have an aversion to sitting in close quarters, Yin Ji Chang Fen is not a restaurant to visit. Each table’s real estate is used to capacity – during peak periods a table that fits four will not be given to three – so it’s best to go in even numbers.<br/ <br/ What makes people return is Yin Ji’s chang fen or rice noodle rolls. Unlike the versions you find at dim sum, Yin Ji’s is thin yet still retains a hint of elasticity to resist breaking. Each order arrives as one massive rice noodle that’s filled with toppings. The marinated beef and shrimp rice roll $5.75) incorporated diced pieces of soy sauce laced beef as opposed to the soft patty found elsewhere) studded with plump shrimp.<br/ <br/ You can add an egg coating additional $1.25), which gives it a light wash on top of the actual rice noodle. Having had it with the BBQ pork and chive roll $4.75), it does give the dish an added depth of flavour and perhaps helps the soy sauce stick better), but takes away from the silky feeling of the rice roll itself.<br/ <br/ Most people also add on a bowl of congee the typical order seems to be a congee and chang fen per diner and their Lai Wan $5.50) version is popular. There’s the customary seafood shrimp and white fish), since Lai Wan is

Good ingredients good cooks. Very reasonable price with good service. One rice noodle roll will make a good snack for any person at any time.

For this foodie lunch adventure, my colleagues and I were hungry and wanted something to eat. I had a recommendation from @Richiebearington to try out this place on Steeles and Warden. The restaurant suggested was Yin Ji Chang Fen with the name mostly meaning rice noodle roll. If a restaurant places emphasis on a dish within their name, it must be good right? To verify the claim, we ventured out to this place for food!

Steamed rice noodle rolls (or Cheung Fun) is one of my favourite dim sum dishes. I love the slippery texture, the sweet and salty sauce and the savoury fillings. Yin Ji Chang Fen is a long standing chain from China specializing in the dish that recently opened up in Markham. They’re famous for their handmade sheets of rice noodle and rolling technique that results in a super thin wrapper, which still has a great chewy texture. I’ve been wanting to visit for awhile and finally dragged along Stephens’s family while his siblings were home over the holidays.

As a Cantonese, I just wanna say that I felt I'm at home. The tastes are really similar to the ones I had in Canton(Guangzhou). I will definitely come back when I go to Toronto next time. Hope they can have a branch in Vancouver soon!