Kallin Restaurant

This was a nice little surprise. Went in for dinner, and while the décor is nothing to write about (seriously) the food was really nice. Some classics mixed with some new
Some of the hilights:
Lightly battered tilapia with chili, salt and fried garlic chips — moist chunks of fish in a light crispy batter.
The sweet and sour pork. Sauce tasted house made, not sickly sweet. Large slices of pork but very tender.
Classic deep fried shrimp with mayo and peaches (you gotta like mayo — tangy Japanese style)
Garlic ginger scallion crabs over crunch noodles
Even the fried rice was really nice (golden style with little shreds of egg)
Overall the food was very good to excellent, not a salt and sugar bomb like many places.

I love that no one speaks English here, including the waitress. Very very authentic and not «westernized».
Try the wings with spicy salt, garlic chicken, chow mein, you can’t go wrong.

As good as Spicy Garden or Lingnang at a little lower price point. Chinese menu without western influence. Recommended.

Definitely a hidden gem!
The restaurant looks very suspicious from the outside, with bars in the windows, a flashing «open» sign and drawn curtains. Rest assured it has a very tasty menu! The restaurant has two entrances — one on the street and one from the back (the parking lot). Whenever I have eaten there it’s been fairly quiet, any other customers are usually of Asian decent and quietly chatting with each other.
The restaurant is fairly big — divided in two rooms. The chairs are comfortable and most tables are round. The larger tables have lazy susans. There is a small row of aquariums housing lobsters, crabs and various fish near the kitchen.
The menu has a large variety of food. It is predominantly written in Chinese with some English subtitles (which can sometimes be oddly translated). The waitress doesn’t speak English very well but she is extremely enthusiastic and always has some good suggestions on dishes. We usually order the spicy squid, singapore chicken, guylan with oyster sauce, a couple oysters, a seafood bird’s nest and some wonton soup. At the end of the meal we have always been offered a dessert — usually a red bean soup. Near Chinese New Years we were even offered a complimentary Chinese bean cake to take home.
The prices are very reasonable and the servings are large. They are the type of plates that you share with others.
The restauant is family owned, with the waitress’s brother manning the kitchen, the grandmother putting away dishes (and sometimes singing in Chinese) and some other relatives helping out when necessary.
I dare you to be brave and head out there for some food you will definitely be wanting again in a couple of weeks!