A bunch of us went to the Chili Pepper House at 3003 Kingsway in Vancouver for Gene’s birthday. This is one of a few Chinese-Indian restaurants in the area…another notable one is the Green Lettuce just down the street on Kingsway. The owners of this restaurant are Chinese and grew up in India, which means that they have an interesting take on the food here. Because there were six of us, we decided to order a bunch of dishes to share. Gene comes here pretty often so he did all the ordering for us. For almost any dish, you can choose between 1-3 “chili peppers”, meaning mild, medium, or hot. We picked medium spicyness for everything.
First came the hot and sour soup. The soup was thick and spicy. It was a bit more sour than the Chinese-style hot and sour soup I was more accustomed to.
Next came some fried green beans. The beans were fresh and crunchy with a hint of spicyness. Just the way I like them.
The fried chicken noodles were next. Think of them as your typical soy sauce chicken fried noodles but with a kick of spicyness. The noodles had a nice bounce to them and were very tasty.
The haaji prawns are always a favourite and this time, it was no exception. If you like spicyness, garlic, and prawns, this is the dish to get. Even though we asked for medium spicyness, this seemed way spicier.
Next came another fan favourite, the Manchurian veggie balls. The best way to describe them is to imagine balls of chopped veggies (carrots, cabbage, mushrooms, etc) deep fried and then drenched in spicy Manchurian sauce. There is a lot of sauce with this dish though so it is best eaten with some rice.
And for our last dish, we had the Manchurian chicken. This was cubes of chicken deep fried and then drizzled in the same Manchurian sauce as the veggie balls.
It was a great meal and we were all sniffling at the end due to the spiciness of all the dishes. I normally find that they are heavy on the sauce here so if you are not into that, you may want to get some dishes that are “dry”. Another alternative is to make sure you have a healthy serving of rice to soak up all the sauce. This place is quite popular and by the time it was 12:30pm, the restaurant was packed.
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1-3003 Kingsway, Vancouver
Tel: 604-431-8633
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Price: $$
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Don’t ask them for different noodles though, they may or may not “do things” to your food for that.
Also, don’t invite people with shaky hands, they’re generally of questionable character and will always, always, always mess up one of your photo’s by insisting on holding the food. What a #!$%!*#.
Thanks for including your comment about the noodles, CJ.
when we were at Chili Pepper, there was some confusion with the waitress about the types of noodles they offered. Most noodles come in the thick variety (similar to spaghetti) but there are also thin noodles (resembling vermicelli-like thickness).
I am still working on steadying my hands to improve my picture taking skills. Hopefully, the next ones will not be as blurry as the green beans picture in this post.
I think it was my shaky hands that were to blame….
Also I noticed on many of your other posts you include the people by name that were at the meal with you, but not when we went with you.
Looks like you’re relegating certain people to second class citizens yet again gigi…..
P.s. that installer is going DOWN!!!!
The reason I didn’t include everyone at our lunch was because there were so many of us. But since you are sensitive to that, I will remember to list everyone who comes to lunch with us tomorrow!
What a coincidence that I won’t be there……….:(
I have gone to Chili Pepper house before and Green Lettuce, by the way green lettuce and chili pepper house is run by 4 brothers (1 @ Surry location 1 @ 3008 Kingsway
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1 @ Green Lettuce 1 is the boss you can see him greeting people at the door sometimes and Overall The Food Is out of the world (P.S im a Hindu so I love spicy food.) But one time I found a small hair in the food
Hi Deven – I have never tried Green Lettuce before but I guess I will have to add that to my list of places to try.
Are the dishes at GL the same as at CP?
Not all the food but some of the food are the same but the names are different. Wonder when the Green Letuce Review will come up!
Here is the address for green Lettuce
Website: http://www.greenlettucerestaurant.com
Tel: (604) 572-8677
Email: surrey@greenlettucerestaurant.com
Adderress: Unit 112, 6350 120 street Surrey BC
V3X 1Y2, Canada
Hi Deven – do you know if this Green Lettuce is the same as the one on Kingsway in Vancouver?
yes it is but you might want to call and ask.
Ask them to make food spicy or they wont
Also on my list of have to try restaurants.. that bowl of hot and sour soup is huge..and now I have a craving for it
Our group loves the Surrey Chili Pepper house. We go there at least six times a year for our birthdays and individually with other friends. It’s always yummy.but the portions sizes are inconsistent at times. Tonight the dishes were not as full as the ones here. Other times they are! I’d say the prawns and the beans are the best by far and a cut above other places! However we love the owner, we have great service as long as he’s in house!
Hey Gigi,
Quissy and I went there for a belated birthday lunch. As usual the food was yummy . Our favorites are the green beans and Haaji prawns with manchurian fried rice
Sashi – I love the green beans and prawns too! I also like the Manchurian veggie balls but they definitely aren’t the healthiest
Eating healthy can be a challenge sometimes
I try and try but temptation gets in my way !