Capitol Hill - 3.5 Stars
5527 East Hastings St., Burnaby, BC, Phone: (604) 294-2773.
For my money, a good takeout place is one you have ordered from enough times to know which are the best dishes.
Capitol Hill definitely fits the bill for our family. While we rarely eat in the restaurant, the takeout menu has been a lifesaver many times over.
Some of our fave dishes are: spicy garlic chicken wings. These are beauties. Spicy, crispy, garlicky, deep fried wings. Need I say more? The kids love them even though they’re hot hot hot. We order the wings every time.
Scrambled egg with prawns. This dish is sort of like egg foo yung, but without any filler - it’s just eggs and jumbo prawns. Yummy.
Gai lan and beef. Gai lan is an irreplaceable veggie - that crispness and slightly bitter flavor can’t be beat. Capitol Hill does a pretty good job with it.
Bean sprout fried noodles. These are fairly plain noodles but I just love the flavour. Beansprouts, chow mein noodles, a few other veggies (some carrots thrown in for colour) and a bit of sauce. They really go well with the other dishes.
Fried rice. My fave is the duck meat fried rice but the kids love the shrimp fried rice. Both are good. Not too greasy, with meat, egg, peas, and green onions.
Tofu. Order either the bean curd in oyster sauce (also comes with a nice assortment of veggies), or the rock cod and tofu hotpot (comes with lettuce, Chinese mushrooms and tons of garlic cloves).
Most dishes are in the $7 to $10 range, and they offer free items for take out orders of $20 and up. Chopstick lickin’ good.