Northern Cafe (temple City)

Nice selection, tasty dishes, good service, reasonable prices ?

A northern restaurant, the food is unique, the taste is average, and the service is acceptable.

My parents came here to eat multiple times and told me this place had good food, so we came here together for dinner. They have a good amount of tables and 3 private rooms. We were seated fast since it wasn't that full inside.We ended up ordering the lamb soup, thick green onion pancakes, duck, sauteed green beans, and pork dry tofu. They were served in around 10 minutes, not too long. The duck didn't really match my tastes but my parents enjoyed it. As for the green beans and dry tofu, both were too salty and I had to eat it with rice to stomach it. I guess people with heavier taste buds would not have a problem with those. As for the pancake, it was alright but it was seasoned a bit too heavily with black pepper. The soup was probably the best of all of them (close second would be the pancake) but was a bit too oily.The dishes overall well pretty average and somewhat lacking compared to its prices. There are much better tasting Chinese restaurants in this area at around the same price. The portions are also average. For some reason, they like to use very large plates that take up a lot of space on their small tables even though portion isn't that much. I wouldn't come back again. Probably would recommend for those who just want to give this place a try once.

We had a large group so got a nice private room. Great food and service. Must try the onion pancakes made to perfection.

Both their service and food are good. We made an order of seafood one day ahead, and the fish they offered was pretty fresh.