Xiang Cuisine is in one of the dodgier parts of Burnaby, but the wife and I are willing to put up with the environment for the food. We have been to Hunan restaurants in China, and are my wife's favorite food after Guangdong food so we were really looking forward. The environment of the place is quite plain. When we ordered they brought out mushy rice (pretty bad for a Chinese place). The duck hotpot was mainly neck pieces and was quite fatty. The two other dishes were just ok. As for the prices, they were a bit on the high side for what we were expecting. As a dining experience I would give it a 3 out of 10. The next time we will take our chances elsewhere.

from the Cantonese style of noodles. I have made two visits to the place and have found it a good place for tasty bowl of noodles. I had the Hot and Sour noodles, and eventhough it is not the dish one should get in the hot summer, it was good, with nice thick noodles. On another trip had the spicy beef noodles with appys (pig's ear, insteine, and marinated cukes). In summary the food was good, but a shade oily. The service was not as attentive as it could have been but not bad. Nice design inside, a mix of noodle house and bubble tea parlour. They could improve if the seat were more comfortable.

An above average resturant of any genre. The service was quite patient, efficient, and responsive without being overly intrusive. The dishes that we ordered came quickly and spiced the way that we asked. The resturant itself is a nice space, very tastefully designed, and a change from the usual indian resturant. If you were on a date though, the resturant is a bit open, so it is not the most intimate. Now for the food. I highly recommend the Rogan Josh. If I was at home I would have licked the plate, but being the gent that I am, I let my naan do the work. The other two dishes were also good. For the Indian food virgins, Saffron is a good introduction.

Noor Mahal (not too sure of the spelling), is a good little resturant, that has been in operation for about 20 years, serving South Indian (Madras I beleive) and Sri Lankian (sp?) food. I have only been there the once, but will go back in the future. The resturant is an intimate size, that could be improved a bit if they improved the ventilation in the WC. It was not overpowering, but I did get a whif of what I thought was uninal cake. Don't let this put you off, the food was great (I would give a 3.5 on the system). We had the meat samosa and the chicken roll for appitizers (both my friend and I enjoyed). The exterior was deep fried, but the dough was soft and the inside tasty. They were a bit different than the average Indian type of samosa, that are more pastry-like. Next we had Chicken Madras, Goat Curry, Lamb with spinich, and egg plant and potatos. The egg plant and potatos was good. It was partially stewed, but the veggies maintained their own flavor. The 3 meat curries were also well done. Portions could have been a little bigger, but not too much of a complaint. For desert I had the Mango shake, and it was sweet and seemed to be made with real fruit. Service was good, information was given for our questions. All in all a good experience and will return in the future.