Ta40 Cafe
“The claypot rices were very good, considering the nearest one to me before this place opened up was in 8th Avenue, Brooklyn.”
“it lost a star because one time I tried to call for delivery the guy said "so far, why don't you deliver?"”
“Their chive dumplings is the star of my meal, which had also include wonton noodle soup and fresh chicken w. Chinese sausage claypot.”
Ta40 Cafe
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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I walked in for a table and the whole place was filled but I didn't have to wait long for a table. The girl that served us was nice. But there wasn't much interaction after that so I'm not sure how service really goes down.
As for food, I didn't really know what I wanted to eat. I didn't have a huge appetite, I just wanted a fast and quick dinner.
I ended up trying the chicken wings, dumpling noodle soup, beef stew noodle soup and chicken steak spaghetti.
YUCK! I don't like their noodle quality. I'm a big fan of egg noodles and the one they use just tastes really cheap. The dumplings and wonton was just okay. There was shrimp and chives inside, nothing special. The soup base could've been better. The chicken wings were the tiniest wings I had and I can make it so much better at home.
I probably will not return.
Ta40 is a ittle asian cafe in which you come here for a simple lunch. My mom likes coming here on days she doesn't feel like cooking because they have traditional asian food here. Stuff like bitter melon and spare ribs and eggplant. If you come here expecting the baked "american" dishes to be amazing- forget it. You're not gonna be satisfied. They make traditional asian food the way its made at home and that's all there is to it. I will be back to try their other things because I honestly do like this restaurant. It's something new rather than going to Ho Wong for a rice box.
I've found something I love here!! It is a tofu dish that's in a clay pot. I don't actually know the real name of it, but it's tofu with mushrooms and it's stewy. If you order, make sure you get a side of rice so you can scoop and mix!
Service has gotten better since it first opened..dishes come out quicker..but it might be because we just stopped asking for the clay pots!
This is a small hong kong inspired café. When they first opened the menu was quite limited and they were quite popular for their claypot rice. Then they revamped the menu and added a lot more dishes. I thought the food had worsened throughout the years and they increased the prices. I've had from here their wonton noodle soup, a few claypot rice dishes, and their hong kong style ice milk tea. It's nothing amazing, just average.
I really like their HK style iced milk tea, fried fish skin appetizer, curry squid (but not so much of the fishballs that comes with it). Theres also a dish thats yellow thin noodle with bean sprouts and ginger thats really good. My family likes their bo jai fons (rice in clay pots). Theyre always packed so expect some sort of wait.
I came here with my friend Liana L (she wrote a prior review – it's the longest one on this page) before we decided to hang out at her place a couple blocks over. She raved about this place and about how she was going to be the first person to review it ever since she saw the "Opening Soon" sign (I think she was there the night it opened).
Their English is pretty poor. They had a hard time understanding our orders and such so it was a bit annoying. Thank goodness my friend speaks Cantonese.
– baked chicken and ham spaghetti: pretty typical casserole dish, but so odd that it is served at a Chinese restaurant. I think it was one of the better tasting dishes, but the fact that it didn't really fit the rest of the ambiance of the restaurant made it a little less appetizing, know what I mean?
– beef brisket noodle: I think this one was the best. We tried to split it into separate small bowls. Don't. It's cheap enough to get one for yourself and it tasted great!
– fried flounder with bell pepper: this was an appetizer that wasn't on the menu. Pretty standard, tasted like it came out of a box…
– fried spare ribs: yummy, but didn't wow me at all
– curry chicken with spaghetti: it's spaghetti. With curry sauce. And chicken. I could make this at home in 15 minutes.
– babao rice: I think this was the most interesting dish conceptually, but the taste didn't really work as well as it looked.
Overall, this place is on the opposite end of the train tracks from where I live and it's not nearly good enough for me to make the 1+ hour trek to get the food. It's cheap and a lot of it can be eaten family style, but the confusion in its identity makes it a hard place for me to solidly recommend.
Ordered their "rice casserole" which is usually called claypot rice elsewhere.
It was okay. The wait was really long. The rice was not as burnt on the bottom/sides as I would like. The rice had an almost soggy feel to it. Maybe from the chicken marinade? Not sure.
It was okay overall. Nothing spectacular. King's Kitchen claypot rice is better.
came for lunch on a weekend. their menu is quite small for a cafe. it should def be more expansive with more price options bc prices are expensive hovering the $7-$12 range per dish. with that said, their portions are large but what they really need is a lunch special menu. the clay pot rice literally took 20mins to come out so there should have been some form of disclosure on the menu(and it wasnt even that great!?). i finished eating and the clay pot didn't come out yet!?