Papa Chang’s Express

Typical Asian restaurant but smaller in size and quality of food is decent. Interior is simple and the price is quite cheap. Although this location is small, its not too busy and the service is quick. Much like many Asian restaurant, the servers have limited English vocabulary and it can be difficult to communicate. Noise level is at a low and good place to grab a quick meal.

i would recommend minced pork on rice, good portion for only $ 3.49, and the chicken skewers with wasabi mayo was good too!

Grabbed some food here since I was craving Papa Chang stuff but didn’t want to go the distance. The food here is so far behind in quality compared to Papa Chang at Markham Road.
They had probably the worst popcorn chicken I ever had recalled. It’s hard to even start. It had some cartilage mixed in and overall it tasted horrid. I only ate a few pieces and just buffered it with rice because I was hungry.
This branch didn’t even have the deep fried pork belly. Though I am afraid on how they would F it up considering how badly they F’ed up the popcorn chicken.
I didn’t even bother trying out the lurofan. Because if you saw it, it was a just a couple of spoonfuls of meat over a disproportionate amount of rice.
Never going to go there again. Might as well go for Chung King takeout. Or go the distance and head over to 16^th and Markham Road to get the proper one.

I tried their chicken skewers with my friends, and although they enjoyed it, I was not a fan of the sauces they used. Chicken was well done though, and I would return to try other items on their menu.
Solid three for now, but may change in the future.

Papa Chang’s Express located inside Pacific Mall is good to get some Taiwanese snacks and comfort food.
Tucked in the 2^nd floor in the middle of all these alleys and stalls. Just walk around, you will find it eventually.
Minced Pork with Sausage ($ 3.49) and Popcorn Chicken ($ 4.99) were both ok. Not gourmet food but more like street food for a quick snack. The use of dark meat for the popcorn chicken did make the pieces more moist but I highly recommend sharing that, as the taste did get a little boring after a few pieces.
Place your order and walk around for 10 to 15 minute and your order will be ready.

Wow… Papa said knock you out!!!
If you have been craving a new taste. Do yourself a favour and try out the chicken skewers!!! Explosion of taste’s…
Hidden upstairs in the food court in Pacific Mall is a new to go place.
Think dim sum boiled chickens deep fried and breaded and presented in a skewer with a sweet sauce and wasabi sauce sprinkled on top… the mixture of mustard spicy and sweet and tender chicken was mesmerizing. I lie to you not– I was with three heterosexual male co-​workers and we were all silently chewing away and every time I stared into their eye. we had a moment– a moment to define that we were in love. In love with the same chick — en!!!
I had to of course try the popcorn chicken– which would have been amazing if I didnt just have my taste buds blown away by that skewer. However — for $ 8 I was left feeling very very nourished.
Please tell papa chang– I will be a good boy, I will listen and I will eat all my food.
P.S– my co-​worker asked for his popcorn chicken to be spicier– so they added a little spice shake and it altered the flavour completely. I asked for wasabi on top of mine as well and it was delicious.

Nom, nom, nom! Taiwanese snacks, yay!
I’ve been to the Papa Chang restaurant on 16^th & Markham Rd, but I don’t remember their chicken skewer being that delicious! Or did I not eat this there?!
For $ 5 you get 3 skewers. 3!
If you think about it, it’s a pretty good deal considering the portion is pretty decent.
I came here twice.
The first time — it was so amazing I just HAD to buy another $ 5 worth. The batter, the sauce, the seaweed. Everything went together so well. The chicken was fresh and juicy. bursting with flavour! I personally preferred no wasabi, because the wasabi was so strong that it covered up the mayo and seaweed taste. So I asked for wasabi on only one of the skewer. The lady was nice and gave us a lot of sauce and seaweed.
The second time — ohmygawd, what is this… Where’s my delicious chicken skewer… They cheaped out on the sauce AND the seaweed. How dare they!
So I asked for more. The same lady from last time looked at me (probably secretly cursing at me for asking for more seaweed =() and she sprinkled a little bit of seaweed. Well, if I didn’t know any better it looked the same. Oh well. This time around, the batter fell right off the chicken. The chicken was not properly cooked and didn’t taste too fresh. What a disappointment.
But I will return! Because I always go to pmall anyways. I will return for my chicken skewer! The one that tasted so great the first time.

mmm Papa Chang’s. need I say more?
I was really craving and went to the original restaurant only to realize that they were closed for the day. Ended up going to PMall’s express location instead.
This is in the upstairs food court. I ordered the signature rice bowl with egg, sausage and ground pork. My partner ordered the bento box with satay beef. We also got fish skewers.
Loved the fish skewers, rice was decent, but the satay beef could have been better.
Overall, great food for a decent price. I will def come more often to try other items on the menu =)

Taste just like Papa Chang’s restaurant (as it should) but sometimes the food court version isn’t as good. We just ordered a chicken skewer (3 pieces for $ 5) and fish skewers (3 pieces for $ 5). Decent price and it’s good, made fresh to order.
I gave them 4 stars because the batter fell off our chicken skewers. it just wasn’t sticking and she put a bit too much wasabi on the chicken so it masked the actual taste of the chicken.

Terrible experience here. I got the pork curry bowl, and ended up with terrible food poisoning all night. Even beyond that really dramatically negative aspect of the meal, I was completely underwhelmed by the other food that we had. The popcorn chicken was alright but nothing special, the beef noodle soup was average at best, and whatever else we got was so unremarkable that I’ve forgotten it entirely.
In short, I wouldn’t have understood the hype at all even if I never ate the apparently raw pork in my curry bowl. Definitely not worth the trip.

Not sure why the hight reviews!!! This place is okay if you come drunk. When all your taste bids are out of wack. The food is eatable but nowhere close to traditional. The fact that its not own by Taiwanese people explains it. So if you want okay eatable food you can try it out. But if you want traditional, unfortunately this probably not a good spot. Aorry to be so harsh but when I left this place i was actually pretty upset.

Papa Chang’s is pretty good, especially for mall food.
Their bento boxes are great. The pork cutlet one is my favourites.
The fried chicken pieces are good too, but gets a bit too salty after a few bites so you might want to share those.

Enjoyed their minced pork on rice and sausage. Haven’t had such an enjoyable Taiwanese dish for a while ever since I moved back here from Vancouver. Will go to their main location next time!

Finally got to try their popcorn chicken!
Crispy on the outside. Juicy on the inside. At $ 4.99, the portion was not bad. Made fresh to order. Cute place. Like that they have the fake food display of their menu items. Hope they stay in business for a long time.
I’ll be back to try their $ 3.49 minced pork on rice.

not as good as their Markham/​16 shop but still way better than most of the competitions

Recommended by a coworker, we came for lunch. I enjoyed the popcorn chicken however my husband thinks another establishment’s is better. The pieces were quite big and had meat not just battered. We had a rice bowl with minced beef and sausage and a hard boiled egg which was very nice. We also shared some soup noodles. Very good lunch spot.

Papa Chang’s always has a place in my heart. It is always my number one! And I think it will be staying at that number one spot for even longer!
Whenever someone asks for a suggestion of where to eat, I would always say Papa Chang’s. This is back when Papa Chang’s only had one location, but I always told people … It was worth it! What I liked about the original location is the consistency. I always, always say this in my reviews, but consistency is key.
It doesn’t matter when I go to Papa Chang’s. Morning, lunch or even late night. The food will be cooked the same and in perfect seasoning at any time of the day. It never changes. And that’s one thing I appreciate.
And fortunately, this new Papa Chang’s Express location has nailed it to a tee. I’ll be honest, I kind of had my doubts. Because whenever a certain food place starts to branch out, it won’t be same as the original. And there will always be heavy differences between the two. But the Express location just slammed that all down. It was honestly like I had gone to the original location.
I’m just super happy and relieved that I won’t be having to travel so up North now to get my Chang fix, since Pmall is soooo much closer to me!
If you haven’t tried Papa Chang’s, you gotta try it! Absoloutely top notch Taiwanese food that just can’t be beat!

Popcorn Chicken was Delish. highly recommended

So convenience to buy Taiwanese’s food in Pacific Mall, it is so delicious, specially the chicken bento, must try, recommend to everyone!