Health Herb Harmony

Very cute place to have some classic desserts. They have great tofu pudding that come in cute wooden containers and the option to add more or less ginger essence to the syrup. Also, their watermelon slush was pretty good, you can tell they didn’t load it up with sugar because it wasn’t crazy sweet like some bubble tea places.

Its sad that places like this would find it hard to survive in NYC. Thank goodness I get to go here when I’m visiting Canada. We use to have a couple tong shui places but most have shut down.
Glad I got to eat here. Service was friendly and food was delicious. I got the tofu-​fa for 2 and a sesame paste steamed milk. Both were great. The wife wanted more of the sesame paste steamed milk so we ordered another. The waitress let us know that it would take about 15 minutes which we were fine with. If only we went here every night we were in Toronto and not just on the last night. Next time we go, we’ll stay closer to Times square so we can have eat here every night. Need to also try their meal entrees which looks really good.

Very disappointed. Bad service. Some foods are way overpriced. Fish ball is 6.00. I went there with a friend, 2 desserts and fish balls costed me 41.00.

From the food to service to décor, everything is less than mediocre. I ordered the papaya steamed milk (not the whole papaya, but papaya pieces) and for 7 $ I only got maybe 8 small sliced chopped up pieces of papaya in the whole bowl, that’s a but of a rip off. Don’t waste your money here.

I couldn’t understand why people keep flocking to this place, food quality is very so-​so, service is terrible, price is high and there is plenty of competition in the neighborhood.
We ordered two dessert and one snack lst Saturday night. The snack (four little piece stuffed with fish mousse) was definitely the worst I have ever tried anywhere. Dry, stale and tasteless.
The two dessert was semi ok (steamed milk plus the house brand gello drink). The problem is that they came 40 minutes apart.
We are definitely not alone, as our next table guests have their three dishes paced almost like ours.
The bill came to be $ 25, just for reference.

If possible I would like to give –5 star, unfortunately I can’t. Therefore, I gave this place a 1 start so that that I can put my review here. I ordered black and white sesame paste and it’s worse than instant one that we can buy in any supermarket. Pomelo and sago in mango sweet soup taste like drinking del monte can fruit juice with mango not ripened at all or may be I should say the del monte can fruit juice taste better than this. I don’t know how this place get 3 starts at all. My whole Toronto trip was ruined by this dessert place. I can’t even use a word to describe these crap and we put them in where they belong to right away — trash…

We ordered dessert and a pan fried turnip cake to share… The dessert was fine but the turnip cake was what changed our experience. There was a piece of hair inside the turnip cake and we kindly asked the lady working to come over she looks at it and laughs and then asks us what would you like to do. We were thinking nothing but we want you to know that this is a concern. We were offer one piece of green pepper stuffed with fish as a replacement. That’s fine… The next piece of turnip cake had a hair in it again so we waved her over again and informed her and she questioned us asking how it got there. Well it’s inside the mixture so obviously when you guys were making it the hair went inside and she said well I can’t do anything for you. At this point we didn’t even care, we just wanted to inform you and let you know this is a problem please take this away … and when we were given the bill she made it clear you need to pay for the turnip cake as I already gave you a piece of green pepper for free. That’s great! Won’t be coming back after this…

This place is truly a hit or miss and lately, it’s always been a miss. Servers are not patient with you when you order and doesn’t even bother to ask if you want your dessert hot or cold. I don’t think I will be coming back anytime soon. There’s so much other better dessert places on highway 7 and I rather they my money elsewhere. And, desserts are average price and portions are small.
$ 7 for half a bowl of mango dessert! Way overpriced

Location :
This place is located in Times Square. Woo Hoo. In Richmond Hill, not New York. Darn. It is not inside the building, it’s one of the outside businesses. Not facing the big centre parking lot, but facing Highway 7.
Parking:
There is a tonne of free parking, and they have underground parking.
Name:
The place has a weird name. I makes me wonder if it was some sort of vitamin or natural remedy place originally.
Décor:
It’s bright and well lit. there are quite a few tables. From tables for 2 to tables for larger groups. Not a fancy place, a typical simple decoration place.
Menu:
They have a very large menu. I’ve only ever had dessert food there. They have regular food too. I’ve never had it but everyone looks like they are loving it.
Food:
I LOVE THE COCORN. it’s rice and corn mixed with evaporated milk. I like it with Strawberries (see picture).
I’ve also had the tofu flower. Which is warm soft tofu in warm sweet sugary water. I love it.
Cost:
It’s pretty inexpensive, I like the quality of the food.
Service:
Well sometimes, it is slow because there’s not a lot of staff, and I have never seen anyone smile, or have had anyone smile at me. That being said everyone is polite and that is all that really matters!
Conclusion:
I’ll come back. We like to go here after meals. Check it out, I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

One of the more memorable days in a Unilocaler’s journey… the day you hand out your first 1 star. I feel horrible for doing this. Like a teacher who has to tell the eager but talent lacking and lanky 5“2 Logan that he just won’t make the basketball team this year. But one can only improve with constructive criticism right? There’s always next year Logan!
Sorry HHH, but your embarrassingly inept service and subpar food merited this status.
— The service: There’s Chinese restaurant service… then there’s Health Herb Harmony service. My friend received the wrong order 3 times. 3 times. For one order. At one point, she received Peanut Butter Toast instead of Milk Toast. Milk doesn’t even sound like Peanut Butter?! Where did the extra 3 syllables come from?! No apologies either. Waited for a total of 45 min for a simple Milk Toast to arrive. Made more errors in totalling the bill. Sigh.
— I was so bitter at this point that it made my grass jelly and fruit bitter. Then I realized I was giving them too much credit and it was because my grass jelly and fruit was actually bitter. UGH. If I used the phrase I can’t even, this would totally be when I CANT EVEN.

Authentic Dessert. Good taste. Service is ok, no smile, cold face. Overall, 2 star is the most I could give. Because dessert dishes have been overpriced, even doubled than market price. Won’t go again.

This place is a hit or miss. Some days are good and some days are disappointing.
There are not that many traditional Chinese dessert places in the area so this place is good to go late night for tofu dessert or some classic hk desserts. I remember hanging out here way back in high school!
This place is open quite late on weekends and offer a large variety of desserts, drinks and food.
The reason why I say it is a hit or miss is that I have had very watery tofu dessert before (in the wooden bucket) and some days it is the perfect consistency.
The price is reasonable as the average dessert is around $ 5 – 6. My favourite desert is the warm glutinous rice with coconut milk!

Nice little Chinese dessert place in Time Square on Leslie and Hwy 7. The place is nestled along the side facing Highway 7, so dont miss it. There are a decent amount of restaurants in the area, so this is definitely a great spot to hit up afterwards.
I’ve only been here a handful of times, but despite the selection, I always stick to my favorites. The sago soup with coconut and taro is done very nicely here and they always have a quite a bit of items with fresh fruits in them. There was one item that had a mixture of sago, fresh fruit, and the black jelly (of which I do not know its name) that was pretty good too.
Place is huge so seating is not an issue. They are also open late as all dessert places should be (seriously dessert shops, why would you close early?). The prices are pretty standard with other Chinese desserts, but this place has a larger menu in my mind and in case you dont know what to order, they have their menu scattered all across the restaurant and on the tables.

Wahhh! I haven’t been here in so long! Years even! They have some great stuff here too!
First things first! They have some of the best Tofu Pudding (Tofu Fa) in the area. Made in a wooden container, it is the softest around!
I came here last night for some late night snacks/​desserts, and always have a satisfying ending! Ordered Sticky Rice Rolls, Curry Beef Balls, and a Lychee with Sago and Grass Jelly. All very good, though the beef balls could have had a spicier/​richer curry sauce.
Service is always quite good, but the staff there are on the older side, so there may be a language barrier if you don’t speak Chinese. They are definitely nice and always quick with any requests.
With the restaurant closing at 2AM, you can pretty much come any time! Come try out the different desserts, or even a meal (rice or soup combos).

Just got back to the hotel from this dessert place, very disappointed. Unacceptable!
Ordered Malaysian Cha Cha dessert (喳咋)，there was no sago and no taro in it at all. It had a funny taste … which is dried orange peel, why? No idea. We told the waitress, and apparently she had no idea what supposed to be in Cha Cha. So we didn’t eat it at all. Later on, the manager told us Cha Cha is not supposed to have taro. I was like. Really??? Alright just to prove that she was wrong, I googled it. The recipes I read on Google all have taro and sago.
For example:
Guess what. the manager made us pay for it. WTH!
Also, ordered the ginger favor streamed milk. That was a total disaster!!! It didn’t solidified at all. It was like milk with ginger favor. And the waitress said she can re-​stream it for me, it would be OK. However, I know how to make this dessert and I know it won’t work. I told her it doesn’t matter.
Since both desserts failed completely, I ordered the sago with taro in coconut milk. It was a OK one. Ended up paying it plus the Cha Cha.
What a ripe off and waste of time. I should have gone to Dessert Kitchen and ended my Toronto stay with a happy stomach. Now, all the dessert places are closed. I didn’t get to eat dessert at all.
100% not going back to this place, and I will tell all my friends about my horrible experience.
Seriously the owner of this place, if you continue to serve people with this kind of dessert, I am sure you won’t have any chance to survive until I visit Toronto next time. And if I could, I wanna give this place a negative star rating. So ridiculous!

Dessert items were just as good as the first time.
Walnut soup — tasted great and would order again
Papaya sago — the papaya was not that good
Black glutinous rice with whole lychee balls was amazing
Tofu fa was ust as amazing as the first time.

The waitress took my order didnt very care what I want. Don’t ce very welcome at all. I understand it may be late night (a around 9 ish) when I passed by this place since I cannot find the one I wanted to go to.
The wait wasn’t that long, the price seem decent but a bit pricy imo. But since I’m craving for some Chinese dessert, I don’t really care. I got took out… omg how disappointed was I when I open the container when I got home. The container is only half filled!!! So when I said it’s pricy earlier… it very very pricy for such shitty small portion!!@
Beware when take out, they will reduce the size as much as possible and the food wasn’t particular good also!!!
Never going back again!

So I don’t usually eat Chinese desserts. frankly, because I don’t find it sweet enough and most of the time, the desserts are made from beans. So when my friend suggested to try this place, I was quite hesitant.
To my surprise, the desserts were very tasty and for those who want something more Western, like a crêpe, they have those too! I think this place is good for the young and old. Their dessert menu is extensive and they even have herbal teas and drinks for those who aren’t interested in getting sweets.
We ordered the fruit bowl with tapioca and grass jelly, as well as the crêpe with cream inside.
I definitely would come back here. probably with my parents who enjoy and appreciate their more signature desserts like black sesame soup, «turtle» soup, etc.

This is my ‘go-​to’ for Chinese dessert and herbal tea. I absolutely love ‘sweet soup’ and wished we had a place like this from where I’m from.
The dessert here is consistent and I come with friends as well– good place to chill and chat.
The tofu dessert and papaya steamed milk are really good. Remember to order all the steamed dessert items right when you sit down since it takes at least 20mins to make. I also really enjoy the sesame and walnut sweet soup.
The herbal tea.24 herb tea is also well made here– the bittery goodness is all there.
I almost forgot to mention that this place also has food items on their menu and snacks as well. Do not worry you will also be able to satisfy your salty cravings and for those who do not have a sweet tooth, you won’t be left out.
Definitely try this place as I wouldn’t miss it whenever I am in Richmond hill even if it means take out. This place closes at 2am… so no excuses!

Very disappointed this time around. Waitress made eye contact with me and went away when i tried to get her attention. My food took forever to come out.
Service was so bad this time. I don’t know what happened.
I also got the wrong order. Sigh. Then they forgot part of my order. When I reminded them (when everyone else was finished) it came out wrong as well. I was tired of waiting so I just ate it anyways.
Food was still good though but just bad service. Its a shame that they let service ruin what would have been a good experience as the desserts r yummy.