Home Taste

Came here for lunch and loved the food. We had the lobster fried sticky rice and the salt and hot pepper baby squid. Both were delicious and flavorful. Enjoyed the overall ambiance of the place and the service was great. Planning to come back to try more of the menu!

This place is located inside the Asia mall on the bottom floor to the right when you walk in. Whenever I'm around the area, I usually would stop in and have a quick lunch. The service there is attentive and the place is welcoming. They start by bringing you some tea and water. My go to meal is the Chinese broccoli, roast duck, and bbq pork. The meals here average about 18+. Unless you get some dim sum items, they are around 6 to 15 bucks. Some people complain about the price,I don't. Food comes out in nice portions and I haven't had any bad experience here at all. You want cheap then head down to the Chinese joints by the projects. I'll make sure I take pictures next time, instead of filling my mouth right away

This was my first trip to Asia Mall. It was an eye-opening experience to see a NYC or LA style Asian only mall in MN! It's been a super long time coming. Home Taste is the only Cantonese Restaurant in the mall. I might add that it is the only authentic Cantonese restaurant in the Edina/Chanhassen/Eden Prairie/West Bloomington region. I went at the end of the day on a Saturday when things were winding down for dinner for one. The restaurant has an inviting and open feel. It's very clean and tidy, with a modern build-out reminiscent of newer restaurants in Flushing NY or Brooklyn Chinatown. I ran into an old waiter I knew from Mandarin Kitchen and Hong Kong Noodle. This put me at ease as I knew what level of service I would expect, as those Cantonese places valued service at dinner time. I was sad to read about the bad reviews due to service here as it was definitely not the case for me. My server was attentive, with the right amount of engagement and giving space. There were never complaints regarding table service from me or my Hong Kong family at HK Noodle, Mandarin, and now at Home Taste. I ordered the Seafood Pan Fried Noodle, which is a classic Cantonese dinner noodle entrée. This is the very dish where the American Chow Mein was based, except it's 100% better than the American-Chinese version in it's authentic form. They stir fry lo mein egg noodles, and quickly dip them into the fryer to get the edges crisp. They then put a simple stir fried mix, in this case seafood (prawns, squid, and large tilapia filets) with veggies in a classic garlic white sauce, and pour it on top of the partially crispy noodles. The result is a mix of yummy saucy with a little bit of crunch. Now the level of cooking at Home Taste is what I would rate as homecook+. Meaning it's just a little better than your average homecook. Well my mom is a near-gourmet chef. She learns from Shanghai's top chef's for fun. So that's not a fair comparison lol. I would say that compared to the other Cantonese places in town, it's a 3 out of 5 on food. The ingredients were super fresh, the presentation was spot on. Taste, well, it's "Home Taste." They are truthful in their assessment of themselves.The biggest complaint was the bill. Holy cow with tip it was getting close to $40 for one singular noodle entrée out the door. Maybe it's par for the course for authentic Cantonese dining now. It's getting to the point now where I need to pay mom for Zoom cooking lessons lolol. So the one lost star was more for the relatively blandness of the dish compared to the price charged. It is the ONLY formal dining spot in the Mall, and the classiest one at that. So that's what you're paying for. If you're here with your family with the in-law's, and don't feel like getting messy in a smash your face silly AYCE hot pot joint, then this is your only choice unless you drive all the way across to Mandarin Kitchen in East Bloomington.

I got takeout for my husband and me. 1. Fried dumplings: Good not great, got a little steamy in takeout box which is to be expected but I wished they were a little crispier. Dipping sauce was good, sweet.2. Spicy salt & hot pepper shrimp: this was very tasty. They were fried with the skin on which I know is important for maintaining flavor but I admit texturally it was hard to get over chewing the shells. This is almost certainly a white Minnesotan person problem so don't want to ding them for this.3. Pork eggplant with garlic sauce: this was the real downer. It was delicious but there were about 3 small pieces of pork total. 95% of it was just eggplant which was disappointing for $20, as it was meant to be a main dish and not just a veggie side Overall good but very expensive and disappointed in eggplant dish. Probably wouldn't go back unless someone else was paying.

Only the third place I've found in the Cities with steamed chicken and that fabulous ginger sauce that is not even sold in Asian markets. This dish is not on the menu. I had to show them the wallpaper photo taken at Chinatown in Chicago on my cellphone. Wife had four plates of dim sum, three of which she loved. I see they have Ma Po Tofu, another of my favorites not often ordered by non-Asians.

If you want authentic Cantonese food, definitely recommend coming here. Service is quick and friendly. I was surprised that my favorite dish was the tofu and veggies dish, I loved how it came on a hot plate so the food stayed warm the entire time. The beef chow fun was good too! The lobster fried rice was not bad, but I didn't like how some of the lobster shells fell into the rice so it was a bit difficult to eat sometimes. Otherwise, the flavor of it was good! Plenty of seating for large groups, I would recommend calling in for a reservation on a weekend since it does get busy.

Home Taste is a fairly traditional, Cantonese-style Chinese restaurant located inside Asia Mall. We had lunch here with our toddler, and it was a (mostly) good experience. We were drawn to the restaurant because of all of the menu choices/options, and we especially liked how they offer "combo" lunch specials, with a main dish, steamed/fried rice, and an egg roll. We also liked how it reminded us of places we use to go in San Francisco. The food was pretty good. Our daughter really liked the rice and egg roll, and we both liked our main courses. Everything tasted fresh and the portions were good.The restaurant was fairly quiet when we arrived, but started to get pretty busy as we were finishing. Seating is somewhat standard for a sit-down Cantonese restaurant, with a mix of smaller and also larger tables capable of seating 10 or more people. Service was fast at the beginning, but as the restaurant got busier, it got slower, and although we ordered and got our food fairly quickly, we had a hard time getting our check.While we wouldn't drive all the way from Minneapolis just to eat at Home Taste, we would definitely visit again if we are in the area!

I'm so glad it's on the first floor. I have no desire to go to the second. I like a nice sit down place. I had the cream cheese wontons. They are pretty basic and have a very good sauce. I got kung pao shrimp for later with fried rice and it comes with an eggroll. It was all very good. I liked how you could get a lunch combo on the weekend. I got Basil a garlic fried sole fish combo with the same stuff. BD's review really tempted me. I also got fried squid appetizer that I liked. Saturday the parking lot is dog nuts, but I was in the neighborhood. Service was great. I'll be back on a weekday for sure.

This place is legit! We brought my father-in-law here for an early dinner/late lunch and the host and wait staff were amazing! They bring complimentary tea and water with ice. The seating area so open, clean, roast duck and pork right on display hanging, & live eel, geoduck, crab etc. in their tanks -- I ordered the garlic sauce bok choy and baby squid with salt and hot pepper. My father in law got the roast duck and chinese broccoli. We all shared a bit. Everything was some of the best of each that I've had and we've had in general. He said the duck was the best he's had since China town in DC. High praise and became an ongoing inside joke for the remainder of his stay, he was seriously considering coming back again before he had to leave!

Very friendly service with delicious food options. Highly recommend the roast pork, roast duck and the golden fried sole fish! My family loves to come here and also get to go during the holidays