K C Restaurant

Udon with tempura prawns. Delicious broth, fat perfectly cooked noodles, cabbage/​mushroom/​carrot/​spouts diced into ribbons, and a umami overall effect. Four lightly battered and big tasty prawns on the side to dip into the soup or eat straight. Perfect after a brisk fall walk around town.

Disgusting. The tabels and chairs are ancient and horrible lopsided, nothing was still wobbly! For food I had miso soup, It was cold and had no tofu in it. Then had some chicken chow mein and sweet and sour boneless chicken and pork. Nothing had any flavor. The chow mein was horribly overcooked and bland. The chicken had an od taste like it had gone bad weeks ago. By far the worst «Chinese» food I’ve ever had. Couldn’t finish more than 2 – 3 bites, still made me pay. Rude. Avoid if u want decent Chinese go to Amanda’s across the bridge.

Food is overrated and greasy. Even worse is how they bring in unique chefs styled for different food then they toss the chefs and keep those recipes they brought with them on the menu. The recipes would suddenly taste worse because their creators had been kicked after being used. Sharks. I refuse to eat here! I’d rather eat at the original places where the chefs know what they’re doing because those are their recipes. Underhanded business methods and subpar food. Skip, skip, skip!

Bad food, worse service and omg what’s with the old rice from last week? Waitress is rude when I asked for chopsticks, water and the menu. Food is slightly above KFC and a&w but not by much. The sushi is older than the kimchi I find in Korean restaurants and the Chinese food is about as authentic as a politician seeking reelection. Overall a minus 2 out of 5 stars.

Sushi was fine considering we’re in the Rockies. Rather pricey… but there was nice attention to detail. Salmon sashimi and tempura were fresh, wasabi was excellent, and they had white ginger instead of the horrible pink stuff. I guess nothing compares to Vancouver sushi…

In Nelson, KC is an unusual restaurant that specializes in Chinese, Thai and Japanese cuisine.
Originally a mostly Chinese restaurant, the owners brought in thai and japanese chefs to diversify the menu and offer something new to the clientele of this particularly health conscious and trend conscious town. Over the years, the chefs came and went, but the recipes were recreated, tweaked and in many ways improved to the point that the resto has proven to be more popular at these styles than even the dedicated thai and japanese restos in Nelson.
With that in mind, my family and I came in to try out the alternate menus as opposed to the chinese food (which I understand to be primarily cantonese with some szechuan dishes). First came the sushi, a good mix of maki rolls that exemplified the nature of the Nelson clientele. The ever popular California rolls were quite decent, as well as the tuna rolls. But the Veggie Delight comprised of tempura carrots and avocado, drizzled with wasibi mayo was surprisingly quite tasty. The Omega-​3 roll, comprised of Avocado, Asparagus, Salmon with Brown Rice sprinkled with flax seed was a revelation that it was possible to have a supremely healthy roll without sacrificing taste.
Next came the Pad Thai noodles, Yellow curry with chicken, and vegetarian spring rolls. The spring rolls were decent, complete with a slightly oversweet sauce as opposed to a more traditional fish sauce. The yellow curry with chicken was good, with the curry flavour being a little subdued, but still filled with tender chunks of chicken breast. Unlike normal incarnations of yellow curry dishes, there are some chunks of potato which added a bit of texture to the dish, and it all mixed well with the steamed white rice.
The Pad Thai noodles were quite good, though a bit different than the usual Pad Thai I would find in Calgary or Montréal. Using a thicker rice noodle, it could use a bit of fish sauce to give it a bit of an extra bite, and was a little too subtle in flavour. But to be fair, my family had asked it to NOT be very hot for some odd reason (considering that all of us were used to hot dishes). Also, it could use a little bit of chopped scrambled egg to add a little more texture. Still, I enjoyed the dish and it was nicely done.
The décor is basic yet functionaly, with a traditional sushi bar in the front. Tables of various sizes are available that can accomodate groups of 2 to as many as 10 throughout the place, and it’s definately a popular place judging from how busy it was when I left. On other review sites, the KC has received ratings in the 4 to 5 star range, or in the 90%+ in terms of customer popularity as it’s well earned. Speaking with the owner about how important he thought it was to have quality standards maintained, such as in the sushi rice that he insists must be made fresh every day (no leftover rice at the end of the day), its no wonder why the KC is so well regarded indeed.

This resturant serves Japanese, Thai and Chinese food.
The sushi is awesome, the pad Thai is amazing and the Chinese food is great.
The resturant atmosphere is relaxing and clean.
The Chinese menu could be better but it’s still not bad.

I live in the area and KC is one of my favourites. Reasonable prices, great food and great service. I love their hot and sour soup and their Pad Tai.