About Us
Forbidden City Chinese is serving the locals of Hamilton with delightful Chinese Cuisine in a new and inspired way. Our Chinese dishes are exclusively prepared by using farm fresh ingredients. Tantalize your taste buds with unique Chinese flavours by paying a visit to our lively restaurant setting or enjoy our food from home! We have a wide variety of deliciously prepared Chinese imperial feasts on our menu such as BBQ Pork Slices, Chicken Chow Mein and Chicken or Beef with Broccoli.

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Menu
Veggie Spring Roll (1 pc)
A colourful assortment of mixed vegetables, wrapped in a spring roll, and crisp fried to perfection. One order comes with one roll.
$1.65
Egg Roll (1 pc) (One Roll)
A crisp, golden-brown egg roll. One order comes with one roll.
$1.75
Spring Roll (1 pc)
Homemade spring roll filled with fresh vegetables. One order comes with one roll.
$1.75
BBQ Pork Slices
Perfectly barbequed and sliced pork.
$10.95
Sweet-and-Sour Wonton Chips
Wonton chips served with sweet-and-sour sauce.
$7.95
Jar Doo Chicken Wings (10 pcs)
Jar doo chicken wings with soy sauce, fresh ginger root, dry gin, water, white sugar, salt, chicken wings, and vegetable oil. One order comes with 10 wings.
$10.95
Sweet-and-Sour Crispy Pork
Tender, crispy, and juicy pork, topped with sweet-and-sour sauce.
$10.95
Premium Dry Ribs
Tender spareribs dry rubbed with a garlic-based seasoning.
$10.95
Honey Garlic Ribs
Tender spareribs coated in a sweet honey garlic sauce.
$10.95
Consomme Soup
A clear, French soup made with stock, this consomme gets its flavour from ground chicken, carrots, and celery.
Starting from
$2.45
Regular Hot-and-Sour Soup
Savoury, spicy, sour, and hearty. Hot-and-sour soup is completely addictive!
Starting from
$3.95
Vegetarian Hot-and-Sour Soup
Soup served hot-and-sour and is made of vegetables.
Starting from
$2.95
Wonton Soup
Flavourful broth filled with handmade wontons.
Starting from
$3.95
Special Wonton Soup
Flavourful broth filled with handmade wontons. Soup made special.
Starting from
$3.95
Vegetables with Tofu Soup
Tofu and mixed vegetable soup.
Starting from
$2.95
Chicken Egg Drop Soup
Chinese-style omelette with chicken in a soup.
Starting from
$3.95
Chicken Noodle Soup
A flavourful combination of chicken and wontons, served in a steaming-hot rice noodle soup.
Starting from
$3.95
Seafood Deluxe Soup
A timeless but genuine recipe.
Starting from
$4.85
Minced Chicken with Corn Soup
Soup containing minced chicken and corn.
Starting from
$3.95
Combo A
Vegetables with tofu soup, fried tofu with vegetables, and your choice of vegetable fried rice or steamed rice.
$10.95
Combo B
Vegetables hot-and-sour soup, vegetarian lo mein, and your choice of vegetable fried rice or steamed rice.
$10.95
Create Your Own Platter
Create your own platter with your choice of roll, choice of chicken fried rice or steamed rice, and one dish.
$11.95
Soup Bowl
Soup bowl containing your choice of two meats and a side.
$8.95
Seafood Shumai (4 pcs)
A combination of shrimp and crab will make you crave for it even more. One order comes with four dumplings.
$5.45
Shrimp Dumplings (4 pcs)
Shrimp and salted cabbage filling, seasoned with ginger, garlic, and scallions. One order comes with four dumplings.
$5.45
Pan-Fried Dumplings (6 pcs)
Tasty pan-fried dumplings. One order comes with six dumplings.
$7.95
Sticky Rice Wrapped in Lotus Leaf (3 pcs)
Glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf. One order comes with three pieces.
$5.45
Sesame Seed Balls (3 pcs)
Dim sum fried sesame balls with glutinous rice flour. One order comes with three pieces.
$5.45
Egg Paste Buns (3 pcs)
Chinese steamed custard buns that are soft and tender. One order comes with three pieces.
$5.45
BBQ Pork Buns (3 pcs)
Homemade soft and yummy steamed Chinese barbeque pork buns. One order comes with three pieces.
$5.45
Chinese Onion Cake (1 pc)
A savoury and sweet onion cake. One order comes with one piece.
$6.95
Sweet Potato Fries
Golden, crispy, and sweet potato fries.
$6.95
French Fries
Shoestring-cut potatoes fried in oil until crispy and golden brown.
$6.95
Onion Rings
Hand battered onion rings, fried until crispy.
$6.95
Chicken Fingers
Tender strips of breaded chicken with fries.
$7.95
Chicken Fried Rice
Stir-fried white rice with tender chicken.
$9.95
Beef Fried Rice
Stir-fried white rice with mouthwatering chunks of beef.
$9.95
BBQ Pork Fried Rice
Perfectly barbequed pork and stir-fried steamed rice.
$9.95
Shrimp Fried Rice
$10.95
House Special Fried Rice
$10.95
Vegetable Fried Rice
Fried rice with assorted vegetables.
$8.95
Mushroom Fried Rice
Mushroom-filled fried rice.
$8.95
Spicy Beef Fried Rice
White rice with chunks of beef served spicy.
$11.95
Fujian-Style Fried Rice
White fried rice served Fujian-style.
$12.95
Yang Chow-Style Fried Rice
Stir-fried steamed rice with shrimp, pork, eggs, and vegetables.
$12.95
Steamed Rice
An order of plain steamed rice.
Starting from
$2.95
Duck Meat Fried Rice
$13.95
Crab Meat Fried Rice
$13.95
Chicken Chow Mein
Cantonese-style chicken chow mein.
$9.95
Beef Chow Mein
Crispy chow mein containing beef chunks.
$9.95
Pork Chow Mein
Pork chunks in a Cantonese-style chow mein.
$9.95
Shrimp Chow Mein
Tender shrimp in a Cantonese-styled chow mein.
$11.95
Vegetables and Mushroom Chow Mein
A colourful array of assorted vegetables and mushrooms, served in a rich sauce over a bed of crispy chow mein noodles.
$8.95
Chicken or Beef with Mixed Vegetables
Vegetable mix stir fried with your choice of meat.
$11.95
Chicken or Beef with Broccoli
Stir-fried broccoli with your choice of chicken or beef.
$11.95
Chicken or Beef with Peppers and Mushrooms
Vegetables containing your choice of chicken or beef.
$11.95
Chicken or Beef with Snow Peas
Stir-fried snow peas with water chestnuts in a light sauce, served with your choice of chicken or beef.
$11.95
Chicken, Beef, or BBQ Pork Lo Mein
Assorted vegetables and soft egg noodles, served with your choice of chicken, beef, or barbeque.
$11.95
Chicken, Beef, or BBQ Pork with Cashews
Stir-fried vegetables containing cashews and your choice of chicken, beef, or barbeque.
$11.95
Moo Goo Guy Pan
A stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables.
$11.95
Beef or Chicken with Tomatoes
Stir-fried vegetables with tomatoes and your choice of meat.
$11.95
Szechuan-Style Vegetables
Timeless vegetables cooked in Szechuan style.
$11.95
Tai Dop Voy
A combination of chicken, shrimp, barbeque pork, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and mixed vegetables.
$12.95
Cantonese Chow Mein
Cantonese-style chow mein contains deep-fried crunchy golden egg noodles, green peppers, pea pods, bok choy, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, shrimp, char siu (Chinese roast pork), chicken, and beef, served in a thick sauce.
$12.95
Beef with Rice Noodles Pan Fried
Rice noodles that have absorbed all the sauce paired with slices of beef and vegetables.
$12.95
Beef with Rice Noodles in Black Bean Sauce
Beef in black bean sauce with rice noodles.
$12.95
Beef with Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli)
Healthy and yummy oyster beef with Chinese broccoli.
$12.95
Season's Best Chinese
A great selection of Asian delicacies cooked to perfection.
$10.95
Roast Duck (Half)
Flavourful, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
$19.95
Homestyle Eggplant
Stir-fried eggplant and green beans, as the name suggested, is a stir fry of the two vegetables on a savoury, spicy sauce made with soy sauce, and chilies.
$10.95
Plain Noodles in Oyster Sauce
Hin egg noodles stir fried until just crisp, served in oyster sauce.
$8.95
Crab Meat Chow Mein
Egg noodles.
$13.95
Duck Meat Chow Mein
Egg noodles.
$13.95
Chicken Curry
Tender pieces of chicken cooked and served in a spicy curry.
$12.95
Beef Curry
Spicy house-made curry filled with beef.
$12.95
Shrimp Curry
Shrimp-based spicy curry.
$12.95
Fish Curry
Curry homemade served with fish.
$12.95
Squid Curry
Homemade curry sauce with squid.
$12.95
Vegetable Curry
Homemade curry loaded with mixed vegetables.
$10.95
Chicken Egg Foo Young
Chinese-style omelette with chicken.
$11.95
Beef Egg Foo Young
Chinese-style omelette with beef.
$11.95
BBQ Pork Egg Foo Young
Chinese-style omelette with barbeque pork.
$11.95
Shrimp Egg Foo Young
A tasty mix of minced shrimp and assorted vegetables, grilled to perfection in a beaten egg mixture.
$12.95
House Special Egg Foo Young
A house special blend of assorted meat and vegetables, grilled to perfection in a beaten egg mixture.
$12.95
Vegetable Egg Foo Young
Egg foo yung served with mixed vegetables.
$10.95
Szechuan Lo Mein
Szechuan lo mein with flavourful combinations.
$11.95
Peppercorn Chicken
Cracked peppercorns pounded into chicken gives this dish a nice zing, and the creamy sauce makes it elegant!
$11.95
Shanghai Lo Mein
It's a Shanghai-style lo mein!
$12.95
Kung Pao Beef or Chicken
Kung pao with your choice of meat.
$11.95
Kung Pao Shrimp
Kung pao made with shrimp.
$12.95
Satay Beef or Chicken
Savoury skewers with your choice of meat.
$11.95
Satay Shrimp
Skewed shrimp.
$12.95
Szechuan Beef
Tender crispy Szechuan beef cooked in a bold sweet-and-sour spicy sauce with peppers and onions.
$12.95
Szechuan Shrimp
Stir-fried Szechuan shrimp.
$12.95
Orange Beef or Chicken
Orange sauce with your choice of beef or chicken.
$12.95
Black Pepper Beef
Perfectly cooked beef seasoned with black pepper.
$12.95
Singapore Vermicelli
Stir-fried rice vermicelli seasoned with curry powder, vegetables, scrambled eggs, and meat.
$12.95
Dry-Cooked String Beans
Szechuan green beans is a perfect combination of protein and vegetables, with a savoury and slightly spicy taste.
$11.95
Ma Po Tofu
Stir-fried Chinese dish.
$10.95
Crispy Beef
Super crispy beef tossed with a spicy sauce.
$11.95
General Chow's Chicken
Sweet deep-fried chicken dish.
$12.95
Sweet-and-Sour Chicken Balls
Chicken balls served sweet-and-sour.
$9.95
Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken consists of pieces of chicken meat that is deep fried and coated with a thick, sweet lemon-flavoured sauce.
$11.95
Ginger Chicken
So sticky and the honey lemon ginger all complemented each other perfectly.
$12.95
Ginger Beef
A dish made from beef, ginger, and a distinctive sweet sauce.
$12.95
Chicken Teriyaki
Chicken teriyaki with spicy mayonnaise and eel sauce.
$12.95
Beef Teriyaki
Beef teriyaki with a savoury broth.
$12.95
Honey Coconut Chicken
Chicken tenders are breaded with coconut and breadcrumbs.
$12.95
Sesame Chicken
Chunks of boneless chicken with hot peppers in Chef's special sauce.
$12.95
Chicken in Black Bean Sauce
Chicken in black bean sauce contains tender chicken thighs that lend flavour to the stir fry, made with pungent fermented black beans.
$12.95
Beef in Black Bean Sauce
Marinated beef with black bean sauce.
$12.95
Pork Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce
Chinese-style pork spareribs served with black bean sauce.
$11.95
Beef with Oyster Sauce
Specialty dish combined with beef, oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, and ground black pepper.
$12.95
Vegetable Spring Roll (1 pc)
Deep-fried spring rolls filled with mixed vegetables. One order comes with one roll.
$1.65
Sweet-and-Sour Wonton Chips
Wonton chips served with sweet-and-sour sauce.
$7.95
Mixed Chinese Vegetables
Chinese-style mixed vegetables.
$10.95
Vegetables with Cashews
A flavourful combination of vegetables, cashews, and sauce, served over whole wheat pasta.
$10.95
Vegetarian Cantonese Lo Mein
Crispy and chewy pan-fried noodles, with a mix of bok choy, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.
$10.95
Vegetarian Szechuan Mein
Fresh mixed vegetables cooked together with Szechuan sauce and red chilies.
$10.95
Vegetarian Singapore Vermicelli
Vegetables made with rice vermicelli flavoured with curry powder and soy sauce.
$10.95
Vegetarian Shanghai Lo Mein
Mixed Shanghai vegetable lo mein.
$10.95
Season's Best Chinese Greens
Chinese greens specialties.
$11.95
Fried Tofu with Vegetables
Crispy pan-fried tofu triangles combined with stir-fried vegetables and a rich Chinese soy-sesame sauce.
$11.95
Steamed Mixed Vegetables
Steamed vegetables with lime butter.
$9.95
Special Garlic Shrimp
Special garlic shrimp coated in the most amazing sticky honey garlic butter soy sauce.
$18.95
Jumbo Breaded Shrimp
You will love these golden, crispy breaded shrimp!
$11.95
Sweet-and-Sour Fish
Sweet-and-sour fish is made with battered and fried fish fillets, doused with sweet-and-sour sauce.
$12.95
Shrimp with Lobster Sauce
This shrimp in lobster sauce recipe has jumbo shrimp simmering in an egg gravy, lightly flavoured with soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil.
$12.95
Shrimp with Snow Peas
This stir-fried shrimp and snow peas gets its flavour from cooking with a soy sauce and ginger mixture.
$12.95
Shrimp with Mixed Vegetables
Shrimp, frozen mixed vegetables, and prepared stir-fried sauce.
$12.95
Shrimp with Broccoli
Tender-crisp vegetables, succulent shrimp, and a savoury sauce.
$12.95
Shrimp with Peppers and Mushrooms
Stir-fried tender shrimp and crisp vegetables are enhanced with a quick and flavourful sauce topped with mushrooms.
$12.95
Shrimp with Cashews
Oyster sauce, garlic, and ginger in a sauteed shrimp.
$12.95
Mussels with Black Bean Sauce
Mussels in a black bean sauce.
$13.95
Fried Calamari
Deep-fried calamari in flour, parsley, salt, and pepper batter mix.
$12.95
Shrimp Teriyaki
Shrimp marinated in teriyaki sauce.
$12.95
Szechuan Steamed Fish with Chef Sauce
A combination of oyster sauce and cooking wine with Szechuan steamed fish.
$13.95
Fish with Season's Vegetable
A great selection of the season's vegetables and a fish cooked to perfection.
$13.95
Fried Oyster
Crispy and crunchy fried oysters.
$18.95
Ginger Shrimp
Peppery flavour of ginger in the shrimp.
$11.95
Dinner for One (A)
Beef with cashews, chicken fried rice, and sweet-and-sour chicken balls.
$12.95
Dinner for One (B)
General's chicken, chicken fried rice, and chicken with mixed vegetables.
$12.95
Dinner for One (C)
Vegetable spring roll, vegetarian Shanghai lo mein, and vegetable fried rice.
$11.95
Dinner for Two (A)
Two spring rolls, breaded shrimp, beef with broccoli, and chicken fried rice.
$29.50
Dinner for Two (B)
Two spring rolls, beef with broccoli, house fried rice, and your choice of General Chow's chicken or lemon chicken.
$33.50
Dinner for Three (A)
Three spring rolls, beef with cashews, lemon chicken, breaded shrimp, and chicken fried rice.
$39.50
Dinner for Three (B)
Three spring rolls, shrimp with cashews, beef with broccoli, General Chow's chicken, and yang chow fried rice.
$46.95
Dinner for Four (A)
Four spring rolls, sweet-and-sour chicken balls, breaded shrimp, chicken fried rice, pork with cashews, and beef lo mein.
$49.50
Dinner for Four (B) (Deluxe)
Four spring rolls, special garlic shrimp, beef with broccoli, lemon chicken, yang chow fried rice, and kung bo chicken.
$62.50
Dinner for Five
Five egg rolls, Szechuan lo mein, kung bo chicken, jumbo breaded shrimp, Peking pork, and house fried rice.
$69.95
Dinner for Six
Six spring rolls, General Chow's chicken, Cantonese chow mein, kung bo beef, jumbo breaded shrimp, yang chow fried rice, and season's best Chinese greens.
$79.95
Canned Pop (355 ml)
Choose from a selection of refreshings canned pop flavours.
$1.55
Canned Juice
Add a thirst-quenching canned of juice to any order.
$2.50
Perrier Water
A cool and refreshing Perrier water.
$2.50
Iced Tea
$1.50
Contact Us
Find Us
273 King Street East, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Hamilton, L8N 1B9
Opening Hours
Monday
11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday
12:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Sunday
12:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Please note, delivery times may vary.
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