If you've never had Indo-Chinese food in Edmonton, you're missing one of the most crave-worthy cuisines on the planet: Chinese wok technique meets Indian spice. At New Asian Village — a ~40-year Edmonton institution — Indo-Chinese dishes like Chilli Chicken share the menu with North Indian, South Indian, and Tandoori classics, so you can taste this fusion the way it's meant to be eaten.

What Is Indo-Chinese Cuisine?

Indo-Chinese (often called Hakka Chinese or Indian-Chinese) cuisine was born over a century ago in Kolkata, where a community of Hakka Chinese immigrants settled and opened restaurants. Cooking for Indian palates, they adapted Chinese stir-fry and deep-fry techniques to local ingredients and bolder seasoning — green chillies, garlic, ginger, and a heavier hand with heat than traditional Chinese cooking.

The result is a cuisine that belongs fully to neither country and is beloved in both: crispy fried proteins and vegetables tossed in glossy, spicy-sweet-tangy sauces, fiery noodle and rice dishes, and flavours that hit harder than anything on a typical Chinese takeout menu. In India today, "Chinese" almost always means Indo-Chinese — it's street food, restaurant food, and comfort food all at once.

What defines the style? High-heat wok cooking, batters that fry up shatteringly crisp, and sauces built on soy, vinegar, garlic, and green chilli rather than cream. Where a North Indian curry is slow, rich, and layered, an Indo-Chinese dish is fast, punchy, and bright — which is exactly why the two cuisines make such good table companions.

The Hidden Gem for Chinese & Asian Buffet Seekers

Here's a tip for anyone searching for a Chinese buffet or Asian buffet in Edmonton: some of the boldest wok-fired flavours in the city aren't at a Chinese restaurant at all. Because New Asian Village cooks North Indian, South Indian, Tandoori, and Indo-Chinese under one roof, you get the stir-fried, chilli-garlic dishes you're craving alongside butter-soft curries and fresh tandoori naan.

If your table can never agree — one person wants noodles-and-stir-fry energy, another wants Butter Chicken — Indo-Chinese is the bridge. It's familiar enough for fans of Chinese food, exciting enough for spice lovers, and it sits right next to everything else on our menu of cuisines.

Chilli Chicken & New Asian Village's Indo-Chinese Favourites

The undisputed king of Indo-Chinese cooking is Chilli Chicken — and it's one of the most-ordered dishes at New Asian Village. Ours is crispy chicken tossed in a bold Indo-Chinese chilli sauce with peppers and onions: crunchy edges, a glossy sauce that clings to every piece, and that signature chilli-garlic kick.

Chilli Chicken works as a shared appetizer, a main over rice, or the "wild card" order alongside classics like Chicken Tikka Masala and Dal Makhani. It's also a brilliant gateway dish for friends who claim they "don't like Indian food" — one bite usually settles the argument. Browse the full New Asian Village menu to see how the Indo-Chinese section fits alongside our tandoori and curry lineups.

Craving Chilli Chicken Tonight?

Order Indo-Chinese favourites and Indian classics online from New Asian Village West for pickup or takeout — or come taste them on the buffet.

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Indo-Chinese on the West Edmonton Buffet

Want to try Indo-Chinese without committing to a full entrée? Our West Edmonton location at 17507 100 Ave NW serves an all-you-can-eat buffet — lunch and dinner, 7 days a week (11:30 AM – 10:00 PM). Indo-Chinese dishes rotate through the buffet line alongside North Indian curries, tandoori favourites, and vegetarian specialties.

That makes the buffet the perfect low-risk introduction: take a small scoop of an Indo-Chinese dish next to your butter chicken and naan, and discover your new favourite without ordering blind. For anyone typing "asian buffet edmonton" into their phone, this is the answer that covers the most delicious ground in a single sitting. Learn more on our West Edmonton location page.

The buffet also solves the classic group-dinner problem: when one friend wants stir-fried heat, another wants creamy curry, and someone else is vegetarian, everyone builds their own plate and nobody compromises. It's why west-end families have made the buffet their default for birthdays, reunions, and "we can't decide" nights for years.

Spice Levels: Make It Yours

Indo-Chinese food has a reputation for heat, but at New Asian Village you're in control. Like our curries, dishes can be prepared mild, medium, or hot:

  • Mild — all the garlic, ginger, and sauce flavour with just a whisper of chilli. Great for kids and first-timers.
  • Medium — the classic Indo-Chinese experience: warm, building heat that never overwhelms the dish.
  • Hot — for chilli devotees who want the full Kolkata street-food burn.

When ordering online, just note your preferred spice level — the kitchen adjusts each dish to order, so a mild Chilli Chicken and a hot Beef Korma can happily share the same bag.

How to Order Indo-Chinese at All Three Locations

You can get your Indo-Chinese fix at any New Asian Village restaurant:

  • West Edmonton — 17507 100 Ave NW, Edmonton. Open 7 days, 11:30 AM – 10:00 PM. Dine in for the buffet or à la carte, call (780) 488-6666, or order online from NAV West for pickup or takeout.
  • Sherwood Park — 10A Main Blvd #200, Sherwood Park. Open Mon–Sat 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Sun 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, serving the full à la carte menu. Call (780) 464-6662 or order online from NAV Sherwood Park.
  • South — 9308 34 Avenue NW, Edmonton. Open Mon–Fri 11:30 AM – 12:00 AM, Sat–Sun 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM — the latest hours of any location. Call (780) 463-9997 or order online.

Planning a bigger night? Reserve a table, bring the whole crew, and let everyone chart their own course — Indo-Chinese, tandoori, South Indian, or all three. After four decades of feeding Edmonton, we can promise one thing: nobody leaves hungry.