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Gettin' My Eat on in Slanty Town
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1. New Ho King
Toronto, ON M5T 2G7
(416) 595-1881
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
Leonard just about has everything covered on his review below. I've been a regular at New Ho for about 10 years now, rarely ever going before 'it is time' -- post-bar between 2:30 and 4am.
What they say about the late night menu is true. You get…More »
2. Ka Chi
Toronto, ON M5T 2G4
(416) 597-1999
Category:
Korean
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
Only one review! This is blasphemy!
So people go here for the PBS (aka Pork Bone Soup or kam ja tang). Them shits is delicious! Spicy broth and massive chunks of pork bone -- I think they're spines or something. Anyway, there's a lot of super…More »
3. Banh Mi & Che Cali
Toronto, ON M5T 2E7
(416) 599-8948
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
Banh mi? Who needs banh mi when you have such a ridiculous amount of options at this Vietnamese 'all-in-one' shop! I'm a recent convert to this place, opting for this over it's yellow neighbor Ms. Nguyen something or other.
++Pros++
1. Super cheap.…More »
4. Saigon Palace Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2G8
(416) 968-1623
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
Pho Pasteur has competition in Chinatown for title of "Best Pho-cking Pho"!
Saigon Palace is a complete dive. It is dirty (don't even venture into the bathrooms...you've been warned), unapologetically Vietnamese, and dirt cheap. It's everything I've…More »
5. Nguyen Huong Food
Toronto, ON M5T 2G2
(416) 599-4625
Categories:
Bakeries,
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
Oh Banh Mi Yellow Sign. I love your banh mi, but you need to step up the variety and quality on your other goods. Ima-breaka-breaka down!
+++PROS+++
1. Top quality banh mi, really consistent, likely the best in Toronto!
2. Bread keeps better than it's…More »
6. Pho Pasteur
Toronto, ON M5T 1H4
(416) 351-7188
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Kensington Market
I made my way to my regular spot, Pho Pasteur, after Susan C. claimed that the broth was back on track. Good news, broth is back on track! I didn't find it to be off side in the first place.
My update is similar to my original review, though for…More »
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9/28/2009
Oh yes, the mighty 24-hour giant of a pho joint...Pho Pasteur! I like it here, I like it a lot.… Read more »
7. Asian Legend
Toronto, ON M5T 1G7
(416) 977-3909
Category:
Dim Sum
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Downtown Core
I didn't want to like this place. Too fancy for Chinatown and the prices oh so slightly more than the other holes-in-the-walls in the hood. After reading reviews on the soup dumplings, I had to go.
Random Notes:
1. Pork soup dumplings - pretty damned…More »
8. Kim Po Vietnamese Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 1H3
(416) 596-8589
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Kensington Market
This place has been around since the early 80's and is operated by a Chinese/Vietnamese family, much like my own. Our family used to come here back in the day, but stopped after someone was shot to death back in the mid to late 80's. My notes:
1.…More »
9. Anh Dao Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2G6
(416) 598-4514
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Downtown Core
Per Susan C's review, I do in fact give this my "White People Don't Eat Here" seal of approval!
You definitely come here for the Nem Nuong, which is a Vietnamese pork sausage with some serious DIY veg and other random stuff I've never seen before.…More »
10. Bright Pearl Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2G2
(416) 979-1103
This is probably Chinatown's best dim sum restaurant. The prices are reasonable and for the most part the food is served fairly hot (we all know how much it sucks to be served cold dim sum!). Service is good - they do not mind showing items for all…More »
11. King's Noodle Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2E7
(416) 598-1817
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
The rice flour rolls? Really? If there's anything on this menu you shouldn't get, it is any of the rice flour rolls. The soya sauce traditionally served with this dish is a touch sweet, but the one they serve here is salty salty salty. This is a…More »
12. Rol San Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2E9
(416) 977-1128
Category:
Dim Sum
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
I've been trying to hold off on this review as long as possible but I just had to give in after my last visit to Rol Son. Dim sum is more than just a bunch of dumplings sitting in bamboo steamers. It's a culinary experience like no other. On with…More »
13. Bun Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2C2
(416) 504-2188
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core
This is the best *overall* Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown. The pho is average but the menu contains more options than others. The rice and vermicelli dishes are all very good, as are the not-so-often-ordered (i.e. snail broth noodle soup, beef…More »
14. Kom Jug Yuen Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2G3
(416) 977-4079
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Downtown Core
After 10+ years of walking by this place and making jokes about the name, I finally drank the juice from the mighty "Cum Jug"!!! A group of 7 Yelpers hit this spot up in search of the "Best BBQ Pork in North America". Some sort of award was…More »
15. Banh Mi Ba Le
Toronto, ON M5T 1H3
(416) 977-2168
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Kensington Market
I don't care if this place has been shut down in the past for rodent violations. Anyone who thinks any restaurant in Chinatown is cleaner than the next is really fooling themselves.
Banh mi is a very cheap and traditional Vietnamese sub that was…More »
16. Xe Lua Restaurant
Toronto, ON M5T 2C2
(416) 703-8330
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core
Ok...update time...
The pho here has gone noticeably downhill (so have the noodles) my last several visits. My previous review stuck up for them, but I can't do it anymore. The broth has gone from a nice authentic flavor to a watered down mess. Even…More »
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7/14/2009
Wow, I am really going to have to disagree with a lot of the previous reviewers.
1) They use fresh… Read more »
17. Pho Hung
Toronto, ON M5T 2G4
(416) 593-4274
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Chinatown, Kensington Market, Downtown Core
This is similar to the review I gave for the Annex location....
Firstly, I lived in Vietnam in 2003-2004 and am familiar with all types of Vietnamese cuisine (I make my own and go out to eat Viet at least 1-2 times a week). This is perhaps the most…More »
18. Pho 88
Toronto, ON M5T 2E5
(416) 971-8899
Category:
Vietnamese
Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core
Give me a dirty Vietnamese joint over this classy version any day!
Pluses:
1) The white girl knows more Vietnamese than the Asian guy
2) They have the option of fresh noodles
3) If you need to drop a deuce, the bathrooms are clean
4) This is one of…More »
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Toronto, ON
Yelping SinceAugust 2008
Things I Loveeating, photography, smashing rooftops
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