As a child, I wanted a “proper” Christmas, which we never really had. Sure, we put up a tree and I attended Catholic and Anglican schools, but I’m not sure if not celebrating the holiday the way one sees it in movies and books is because my parents are from Hong Kong or because December […]
Kwan Dim Sum, located on Yonge, just north of St. Clair is one of the latest midtown Chinese restaurants. Opened just a few months ago, the restaurant has been getting amazing reviews for its dim sum lunches. Based on the photos alone, the dim sum looks both “traditional” and, at the same time, a little […]
Hong Kong offers many amazing, top-tier restaurants as well as other, more affordable eateries of all types, not just Chinese food (as a Torontonian, I consider myself very spoiled when it comes to authentic Chinese cuisine. To the point that I can’t name any Canadian-Chinese style eateries that serve egg rolls and crunchy “noodles” that […]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Shanghainese-style dumplings at Lee Chen Asian Diner. That was Part 1. Part 2 is about their main courses. The menu at Lee Chen is somewhat smaller than many other Chinese/Asian restaurants, but many favourites, such as kung pao chicken and sweet and sour pork can be found. […]
A new Asian restaurant has opened up in the Yorkville area, on Yonge, just north of Bloor. Called Lee Chen Asian Diner, the restaurant sounds very casual, more like a Hong Kong cha chaan teng than a one that serves Shanghainese dumplings. It is in fact more like a combination of the two. While you […]
While recently on a trip to Niagara Falls, my husband and I found ourselves looking for a nice place to eat dinner at 11:30 at night. Although we knew this is a relatively late time to be searching for a decent restaurant, we assumed that a city whose main attractions are the casinos would be […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz Most people know about the basics of Chinese New Year. That it’s bigger than Christmas, each year is represented by an animal (this year, it’s the rabbit) people get lai see money in red envelopes and that it lasts for several days. As Chinese culture is very much about food, so naturally, there’s even more food when […]
Dynasty Chinese Cuisine has reopened on Yorkville Avenue, just west of Bay Street. The location, formerly held by True, an organic/locovore restaurant, was closed, leaving it available for Dynasty to take over last month. The rstaurant has been at Yorkville and Bay since December 17. The new location is definitely trendier-looking (they pretty much kept most of True’s decor, right […]
It’s true what they say about Chinese restaurants and Christmas Day. They’re crazy busy! I think the only day worse than December 25 is the first day of the Lunar New Year. While most Chinese people in Canada actually DO celebrate Christmas, at least in some form, dim sum seems to be the preferred way […]
