The Ultimate Guide To Asian Fried Chicken In Toronto

A popular Taiwanese chicken joint, Hot-Star serves large pieces, making it an ideal spot if you’re especially hungry. Each order comes in a plastic bag, with the chicken in a paper sleeve. For approximately $10, you get one piece of fried chicken, but don’t dismay; that piece of chicken is as big as your face. The Original Large Fried Chicken comes with choices such as salt and pepper, spicy, or seaweed. Try the popcorn chicken and fried king oyster mushrooms to fully explore the Taiwanese flavours Hot-Star has to offer.

Kanpai Snack Bar is a tapas-style restaurant, with many unique Taiwanese appetizers. Taking inspiration from traditional pan-Asian cuisine, Kanpai serves carefully crafted flavours in a chic modern dining room. Among menu items fit for every taste bud, this snack bar offers Taiwanese-style fried chicken. Battered, with gluten free ingredients and fried with Taiwanese herbs, these pieces of fried chicken are drool-worthy. After frying, the chicken pieces are infused with a secret wok-fired spice and finished with cilantro, scallions, and bird’s-eye chillis and served with a side of dipping sauce and lemon wedges.

From the successors of Banh Mi Boys comes Lucky Red, a fusion restaurant specializing in Asian snacks and unique spins on the traditional Asian bao (steamed bun). Lucky Red welcomes social gatherings with shareable dishes such as ‘Nacho Koreano’ (made with pork dumplings and kimchi) and stir fried rice cake made with oyster mushroom, water chestnut, and cabbage. The chicken is fried and battered with a sweet undertone and is a pleasant surprise compared to the traditional savoury fried chicken.

Soos strives to reinvent Malaysian street food. Fusing traditional Malaysian flavour with the taste of Toronto, Soos’s eclectic dishes fit right in in the 6ix. With menu items such as Rendang Beef Poutine, made with rendang (spicy meat) gravy, lemongrass, curry leaves, and cheese curds from Québec, this Malaysian restaurant is a must try. In addition, the Red Chilli Wings are ace, with crispy shallots, fennel, peanuts, and sweet chilli create a taste you can’t find anywhere else.

416 is a hip snack bar that got its start as a blog-turned-bar and truly respects the art of crafting delicious snacks by hand. If you’d rather sample a variety of dishes rather than one large entree, this is your place. Social gatherings are welcome here, with plenty of shareable snacks to go around the table. The Korean fried chicken is smothered with gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste) and topped with sesame seeds and green onions. Savoury, spicy, and sharp? Sold.