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Hot Spicy Spicy

Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 173 Ravel Rd. (at Leslie) View on map »
  • 416-491-8988
$30 Gourmet
Allows one person to dine well for $30 or less, including tax and tip; they are not star rated More like this »
Editorial Review

Fire eaters flock to this authentic Sichuan joint, where half the menu items are emblazoned with a chili pepper warning. Most tables order the house specialty: slices of whitefish, napa cabbage, leeks and bean sprouts poached in a blistering chili-packed broth. Silky ma po tofu is flavoured with fistfuls of garlic and lemony Sichuan pepper, though it suffers under an Exxon Valdez of chili oil. Verdant green beans arrive glistening and puckered from the deep ...

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    173 Ravel Rd. (at Leslie)
  • 416-491-8988

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