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Taste of the Silk Road

Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 341 Danforth Ave. (at Chester) View on map »
  • 416-463-8660
Editorial Review

This renovated favourite of Danforth locals sports a chic maroon interior and wooden floors, but the original menu, heavy on hearty Asian noodle dishes, remains. Deep-fried briny-flavoured shrimp rolls and moist pork-filled Tibetan dumplings are winners in the Silk Road appetizer plate. Lanzhou spicy noodle soup is a vast bowl of barbecued pork, chicken, sliced beef tenderloin and Chinese sausage, all jostling for room among vege­tables and thick noodles; accompanying chili seasoning shakes up the garlicky broth. Sticky honey-garlic sauce bathes crispy- battered beef tenderloin with sweet pineapple and lychee—it’s Asian food for beginners, but the flavours meld well. Tiny deep-fried red bean spring rolls make a sweet ending.

  • Closed Monday
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