Sansotei

Funny how there's so many ramen places opening now. But of all that I've been, I would say Sansotei tastes the best.

Tonkotsu Ramen. ($10) 

I really liked the soup base, flavourful. it came with 2 pieces of their pork belly, fungus, and the egg nicely sliced with the liquidy orange yolk. It looks a lot less fancy than the one at Momofuku. I would comment that the pork belly was a bit too fatty, more fat than meat on the slices. The noodles tasted a bit different than other ramen restaurants, it was not the typical chewy style but more of an authentic ramen kind. Normally when I have ramen i cant finish the whole bowl. I don't know if i just really enjoyed it or the portion wasnt that big, but I finished all the noodles...but I'm pretty sure guys wouldn't be full from just one bowl.

Zangi, the deep fried chicken. ($4.5)

This was really good. Quite a few pieces and nicely fried. I recommend ordering this. Not bad for 5 bucks.

Food:  Excellent.
Service: Good
Price: Average
Atmosphere: There aren't a lot of tables and there's usually a line up. I went around 415 pm, so we didn't have to wait in line. But when we left at 5 it started getting busy, more people came. Yes, it starts getting busy before 6. If you want to come either be prepared to wait in line or just go at odd hours.
Overall: I heard the owners of this place actually went to school studying ramen. That probably explains the result of tasty noodles. Tonkotsu ramen is the best one of the list, I recommend trying it. If you are going to head downtown for noodles, I would say Sansotei tops Momofuku and Kinton for sure. Better ramen for a cheaper price. Only downside is, be prepared for a line up.

Sansotei

179 Dundas Street W, Downtown Toronto

Fav Cafe

I first came here when it was grand opening. It was lunch time and as I went through the menu I find some of their dishes pretty interesting. They had a wide variety of culture foods, like Russian dishes, Hk dishes, etc.

My bro ordered beef stroganoff pasta.

When the plate arrived I was kinda surprised to, the portion is a bit small for it's price. Tasted good. My bro didn't like it though cause the sauce was a bit sweet.

I tried this 豬頸肉荷葉炒飯. (Pork neck fried rice baked in a leaf)

It sounded interesting so I gave it a try. Quite a lot of pieces of pork. One thing was it didn't really seem like fried rice, since it wasn't really yellow-y and there were so little bits of egg but the rice did have some 'leaf' taste. It tasted good, but i feel like it needed more sauce.

First time seeing this! Never knew Canada Dry came in bottles too

I came back again for breakfast with my mom. There wasn't that much of a variety of choices, at least nothing looked appealing at that moment.
My mom ordered the ham and mushroom omelette.

At first i thought it seemed nothing special, and the ingredients weren't even cooked with the egg, it seemed more like the egg was just wrapping fried ingredients. But the egg didn't taste oily at all. It was actually pretty good. As sides they served beans and a baked tomato? They sprinkled some kind of crunchy bits on top when they baked it, pretty tastey.

I ordered the Egg sandwich with luncheon meat. It came with that baked tomato and beans as well.

Surprisingly the egg was really good, nice and fat. The luncheon meat isn't the thin cheap ones some restaurants give you. This one was thick and real luncheon meat. Not gonna lie but their breakfast was better than I expected.

*Note: They are closed Tuesdays.

Food: Pretty good
Service: Good
Price: Fair, their dishes range $8-16.
Atmosphere: This place is really small. Either call beforehand to check if there's tables or else you might have to wait. Of the 2 times I came I had to wait a bit. It surprises me a bit how this place is pretty busy.
Overall: This restaurant's food surprises me each time i come. I have a good feel to it for some reason. I want to go back for lunch or dinner and try more of their dishes. One thing i don't like about this place is there's a lot less choices. For example there's only around 5 options for breakfast and afternoon tea.

Fav Cafe
280 West Beaver Creek Road (inside Jubilee Centre)