Taste Of Yunnan - Toronto

I went to this restaurant for a late dinner with some friends. The food was decent overall, but there were limited explanations on the menu. We ended up choosing the most popular soup dish and ordered a variety of pork belly plates. The food was good, but it was missing the wow factor. If there were more descriptions on the menu, we might have been able to choose something more to our liking.

I enjoyed dining at this quiet restaurant in Chinatown. The food was delicious, especially the soup. The service was exceptional. I recommend giving this place a try when you're in Toronto.

We were walking around Chinatown and saw the other Trip Advisor review so decided to try this place. We asked for recommendations and pretty much ordered what was suggested. The food was good! We especially enjoyed the water which is infused with lemon and cucumber - very refreshing.

I ate at Taste of Yunnan for the first time today with a close friend who also used to live in Yunnan province in southwestern China. I am so thrilled that we finally ate here, and I will be dreaming about returning - it was a fabulous meal. After returning to Canada from years living in China, I have performed an exhaustive search for the most authentic offerings of my favourite Chinese specialty dishes. Included in my roamings are Chinese restaurants from across the country including Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Kingston - and I have never feasted on more delicious and authentic tasting food than I did today at Taste of Yunnan. We had Across the Bridge rice noodles, a specialty rice noodle dish where all of the ingredients are cooked in your bowl of soup right at the table. The base is a bone broth with a very special blend of herbs and spices - I have no idea of the combination, but it is delicious. Then a raw quail egg, several varieties of thinly sliced and raw meats, mushrooms, tripe, deep fried pork gristle, greens and Chinese pickles are dropped into the boiling soup to cook. After waiting a minute or two, the rice noodles are then added and the result is one delicious meal.We had a fried noodle dish that I had never tried, but would enjoy eating again, even now as I write this! Some Yunnan dumplings (pork and chives) and shaomai. In the end, we decided to try some Chinese pancakes, we tried the corn and the sourdough varieties. We basically rolled out the door at the end of our meal.My friend is fluent in Mandarin as well as the local dialect Kunming-hua and charmed the staff and laoban, so we also were able to have some conversation about Kunming, what we had been doing there, and how delicious and authentic the food was. At the end of our meal, we were surprised with a beautiful mango tapioca for dessert, it was beautiful and so very tasty.If you are looking for inexpensive and authentic Chinese food, or more specifically southwestern Chinese specialties, you should go straight to Taste of Yunnan for your next meal. For someone craving the flavours of Kunming, or another wanting to try something new, this place is not to be missed. I am not sure when they first opened their doors, but I am certain that once they are found out by local foodies and visitors, there will be a queue out the door. I will be back as soon as possible.

We walked by on Sunday afternoon and the place looked pretty emptyMy DH wanted the crossing bridge noodle so we decided to chance it.