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"Sunnys nods to old-school Chinese-Canadian restaurants, cooking up idealized Spadina classics in a retro-style Chinatown diner with an open kitchen that clangs and clatters with every move. Think of it like a flawless mall food court stall: classic orange chicken is the best version of itself, ultra-crispy with a whisper of chili. Jiggly pork belly tastes perfectly autumnal, spiced with cardamom and star anise under a teasing hum of numbing Sichuan pepper. And then there are the noodles, like the essential steamed-then-stir-fried Silver Needle. This dish is fried rice living its best life thanks to pointy rice noodles that still have bite, and an abundance of gai lan, egg, and enoki mushroom." - Erin Hershberg