MIMI Chinese
Restaurant · Annex
265 Davenport Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 1J9, Canada
Highlights
Upscale Chinese fare with signature shrimp toast & 4-foot noodles
Upscale Chinese fare with signature shrimp toast & 4-foot noodles
"Mimi Chinese is the grown-up, fancier version of Sunnys Chinese, a casual and popular Kensington Market pop-up. The Four Foot Belt Noodle is coated in the restaurant’s signature Sichuan chili oil and comes with a pair of scissors for easy cutting, while classics like the simultaneously fluffy and crispy shrimp toast are perfect for sharing. The cocktails are equally fun, as the drinks come in ceramic mugs shaped like pandas and get filled with rum and baiji. All of it goes with the retro Chinese dinner club interior, complete with red velvet booths, black tables, and dim lighting, which is often filled with groups celebrating and ordering nearly everything on the menu." - julia eskins
"Any restaurant that has a four-foot-long belt noodle that comes with its own pair of scissors on the menu immediately has our attention. But don’t worry, Mimi Chinese doesn’t rely on gimmicks or stereotypes. (That being said, there is a cocktail that comes in a panda-shaped vessel… but stay with us, here.) The menu, which pulls some of the most authentic and iconic flavors and techniques from across (mostly Southern) China, has quickly become one of Toronto’s favorite scenes for authentic Chinese food: a Smacked Cucumber Salad bursting with flavor, Sichuan-style Hidden Crispy Chicken that comes under a mound of 100 peppers, and a shrimp toast on fried bread with spicy mayo that, in itself, is worth booking a table here. Everything about this beautiful boîte feels like a special occasion, and Toronto’s robust, excellent Chinese food scene is all the better for it." - Todd Plummer
"A place where wok skills electrify simple rice rolls: chewy, plush rice-noodle folds infused with pronounced wok hei, toasty aromatic soy, and the bright sharpness of scallion, reflecting a chef’s reverence for classic regional Chinese flavors and techniques that turn a deceptively modest dish into a thrilling bite." - ByBon Appétit Staff & Contributors
"This restaurant likes having a good time and no dish better exemplifies that than this playful, flavor-packed riff on shrimp toast featuring fried white Wonder bread, a plucky block of shrimp, red vinegar and a hot mustard mayo. This is incredible. The bread is so crisp and rich — a perfect foil for the shrimp and the sweet dipping sauce." - MICHELIN Guide
"At both MIMI Chinese and Sunnys, we try to incorporate seasonal ingredients any way we can. Whether it’s a stir fried Ontario lettuce dish at MIMI or corn soft serve ice cream at Sunnys, we use what we can when we can. Seasonal offerings in Toronto are fleeting so we do our best to utilize what’s available to us." - MICHELIN Guide
