Deep fried squid tentacles, $8.99 (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate)ĭid you think we were done? We are not done. A little dicey to have perched at the edge of your overcrowded table to be honest, but we all made it through the meal without catching fire. Mini hot pots are such a good idea that I'm surprised more places don't have them, though at Mabu Cafe, since all of the ingredients (a bunch of good, funky hog maw some bright red jujube, or Chinese dates) are already burbling away in the broth when it gets to your table, it's more like a big bowl of soup sitting on a pedestal of live flames. I ordered mine loaded with spaghetti and an entire pork cutlet, hacked into bite-sized pieces, which turned out to be a little overwhelming, actually, but again, I was impressed with how much care they put into each individual component. Want more carbs? There are a half-dozen different cheese baked bread bowls available. Cheesy baked bread bowl with spaghetti and pork cutlet, $19.99. (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate) This latter sandwich was terrific, all oozy and seductive with big flavors. There's a lengthy Hong Kong-style French toast / pineapple bun section of the menu, everything under ten bucks and stuffed with stuff like "assorted meat" or vanilla ice cream or molten salted egg yolk strewn with pork floss. Molten salted egg yolk French toast with pork floss and maple syrup, $9.99. (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate) And there are, like, ten other variations of this dish too, the noodles laden with items like pork cracklings, satay beef, or cuttlefish balls. It's a silly dish for sure, but you could tell that someone was paying attention in the kitchen. It basically ate like a mountain of chewy, gloppy pasta, and it made me happy. My friendly server told me to dump everything out on the plate and pour on the orange tom yung goong sauce, which she warned me was spicy but really was only moderately so. The mussels lurking within were plump and tender, and the shrimps hanging from the side had a nice snap to them. My favorite dish, and I tried a lot of them, was probably the seafood instant noodle soup, which arrived cascading, in frozen, gravity-defying fashion, from its faux Cup Noodles container. Live a little! Tom yum goong seafood instant noodle soup, $15.99. If you're not cracking a smile throughout your meal here, I don't know what to tell you. This place serves some first-rate stoner food, usually involving some sort of gimmickry, in a room that leaves no opportunity for sensory overload left unexplored.
It's a high-wire act for sure, but for the most part, they pull it off. (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate) (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate) (Scott Lynch / Hell Gate)Ī good plan! Especially since the literally, physically massive menu at Mabu Cafe is packed with dishes that not only feature three or four things all piled on top of each other, but everything is also assembled to look as cute as possible. We have a second floor that we haven't even used yet because the kitchen and team want to make the food really good, instead of just making more money." It's a scene on Doyers Street. "This is a soft opening, and we were so surprised that so many people showed up that we got caught short-handed. "We didn't do any type of advertising yet," Huang told Hell Gate. Cecilia Huang, the manager here at Toronto import Mabu Cafe, said she was stunned by the long lines that appeared on Doyers Street a few weeks ago when this Hong Kong-style cha chaan teng, or casual "tea restaurant," first opened in the subterranean space that used to be Sanuria.
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