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| - This is also a review for the new popup restaurant currently residing in Churchill - "The Almighty Bao"
Came across the almighty bao and it's review on another site one day (don't remember where exactly) and instantly I was curious. I love bao's and haven't had a great one in quite a while, and the fact that this was a popup located within a bar was great. The fact that they were also playing the Raptors playoff game (Game 6 - smh at that game), was even better!
Got to the bar around 7pm and slightly hungry after walking around the Ossington strip for a bit and it was fairly empty at the time. I assume people were making their way to more spacious/bigger name bars with larger TV's at the time due to the game though. Churchill has a single TV which is at the bar but I wouldn't say Churchill is a sports event type of bar, if that makes sense? Servers were very attentive however and attended to my table fairly quickly.
The almighty bao, once you walk inside Churchill, is literally a hole in the wall of the bar. Manned by at the time what seemed like two men, I was slightly worried that once the bar got more packed that service would slow down for the food, but I was happily surprised that food was still served quickly. We ordered a 5piece of the Mighty Dumplings, a California Club Bao, a Pork Belly bao and finally a Fried "Fried Rice" ball. Each dish was tasty and delicious, with the California club and the dumplings being the standouts!
The baos are almost the size of a burger at a fast food joint, which is a great size imo, and paired with the dumplings, I definitely left satisfied with my choices that night. Will definitely be back to check the place out again, regardless if Almighty Bao becomes a permanent establishment or if a new business takes its place.
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