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We ordered fried fish skewers, popcorn chicken, takoyaki, Taiwanese sausage + minced meat rice bowl, and 2 milk teas.
Sodium-rrific, and totally gym-worthy, but I wouldn't go out of my way to drive here for food since it's not my type of comfort food and there have been better tasting Taiwanese places I've ate at in Toronto these past 25 years. If you dare to challenge the status quo of tastebud hype and current trends, try Tai Ping Hsiang (????????) at Metrosquare for equally good if not better, popcorn chicken. Izakaya Ju in J-Town on Steeles has more authentic takoyaki too.
Yeah yeah, I hear all of you shouting that this is a street food vendor so I'm giving unfair comparisons. But this is a street food vendor that has chosen to try and spar with small sit-downs and takeaway establishments. It's only fair to expect them to step-up their game. In the near future, I hope Pa Pa Chang saves up money and moves to a roomier space with air conditioning next summer.
And I hope they deal with that random ghetto wash sink I sat near---strangers getting up and lining up to wash their hands behind me as I ate popcorn chicken and said "Yummy" is a very unique experience...what they really need to do now is add a bucket to go with that sink since this shop lacks a washroom.
Good times had by all.
**Update** I've been informed that there -is- a restroom in the shop, and that it has to cut through their kitchen door. And they are renovating for the month of July. :)
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