I've been wanting to try this place forever but it was always so busy when it first opened. Finally got my chance, here are the results!
Pros:
Authentic Taiwanese cuisine
Lots of items to choose from
Servers were very nice and polite
Cons:
Place is generally busy
Being half Taiwanese it's always a good thing when a Taiwanese restaurant is around. Toronto doesn't have enough Taiwanese restaurants around if you ask me. They have beef noodle restaurants, but for other Taiwanese cuisines, the places are few and far between.
Mama Bear is famous for their night market stands so when this place opened up, I had to come here. One look at the menu and I was impressed. This place definitely has the most Taiwanese items that I have seen anywhere in the city. There was so much to try but I had to limit myself. I will need to come back to try other items I missed out on the first time around!!
We ordered the popcorn chicken, beef noodles, oyster omelette, minced pork on rice and some homemade buns. It was way too much food but that's how excited I was to try all the food!! Everything was done very well!! The noodles were great (they make their own noodles) and the broth was very good. The popcorn chicken was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. My favourtie was the oyster omelette. Oyster omelette was one of my favs growing up and Mama Bear makes a excellent one!!
The servers here were all very nice and polite. Our little one now is going through her terrible two's so she can be quite a handful. The servers were all very patient and nice throughout our visit even with her acting up at times.
I had high expectations going into this place and they were all met. I need to come back ASAP to try other items!!