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| - On a particularly rainy and cold night in Toronto, my friend and I braved the weather in hopes to have a delicious meal to warm our bellies and perhaps even lift our spirits. I wish I could say that, that was exactly what happened but in reality the truth could not be further from our expectations.
We sat down at A-OK with high hopes, saw the neatly written menu on the board and were intrigued with a few things. However, we decided to only order 2 items to test the waters first and then indulge in more items if the dishes impressed us. We ordered what was recommended, the KFC (Korean fried chicken) cute play on the acronym, however the appeals ends there. In many ways I wish it was the real KFC, all I have to say is Colonel Sanders would have been disappointed to have his famously fried chicken associated with this sad imitation of at best comparable to a Manchu Wok's General Tao Chicken that has been sitting out for a day. The aroma coming from the chicken was sour and unappetizing smelt of over use of vinegar and taste of ketchup and inadequate use of chilli sauce.
The second dish was the Sichuan Chicken. Not sure why it is called the Sichuan Chicken as it was mostly noodles and maybe odd few pieces of shredded chicken here and there. The noodles were a heaping portion of overuse of soy sauce, MSG and garlic. If you are looking to have a numbing sensation from eating too much artificially flavoured food using MSG than this is your go to dish, otherwise save yourself from drinking a gallon of water afterwards and spiking your sodium levels to unhealthy proportions.
Needless to say A-OK does not stand for the food, but perhaps the ability of the staff to sell their food so deliciously to hungry un-expecting diners, for that and only that reason gave them 2 stars.
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