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dateCreated	2015-11-02 00:00:00 (xsd:dateTime)
itemReviewed	Momofuku Noodle Bar
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rev:text	We came here for one of my Yelp BFF Monica F's birthday. To start off my disclaimer is that I'm rating this place on the food and service and not on the prices. I know it's something that I usually hold in high regard namely value or "bang for the buck" but this place as far as I am concerned will be an exception and I will explain why. This is not your ordinary type of establishment as far as the Toronto food scene goes. Yes we have a lot of places to eat, we have a lot of Asian restaurants and yes we have our fair share of upscale establishments. Momofuku's roots are from NYC which is arguably the hardest place to thrive as far as competition goes for restaurants but as the song goes if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Anywhere else in this case would only be Sydney and Toronto. Take into consideration that this multi-level restaurant complex in Toronto is the only one of its kind of all the Momofuku eateries. Because this is a completely different experience you simply won't find just anywhere, you can expect things such as the prices and expectations to be different than just any other place in TO. I had reserved for 4 and pre-ordered the large format fried chicken for 4-8 people and this reservation was done online. I made this reservation 5 weeks in advance for a Friday and the time slots were only 6pm or 9pm. If I wanted a 7pm slot I would have had to make it a Wednesday or some other day. I can only assume it's because a reservation for 4 requires a table, not a bar and not a short counter along the wall considering it's a family style meal for sharing. The reservation required me to make the booking with my credit card and was notified if we cancelled too late or no showed it would be automatically charged. The large format fried chicken dinner for 4-8 people is 125 dollars. Visually the Noodle Bar is not spacious and community seating is normal here. We didn't have our own table and it seemed tight. There is a coat rack near the front and the stool type seating prevents you from using your chair to hold your coat. There's not much room and the platter of fried chicken will take up most of your space but it's still doable Now, I've had my share of fried chicken all over the continent in a variety of different places and as of late I think I'm getting a good taste of Asian fried chicken particularly of the Korean variety and I'd have to say that Momofuku's version of fried chicken is pretty Momofuku'ing AMAZING. We started off with the pork buns which I consider a death row last meal kind of snack. These little tiny buns are filled with melt in your mouth pork balanced in such a way you feel like you are eating something from heaven wrapped in a cloud. The fried chicken comes with a whole lot of things on the side to suit taste but the mains are baby bib lettuce and scallion pancakes to act as a wrap. The chicken is served in 2 ways; American style which is dry on the outside (no sauce) and the Korean style CRISPY coating and skin sauced with a sweet and spicy sauce. The sauce, batter and skin of the KFC version is divine. It is as much as I remember the type of skin on Turntable's KFC in NYC to be very CRISPY but with more sauce and much more crunch to the point that the coating is almost "candied". The skin is so crispy and becomes an extra layer of coating that you must bite through and with the candied type sweet and hot it creates a whole different flavor and texture experience. The scallion pancakes are a perfect density which are strong enough to hold and have a wonderful texture and consistency to be able to provide a healthy bite through when stuffed. When adding a bib leaf and some of the sides to flavor the end result is a completely wonderful mix of taste and textures that balance so beautifully to the point of being seduced into not caring how much this meal will cost. This fried chicken meal made me forget a bit what it was like to have that KFC at Turntable on 5th Avenue on June 12th, 2015. That is NOT a small feat. Sparkling water was "Q" water in a decanter and they charged 2.50 a person. The pork buns are 5 bucks and we each had one. The Milk Bar that is available at this location is essentially a self serve glass room refrigerator where you can help yourself to any goodies you'd like and have them charged to your table. My wife picked up a cookie and a Crack Pie to take home. For dessert they also have a version of soft serve ice cream in 2 flavors but I only ordered one which was the "cereal milk" flavor. Imagine this if you will, when you have a bowl of cereal and you are left with the milk what does it taste like? That's what this ice cream tastes like. You can add corn flake crisps to this cup of ice cream which is stuck on the side but some will fall off. Their soft serve is more solidified than say Dairy Queen and more of a gelato density. All in all this is the best meal I've had in Toronto in a long time.
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