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| - This place is also right in the heart of Chinatown, Toronto! I love going to chinatown for the food and also how cheap everything is here.
Lucky red is a modern and cool little place. If you are looking for rustic Chinese food with traditional dishes from mainland China, this is not what you're gonna get there at all. This place has all the new stuff, like... Pork belly, fried chicken baos, funky appetizers, desserts, and also a small bar. I took a picture of the menu so you can take a look for yourself before you go!
The decor is very laid back and modern. They don't open until the afternoon I believe and the lighting is a bit dark inside the restaurant. It's a good place to come on your own, with a friend, or group or friends, with family, or even on a date.
I got the pork belly baos (they come in two) and also two pieces of fried chicken. I wanted to order more but I wouldn't have been able to finish everything cause I wasn't that hungry.
The baos were really good! The steamed bao (the "bread") itself was perfect, it had a bit of sweetness to it and was perfectly soft and didn't stick to the roof of your mouth because of how starchy it is. The pork belly was incredible too. The fat was perfectly crispy, the meat was juicy and tender and it just fell apart. They definitely put enough meat in there! There's also a nice contrast of the richness of the pork belly with the pickled radish(?) and cucumber. The pickled veggies add a nice crunchy contrast and cuts through the richness of the pork belly. There's also some kind of homemade barbecue sauce they put in there that was really good as well.
The next thing I got was 2 pieces of fried chicken. They also added some baby pickles and a lime wedge on the side. If you don't like pickles then don't eat it! They also give you this plastic squirt bottle that's filled with this interesting sweet chilli sauce (I hope it's homemade!)... It is meant to go with the fried chicken I believe and it definitely adds a considerable and FAIR amount of sweetness and spiciness to the dish. If you can't handle heat, don't put this sauce on! However, nevertheless, the flavour of the fried chicken, the sauce, the sauce with the fried chicken were all BOMB! The chicken was so fried to order and definitely nothing short of molten hot! The skin was crispy as anything can be, and the meat was extremely tender and juicy. The chicken also has a really nice rub it. JUST TO TELL YOU, it's not a traditional rub. It is a dry rub, but there's a slight sweetness to it that you don't really expect. It's not sweet to the point where it tastes like a sweet dish, but there's just enough to make you know you are tasting something UNIQUE.
The people there are all very kind and the waiting staff are very attentive. The price is a little bit on the higher end, but that's relative to other places you eat in chinatown. But I can assure you, it is definitely worth a trip and it is definitely worth it! I will definitely be coming back a 2nd, 3rd, or maybe even 99th time.
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