"Every time I eat here, they give me a fork," sarah l. said. "Maybe if I go with you they'll give me chopsticks." So we went here for dinner and guess what? They also gave ME a fork. That was a first for me. (Sarah l. needs to stop diminishing my Asian cred.)
Another first for me was having orange chicken--much to sarah l.'s shock and disbelief. I always thought orange chicken was battered deep-fried chicken pieces in a sticky-sweet glaze, which never appealed to me. Not so at Chung King. The chicken is stir-fried in a gingery soy sauce mixture. The first bite is delicious but then the flavors of the smoky, hot Szechuan peppers and mildly bitter dried orange peels kick in. I couldn't stop eating this dish.
The Szechuan shredded beef is also very good but it was out-shined by the clucker.
The hot & sour soup ($3.50) for a "small" is enough for four people. It was good but we couldn't finish it once the meats came out.
All this plus two Tsing Tao beers and spring rolls with enough chicken and beef for each of us to take home cost $40 + tip. Amazing.
While we were there, we saw groups come in for their Peking duck which gave me a horrible case of food envy. I think I need to come back here and rekindle my duck lust http://www.yelp.ca/biz/silver-spoon-toronto#hrid:wytHA7RsmUb4WUk3UcXH1Q