King Chef Cuisine

This is the case of the admittedly greasy and non authentic but comforting and great when you don’t want to cook dinner Chinese food Wars on King St. W.
My partner and were loyal to Bamboo Buddha for a very long time, until recently when the food took over an hour, and tasted awful. I had heard about King Chef on Unilocal and a fellow Unilocaler actually reached out to me and suggested that I give them a try.
Last night, my boyfriend arrived home from a flight kind of late and I had lunch at 3 pm so I wasn’t even going to make dinner. I suggested we order from King Chef.
The menu on line looks ok, and they even have a few pictures (albiet bad ones) that illustrate cuisine laden with dried chilies and other szechuan spicy stuffs. We ordered the chicken balls (had to compare them to the monstrous ones at BB), 2 Egg Rolls (since BB was out of them last time), Spicy Green Beans, Cantonese Chow Mein, and Crispy Ginger Beef.
After I called and placed the order I realized that I didn’t have cash. The man on the phone said they don’t have a mobile terminal and I’d have to give out my number to him on the phone. This seemed a bit archaic, but I agreed. Then he cheerfully told me that the food would be an hour! What? AN hour? I guess we were spoiled for a long time and BB because we’d call and the food would be here 15 minutes later! I get that places are busier on certain nights, so we were patient.
Now for the food: Visually, not striking. The amount was half what we normally get from BB. There were no spicy peppers to be seen on anything at all. The egg rolls were shiny and dripping grease. The overall fresh vegetable factor that has me loving Bamboo Buddha is definitely not there at King Chef.
Canotnese Chow Mein had decent sauce, but the noodles were super dry and impossible to break apart and portion. The addition of Squid and baby scallops were nice, but overall the dish was not that impressive.
Green beans were a tad spicy and just ok if a bit overcooked.
Chicken Balls were not as big as BB, but the coating was crispy and the chicken a bit dry. I’m not giving points for this because I know they don’t make the chicken balls in house.
Crispy Ginger Beef was at least not too sweet, and the flavour was meh, No ginger to speak of. Mediocre and bordering on unappetizing to look at.
We won’t be giving these guys another chance. At least we’ve had great experiences on a regular basis with Bamboo Buddha. They faltered a few weeks ago, and I feel it’s okay to look elsewhere after a bad experience. But King Chef did nothing to win us over. I was really disappointed because of all the positive reviews.
Maybe they just had a bad night. But as I mentioned in my latest review of BB, if that last experience we had with them had been my first, we never would have ordered again.
Bamboo Buddha it is! I’m looking forward to taking my business back there and giving them a better review.

It’s not even 8am yet, and I’m considering tucking into my super supper leftovers from last night.
King Chef is definitely my new Chinese delivery place. I ordered a pretty standard western feast: chicken fried rice, spring roles, general tsao, and mixed veggies (mostly spicy green beans). Not MSG-​heavy, but still a salty soya treat. All of the meats were plump, juicy and fresh tasting.
It’s a little pricier for delivery than similar options, and I haven’t actually touched foot inside this place, but I love the snacks they’re slinging.

Can’t believe it has taken me this long to write a review for this place considering I usually go here once a week when I am feeling to lazy to cook.
I first came here during a lunch hour as they do lunch specials, that was so long ago that I can not even remember what i ordered or how it was.
Since then I usually come back this way after gym and order the same thing everytime. Szechuan Fish with noodles. The lady who usually serves me is like an aunty now, always happy to see me and knows what i want.
The portion is great and the fish is so tasty with the spiciness being just spot on. I love garlic as an ingredient so this suits me fine. I never finish the whole thing at once so it usually makes a decent lunch for me the next day.
Long live King Chef!

I ordered veg fried rice and chicken wings and they were both quite good. I find the other items to be too oily and they are not for me, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about this restaurant.

I’ve only been here 2 times, however my boyfriend has been here more times than he can count and absolutely loves this place which is why he decided to take me here.
But speaking from my experience: The first time I came here it was a very cold day so I decided to warm up by ordering the wonton soup, my boyfriend on the other hand ordered the general tso chicken and fried rice. My soup was good, pretty big bowl, it came with wontons, and bok choy with the broth. My boyfriend’s general tso chicken however was burnt, he asked to speak to who we think is the owner (a nice asian lady) and explained that he thought the chicken was a little on the burnt side and asked if he could get it remade. She was a bit upset about this and insisted that the chicken was «caramelized» when it was definitely BURNT! Since my boyfriend was a pretty known customer and polite she decided to re-​fire & make the general tso chicken again. Oh, I forgot to mention that when the fried rice came it had onions in it and my boyfriend ABSOLUTELY hates onions and will not go anywhere near to eating one so he asked to have that replaced as well. Fast track, the original cook was back and made the general tso chicken PERFECT! They also provided him with a new plate of fried rice which had no onions in it this time.
The portions are huge here, his meal was enough to feed himself and myself as well. Great quality for the value, they use real fresh ingredients and when they cook it well and don’t rush, it really is great food. After trying his chicken I got the same meal the second time we went there.
The lady didn’t even take the over cooked/​burnt chicken and the other plate of fried rice away, she said to take it home .It was still good chicken, just burnt so he decided to give it to his roommate (as well as the fried rice with onion in it) when he got back home.
Overall, such a great and lovely owner, quality Chinese food, and very affordable prices.

I don’t think it’s fair to say that with so many Asian restaurants in the Spadina and surrounding neighborhood area that they are all the same, but I usually find that there are ways that certain ones stand out from their counterparts.
I ordered lunch here and had a good experience. First off, Chinese food can sometimes be a bit rough for even the most seasoned of eaters, but I had no troubles at all after eating the food here. The woman who owns the place was my counter person and cook and was friendly and chatty. She said if I ever had a party to call her for the food and she’d give a good price, although I got the sense I wasn’t the first nor the last person she told that to, but it’s still a nice gesture.
For my order I got the ginger crispy beef and chicken fried rice, both separate. The ginger beef was pretty tasty even though it looked absolutely nothing like it’s picture in the menu. The rice was tasty as well, a tad bit greasy bit tasty and more flavorful than other fried rice I’ve had with large chunks of white meat chicken in it.
My meal total came up to just over $ 20, which is not too bad. If if gone to Spadina I think I’d have gotten about twice the amount of food, but I’ll be fair in acknowledging that I don’t need it. The portion was just right.
Overall pretty good, but nothing mind bending. Still worth the trip if you’re close

My office, which is located near queen and bathurst, ordered delivery from here for new years eve. I have spent a few years living in Europe, where chinese food is saucy and spicy, and I have been struggling to find anything comparable here in Toronto… until now! Was thrilled to find that the spicy chicken dishes were ACTUALLY spicy and full of flavor. The veggies were actually cooked properly and balanced perfectly with the amount of meat. The salt content was just right. I was blown away! Even the noodle dish was good, which I had given up on finding here.
So why not 5 stars?
Well, I was dismayed to learn that they have a tiny delivery zone. I live on yonge south of bloor, which is in most delivery zones, but this restaurant apparently does not venture east of spadina. Very disappointed by that.

this place is gross.
honestly maybe ²⁄₅ meat items are edible. its all bone or fat for the most part. i end up feeling really sick after eating here and the woman is pretty pushy.

The food here is quite good for the price. The inside is quite humble. The staff are quite pleasant. I would go back here for lunch anytime! This is simple dining done well. Get in, get the buffet, get back to work!