Hakka. No.

This restaurant used to be called 5 Asian Cuisine, but it has transitioned to Hakka No. 1.
After visiting the location on Finch, we gathered some local friends and headed to this place on Friday night. We should have gone to the Finch location. While part of the Hakka No. 1 chain, with the same menu, it’s obvious that each location uses different recipes to make their food.
We ordered the chicken pekoras. They were the hit of the evening and the 6 of us ordered two orders of it (each order contains 10 perkoras). They were nicely seasoned and served with a sauce (didn’t care for it). At the Finch location, they give you lemon wedges to squeeze over top of them… it adds a new flavour into the mix.
The rest of the meal was substandard. The rice, the chili chicken, the green beans, were all a wash out. No where near as flavourful as the Finch location.
Our waiter was obviously not familiar with the menu as when we placed our order, he kept looking at the menu and writing down the corresponding menu number. The food came out oddly… we ordered 2 orders of chili chicken and they came out 15 minutes apart… not sure why.
The only thing this place has over the Finch location is that the décor is much nicer. The Finch location also has hot peppers as well as hot sauce on the table… this location does not. We asked for some hot sauce and what we got had 0 heat to it.
Most likely will give this place another chance in a few months as they just changed over to Hakka No. 1 so they still might be working out some kinks.