Fork in Food: Asian Legend, Toronto - Northern Chinese Food

Tonight after an exhausting day at Wonderland we decided to go for dinner at Asian Legend. We decided to go to the one close to home at Brimley and Sheppard in Scarborough. It was busy and we ended up waiting almost 45min. Weekends are crazy there. It's better to go early.

By the time we got a table we were starving. Here is a run down of our dinner.

Appetizers:

Jellyfish salad (Served cold, has a slight sesame oil flavour)

Steamed Soup Filled Pork Dumplings (they are famous for these soup filled dumplings. Caution when eating them because if you bite it incorrectly the hot soup can squirt out)

Glutinous Rice Roll with Meat Floss (one of my favourites)

Onion Pancake

Main Dishes:

Shredded Pork with Pickled Vegetables Noodle Soup

Chunky Beef with Noodles Soup

Chicken and Salty Fish Fried Rice

Dessert:

Crispy Fried Banana with Honey (this is usually one of my favourites but tonight was disappointing. It is a banana fritter dipped in a candy syrup and when it is dipped in ice water becomes like a hard candy shell...much like a candy apple. So it should be a crispy candy shell outside and a warm banana fritter inside but tonight the water wasn't cold enough so the candy coating didn't harden. I was very disappointed.

20 comments:

AnonymousApril 25, 2009 at 11:01 PM
The meal looks pretty good overall but I'm sorry that your favorite dessert was disappointing.
JennApril 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Oooo...jellyfish salad. I've never seen that before. Awesome meal you have there. =)
JeansandTsApril 25, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Oh I love fried Bananas. SS that it did not harden properly for u.
yvonne, my halal kitchenApril 26, 2009 at 12:25 AM
i would love to learn how to make the onion pancake :-)
cottonmushroomApril 26, 2009 at 1:52 AM
lol..the bannana fritter looks very tiny!
AnonymousApril 26, 2009 at 3:24 AM
I really dont know much about chineese food, but I have been seeing those kind of pancakes all over the net lately and I really want to try it :D
pamApril 26, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Those pancakes look really good!
CateApril 26, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Yum! Too bad about the banana fritter.
s. stockwellApril 26, 2009 at 11:54 AM
The pancake idea looks so tasty and should be easy to do? We always like your posts. Best from Santa Barbara, s
Carnivore GirlApril 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Aw, I'm homesick now. Good thing I'm off to Taipei soon. Otherwise I'd be staring at your post for hours just drooling.
annaApril 26, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I just drove by Asian Legend but have never been there. This looks SO delicious, especially the onion patties!
AdminApril 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM
The beef soup and soup-filled dumplings look fantastic. It's too bad about the banana fritter.
AnonymousApril 26, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I like the look and sound of that pancake. What a meal. But the jelly fish salad? Hmmmmm...not sure I would even venture to try it, mostly because of the anticipated texture turn off.
UnknownApril 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Everything looks amazing. I could go for a jelly fish salad right now. Thanks for sharing.
Tangled NoodleApril 26, 2009 at 10:53 PM
These restaurant food posts are making me so hungry! I haven't had really great Chinese food in what seems like ages - I think we need to plan a trip to Toronto!
The BBQ GrailApril 27, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Excellent post. What a fantastic meal.
sunnyApril 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM
wow.....yummy as usual!...THANK YOU!!!
PhyllisApril 27, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Some of my favorites! Love jellyfish, scallion pancake, and soup dumplings and the salted fish fried rice is my dad's favorite. Never had the glutinous rice roll with the meat floss but will be sure to look out for it!
AnonymousApril 27, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Great pictures---- though the thought of eating jellyfish gives me the creeps! What does it taste like?
Diana NgMay 3, 2009 at 9:50 PM
One of my regular dinner places as well. I love the dish with beef and scallion wrapped in flat bread.