🍽️ Ultimate UofT Student Eats Guide – Budget Bites!
📍 All Within 10 Mins of Campus 🏆 Top Picks for Every Craving 🥟 Sue Fung’s Dimsum ($5-8/dish) ★★★★★ Steamed-to-order har gow, siu mai, BBQ pork buns – cheapest legit dimsum in DT. 🍺 Hong Shing () ★★★★☆ 1950s Chinese dive bar – lobster fried rice + $8 Tsingtao beers = post-exam therapy. 🥢 Juicy Dumpling ($4/6 buns) ★★★★★ Soup dumplings so cheap you’ll question capitalism. Pro tip: Dip in black vinegar + ginger. 🍲 Congee Queen ($12 bowls) ★★★★☆ Cantonese comfort – preserved egg pork congee, wok-fried noodles, 24/7 cravings. 🥟 Mother’s Dumplings ($10/15pc) ★★★★★ Hand-folded daily – try lamb + cilantro or curry chicken. Free chili oil refills! 🍜 King’s Noodle ($9 wonton noodles) ★★★☆☆ Roast duck hanging in windows, gruff servers, cash-only – authentic HK vibes. 🍣 KAKA AYCE ($35 dinner) ★★★★☆ iPad-ordering sushi frenzy – salmon aburi, spicy scallop, unlimited miso soup. 🥩 Gyubee ($45 dinner BBQ) ★★★★★ Sweet miso short ribs, garlic shrimp, melon soda floats – meat coma guaranteed. 💡 Pro Tips ✔ Best study fuel: Congee Queen’s satay beef noodles (open late) ✔ Drunk eats: Hong Shing’s salt & pepper squid (until 2AM) ✔ Group hack: Gyubee’s 4+ person reservations skip lines 💰 Damage: ~$10-50 per meal #UofTEats #TorontoStudentLife #BudgetFoodie