Honey Bee is a casual dining Chinese cuisine restaurant in The Beaches, a neighborhood on Toronto's East End. For more than 30 years, The Beaches area eatery has specialized in Cantonese and Szechuan Chinese cuisine varieties. Today Honey Bee's menu is vast, and includes chop suey, chow mein and lo mein. Fried chicken wings, green salad and spring rolls are among appetizer selections, while soups like egg drop, wonton and chicken noodle are also served as starters. In addition to other Chinese dishes like shrimp egg foo yong, ginger beef and mango chicken, Canadian hamburgers and sandwiches are also on the menu. Honey Bee guests can pair dinner entrées with rice.
Honey Bee Restaurant
2028 Queen St. East
Toronto, ON M4L 1J4, Canada
416-698-5567
honeybeerestaurant.com
The 5 Spices serves Indian and Chinese fusion cuisine in Toronto's Gerrard Street East neighborhood. Patrons of this causal dining eatery can order traditional Chinese appetizers like spring rolls and hot & sour soup, or small plates native to the subcontinent, like paneer poppers and chilli gobi. The restaurant's chicken, shrimp and beef dinner entrées include chicken Manchurian, garlic shrimp and szechuan beef, in addition to noodle dishes and fried rice. For dessert, restaurant guests choose among Chinese treats like fried banana and fruit custard, or lychees with ice cream, an Indian dessert.
The 5 Spices
1411 Gerrard St. East
Toronto, ON M4L, Canada
416-901-5559
the5spices.ca
Green Basil's menu includes Asian fusion dishes and mostly follows Chinese and Thai culinary traditions. Before indulging in any of the Asian eatery's dinner entrées, patrons can order from Green Basil's appetizer menu, which includes spring rolls, calamari and satay. Stir fried seafood in bean sauce, garlic pork and spicy beef are only a few of the restaurant's traditional Chinese entrées. At the bar, Green Basil's guests can order red and white wines, cocktails, beers and sake. The restaurant additionally features a lunch menu.
Green Basil
2120 Queen St. East
Toronto, ON M4E 1E2, Canada
416-698-2120
greenbasilrestaurant.com