Location: 895 Bay Street, Toronto
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I mentioned recently that jian bing — a tasty Chinese crepe — used to be nearly impossible to find in the city, and is now delightfully common.  Case in point: A Bing – Chinese Crepe, which is now the third place I’ve written about specializing in the Chinese breakfast dish.

The menu features several different versions with fillings like sausage, chicken, or bacon, but as far as I’m concerned, the classic is where it’s at.

I ordered the traditional style crepe: “egg, crisp fritter, green onion, cilantro, sauce.”

It was quite tasty, though the flavour was a bit muted; slightly more of the sweet sauce would have been welcome.  Plus, this dish generally features a hot sauce of some sort, and that was completely absent here.  I’m assuming I could have requested this, but they didn’t mention it and I didn’t think to ask.  Next time.

The taste might not have been quite as vibrant as I would have liked, but the texture was dead-on.  The contrast between the crispy fritter and the slightly chewy eggy crepe was absolutely delightful.