Location: 707 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Website: https://www.eatgushi.com/

There are a bunch of great options in Market 707, a collection of street vendors that operate out of shipping containers near Kensington Market.  I’ve previously tried (and loved) Marq’s Chicago Beef, and I think the fried chicken at Gushi is just as good.

I ordered the original Gushi chicken meal, which comes with a generous amount of karaage (Japanese fried chicken made from bite-sized pieces of thigh meat) on top of purple rice, topped with spicy mayo.

The fried chicken is stellar.  It’s super crispy, nicely seasoned, and features perfectly cooked chicken.  It’s incredibly satisfying, and works very well with the sticky purple rice.

The only thing I would change is that I’d probably ask for the spicy mayo to be on the side next time.  It’s quite tasty — and its zippy flavour complements the fried chicken very well — but there’s a lot of it.  It’s a bit overwhelming.  The chicken is so tasty on its own that such a thorough deluge of heavy sauce is probably overkill.