From left: Theresa Walsh (head of FOH for Yan Dining Room and Chin's wife), Eva Chin, Cyril Maquinto (Chin's sous-chef) and Hong Shing owner Colin Li Upon moving to Toronto in March of 2020 to. About Yan Opened in 2024, Yan Dining Room is an intimate fine dining neo-Chinese restaurant founded by restaurateur Colin Li and chef Eva Chin. Located within the private dining room of Hong Shing, Yan redefines Chinese cuisine through multi.
Life Yan Dining Room chef Eva Chin dishes up the best places to eat in Toronto Where the neo-Chinese cuisine maven goes for red-wine icecream, eel claypot rice and a breakfast buffet to die for. Found at the rear of Toronto's long-standing Hong Shing restaurant is Yan Dining Room. It's discreetly home to where Chef Eva Chin (formerly of Momofuku Kōjin) communicates through broth, vegetables, and memory.
Chef Eva Chin preparing char siu duck. Here, Chef Eva Chin, features her creative takes on traditional Chinese flavours with an evolving, seasonal tasting menu that reflects the forward-thinking approach of Yan. Each dinner at Yan highlights the development and growth of Chinese cuisine through the eyes, tastes, and life experiences of Colin and Eva.
Yan Dining Room is a $108 per person prix fixe spot inside Chinatown mainstay Hong Shing, a decades-old Dundas favorite known for General Tso's and beef and broccoli. But here you get complex Chinese fusion dishes that channel the essence of Hong Shing into something else entirely. The flaky shaobing "pizza" with sweet roasted ayote squash and fresh dill and Italian.
The result: Yan Dining Room, the hidden Chinese restaurant that Chin opened this past fall to great fanfare. At Yan, Chin and her small but mighty team serve up a thoughtful and conceptual eight. Husband and I were able to snag reservations for Yan Dining Room, an 8-course dinner experience inside the private dining room of Hong Shing Restaurant.
Yan Dining Room is organized by Chef Eva Chin, formerly of Kojin and Avling and Hong Shing Restaurant. The menu combines traditional Chinese flavours with modern cooking techniques. Eva also oversees Yan Dining Room - telling life stories through her food.
Yan Dining is Chef Eva's love letter to Chinese cuisine, weaving through stories that connect our community and culture. Out of profound respect for its diverse flavors and ingredients and inspired by the nostalgia of our food memories and the thrill of our travels. Yan Dining Room is loud, lively and deeply personal-a feast shaped by folklore, peak-season Ontario ingredients and Chin's own culinary roots.