The Story of NinjaChef
Toronto-based Nick Liu a.k.a. Ninjachef, is Executive Chef and Owner of award-winning restaurant DaiLo and cocktail bar LoPan. He is renowned for combining traditional French cooking techniques and bold Asian flavours with a heavy influence from his family’s Hakka Chinese roots. He creates exciting, innovative dishes that have achieved cult-like status and gained DaiLo both critical acclaim and consistent popularity as a Toronto hot spot, having recently won accolades from major media publications like Foodism, Toronto Life and Post City.
The Globe and Mail restaurant critic Chris Nuttall-Smith calls DaiLo’s fried watermelon “mind-altering” and “deliciously disorienting,” their iconic Big Mac Bao “a stroke of genius,” their truffle fried rice, “easily the single greatest rice dish in town,” and in reference to the 90-day dry-aged beef, “one of the more baller steak spreads I’ve tried.”
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Chef Nick is passionate about the culinary scene in Toronto and believes in the vast diversity of food and experiences just waiting to be enjoyed by Torontonians and visitors alike.