Akin

What is Akin? Located on Colborne Street just off Wellington in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, Akin is the Michelin-starred fine dining venture from chefs Eric Chong and Alvin Leung. The intimate space features a dimly lit dining room detailed with gold-leaf accents, dark emerald tones, and a front-row four-seat chef's counter overlooking the open prep line. Chong channels his Cantonese heritage and technical background into an ambitious, modern tasting format that reinterprets Asian flavours with sharp precision.

Akin Menu & What to Order The kitchen serves a ten-course blind tasting that rotates seasonally around pan-Asian themes, street food staples, and dim sum memories. Highlights include an A5 wagyu-filled wu gok taro puff, glazed Iberico secreto char siu in hand-rolled bao, and binchotan-grilled madai bathed in a fragrant mala consommé. Pastry chef Flora Zhang caps the dinner with striking desserts like a sculpted coffee mousse teapot, which pairs seamlessly with the beverage programme's signature cocktails and clarified tea martinis. The blind tasting format cannot accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, or shellfish allergies.

Know Before You Go Tables are strictly reservation-only with no walk-in seating available; bookings release on the first of each month for the following month's seatings. The restaurant enforces a firm 72-hour cancellation window and only welcomes guests ages 12 and older. Located a short walk from King and Union subway stations, Akin is open Tuesday through Saturday evenings and closed Sunday and Monday.