Aunt Kui Rice Noodles

What is Aunt Kui Rice Noodles? Set along the bustling Spadina Avenue strip just south of College, Aunt Kui Rice Noodles brings the pungent, cult-favourite street food of Liuzhou, Guangxi directly to downtown Chinatown. Expanding into the core following its Scarborough outpost, this no-frills noodle joint is stripped down and functional, fitted with bright overhead lighting, compact two-tops, and rapid-fire service built for solo slurpers and quick lunches.

Aunt Kui Rice Noodles Menu & What to Order The main draw is the Classic Snail Rice Noodles (Luosifen), served in a rich, slow-simmered river snail and chicken broth layered with bouncy round rice noodles, sour pickled bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus, peanuts, and crisp sheets of fried bean curd skin. Level up with the Signature Snail Rice Noodles, which arrives topped with gelatinous braised pork trotters and a bubbly deep-fried egg engineered to drink up the fiery chili oil. Add a side of marinated honeycomb tripe or braised chicken feet, and balance the sour, funky heat with a chilled mung bean or red bean smoothie.

Know Before You Go Seating is strictly first-come, first-served, and the small dining room fills rapidly during the peak dinner rush. Parking on Spadina is tricky to navigate, so hopping on the 510 Spadina streetcar is the most painless way to get to the door. Aunt Kui operates daily from noon to 9:00 p.m. for both dine-in and takeout.