Uncle Potato Noodle

What is Uncle Potato Noodle? Set along St. Joseph Street just steps from the Bay and Wellesley corridor, Uncle Potato Noodle is a casual, counter-service noodle shop specializing in authentic Northeastern Chinese (Dongbei) clay pot dishes. Opened by Shenyang native Alex, the minimalist, brightly lit dining room caters to University of Toronto students and downtown locals in search of hearty regional comfort fare. Seating is entirely indoors with practical, high-turnover tables built for brisk lunches and informal solo or small-group dinners.

Uncle Potato Noodle Menu & What to Order The kitchen revolves around bubbling clay pots filled with ultra-chewy, translucent potato starch noodles served in a rich, six-hour simmered broth customizable by spice and numbing levels. The signature sliced marbled beef and braised beef brisket pots are local favourites, each brimming with tofu skin, enoki mushrooms, wood ear fungus, baby bok choy, and a quail egg. You can also mix half potato noodles and half thick wheat noodles for textural variety, and pairing your bowl with shatter-crisp fried enoki mushrooms or deep-fried pork ribs is practically mandatory.

Know Before You Go Uncle Potato Noodle does not take reservations, so anticipate brief queues during peak university lunch breaks and weekend dinner hours. The shop is a five-minute walk from both Wellesley and Museum subway stations, with street parking along Bay and St. Joseph typically in short supply. The restaurant is open seven days a week from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.