Ton Hoi

It is neither in the nicest location (on the side of a heavy traffic road) nor the prettiest building (from the outside, it looks like an adapted garage) but, if you like Chinese food, this is a place to go in São Paulo!

Ton Hoi has been open for the past 40 years – and started from a small shack to an established restaurant for oriental descendants and Chinese food lovers. It is usual to see long queues at its door (my friend, book it beforehand, believe me!), trying to get a table in the small 2 floors simply decorated dining room. And this restaurant owns it to its food!

The chop sueys, the shrimp tza tsi ra, the Beijing duck, the egg macaroni, the wan-tan soups – everything is delicious, with the right mix between tenderness and “biteness” and with the rich Chinese taste. Believe me, it is a pleasure for your senses! I was lucky enough to go there with long-time customers that really know the menu and were able to drive me through the richness of it – directing me to their favourite entrees. But you can’t get it wrong in this place – everything seems delicious!

Ton Hoi is for Chinese food lovers – but only for the ones that know how to move around São Paulo. The restaurant is not exactly in the centre of the city or in an usual tourist path. But the food… believe me, it is worthy!

Where: São Paulo - Brasil

Address: Avenida Professo Francisco Morato, 1484 – Jardins Guedala

Phone: +55 11 3721 3268

Website: http://www.tonhoi.com.br/

Expensive: For São Paulo, believe me, it is not expensive at all!

Last visit: February 2012