Richmond Hill Summer Carnival

Stinky Tofu Hong Kong Style
The very first booth that we stopped by because we are in need of some stinkiness XD These stinky tofu is made the moment you put in an order, such that all customers will have the best of the stinky tofu. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
After three minutes, the deep fried stinky tofu is ready!
We added lots of sweet sauce, spicy sauce, pickled cabbage and it’s ready to eat! When you’re actually eating it, it doesn’t smell stinky at all. I think the essence of HK style stinky tofu is in the sweet sauce so make sure you add lots of it!
A variety of seafood available at HK Seafood Station. We wanted to try everything!
Here it is! We got Grilled Whelk in Shell and Stuffed Clams. The Grilled Whelk in Shell is very good and perfectly seasoned. They did not taste fishy at all. On the other hand, we felt like we were scammed by the Stuffed Clams, as there was very little clams in it. The clams did not taste bad, but it’s not worth the money for it.
Taro Tornado Fries! We were told to add EVERYTHING to the crispy goodness and so we did. powdered ranch, ketchup, ceasar, garlic powder, chilli powder etc. it was super fresh and crunchy not to mention fun to eat!
Here’s a video of the making of tornado fries!
Notice how it’s night time already. Although this was a relatively small event, we managed to spend a few hours there and ate all the food items we missed at Night It Up as it was less crowded and not as stuffy. And so here’s a close for this year’s night market events, until next year!

I stumbled upon this completely by accident. We were having dim sum in the plaza, and I wasn’t full. Saw the stinky tofu stalls and decided to go. I like that some of the offerings were different than those at similar events (Night it up, Taste of Asia). They had chicken heart skewers and kung fu burgers (bbq pork in burger bun? something like that). I also liked that there were some local Chinese restaurants presenting their own offerings.
This event is considerably smaller than its counterparts. It’s held in the parking lot at Times Square. It took me about ten minutes to walk the entire thing, which isn’t a bad thing. Within that ten minutes, I had received a free facial mask from a Korean beauty vendor, and a free bottle of vitamin water after spinning Galleria’s (a Korean supermarket with two branches in Toronto) chance wheel (is it ironic that both freebies came from Korean vendors?). I like free stuff. Two freebies in ten minutes is quite pleasant.
All in all, a fairly pleasant, fairly short jaunt. If you’re in the area, definitely go check it out.

Stinky Tofu… The whole event just smell like Stinky Tofu… I can smell it even at the underground parking lot! That’s just insane!
Richmond Hill Summer Carnival is like a night market with food vendors plus on stage competition and performers. A lot smaller scale than the other Night Market but the good thing about this is there are tons of parkings and no lines for anything.
Similar food vendors as other events selling BBQ skewers, Pineapple drinks, Bubble Tea, Stinky Tofu and Takoyaki.
Good to pop by if you have the cravings for the tofu. but if you are not into that, stay away… STAY FAR AWAY!