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Inside David Chang’s new, three-restaurant Toronto outpost on University Avenue. Just eight weeks into its life, Momofuku Shoto, a 21-seat, $150-per-head tasting room, is already the best restaurant in Toronto. It is more inventive, more gleefully promiscuous with ideas and ingredients, more artfully conceived and many levels more technically masterful than anything else in the city.

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Shoto tasting bar at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Nori spaghetti from Shoto at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Sunflower and foie from Shoto at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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The Noodle Bar at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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The Noodle Bar at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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The Noodle Bar at Toronto's Momofuku restauran.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Monkfish with carrots from Shoto at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Hootenanny dessert from Shoto at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Daisho dining room at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Daisho dining room at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Geoduck from Shoto at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Shoto tasting bar at Toronto's Momofuku restaurant.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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