YouTube star Mark Wiens just visited Toronto and here's every restaurant he reviewed

YouTube and social media star Mark Wiens recently turned his spotlight on Toronto, and he went on an epic food crawl, tackling everything from an 18-lb lobster tower to what he declared the "best Chinese food" in the city.

Alternatively known by his Instagram moniker @migrationology, Wiens has amassed a whopping 11.9 million subscribers on YouTube, 2.6 million followers on Instagram, and 2.1 million followers on TikTok, thanks to his content, which revolves around world travels to sample food from across the globe.

Upon his arrival in Toronto, Wiens tapped a true expert, Toronto's own noodle expert Clement Leung (@insta.noodls), to serve as his tour guide, and his selections did not disappoint.

Here's every restaurant Mark Wiens dined at on his trip to Toronto (so far), and what he thought.

New Hong Fatt BBQ Restaurant

Taking a particular focus on Toronto's Chinese food scene during his trip, Wiens and Leung first stopped at this legendary Chinatown barbecue spot that's been around for roughly six decades — making it, as Leung points out, the oldest Chinese barbecue restaurant in Toronto.

Together, they sampled a particularly juicy Peking duck, fresh-off-the-smoker char siu pork and suckling pig, prompting many a "woah" and "wow" from Wiens.

Yummy Yummy Dumpling

Next, the duo crossed the street to stop at this easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget Chinatown dumpling shop serving some of Leung's favourite dumplings in the city — after those made by his mother and mother-in-law, naturally.

Before diving into plate after steaming plate of hand-folded dumplings, Wiens remarks on how everything at the restaurant is made to order, right in front of customers.

"What's so impressive is that they literally do not make your dumplings, not even assemble your dumplings, until you order them, so guaranteed you're getting them, like, home-made, hand-made, auntie-made," Wiens says. "They may not be your mother, but they are someone's mother."

7 Noodles

Setting their sights on the northern reaches of the city, Leung and Wiens later visited this newer North York spot that specializes in Chongqing-style mala noodles.

Dishing into a spicy bowl of wanza mian, complete with yellow peas and sweet minced pork sauce, Wiens applauds the texture of the slow-cooked yellow peas and the quality of the restaurant's fresh noodles.

Yueh Tung

No tour of Toronto's Chinese food scene would be complete without a dip into Hakka, so Wiens opted to swing by this longstanding local staple, which has been around for 50 years and is broadly recognized as the first Hakka restaurant in Canada, to get his fill.

There, Wiens samples some of the restaurant's most iconic dishes, like spice and pepper shrimp, shrimp in lobster sauce, and Yueh Tung noodles, praising each.

Fishman Lobster Clubhouse

Wiens's adventure to this legendary Scarborough restaurant warranted its own devoted video, if for no reason other than the sheer volume — 18 lbs., to be exact — of seafood he consumed there.

On the scene for around 20 years, this restaurant has grown a cult following thanks to its awe-inspiring piles of lobster and crab, and Wiens, it's safe to say, is a new convert.