How do you bring chicken fried noodles to the next level? By giving it a Caribbean twist. To celebrate his Jamaican-Chinese heritage, chef Craig Wong came up with his version of jerk chicken chow mein, a crispy deep-fried noodle topped with smoked chicken marinated with Caribbean spices.

Shop address: Patois, 794 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1V1, Canada

This video is part of our latest “Mean Street Gourmet” series about mom-and-pop stores opened by the Chinese diaspora. Up next, we head to New York to visit a mother of three to find out how she juggles her family, a rice noodle store, and her family’s 30-year-old bakery.

0:00 What is jerk paste?
02:22 Spicing up chicken chow mein
04:48 Moving from Jamaica to Canada
06:21 Telling his personal story

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Producer: Timo Chui, Andrea Deng
Videographer: Andrea Deng, Timo Chui
Editor: Gavin Wong
Mastering: Victor Peña

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