Huaiyang, Shanghai & Nanjing kitchens, quietly at home in Thornhill.
Refined regional Chinese cooking, made by hand every day since 2015. 淮揚 · 上海 · 南京
Regional Chinese, cooked the old way. 古法而作。
Tian Xin Place brings the refined kitchens of Jiangsu, Shanghai and Nanjing to Thornhill. Soup dumplings folded to order, salt-cured duck, and the delicate knife-work that defines Huaiyang cooking. Several of our dishes have been recognised by New Tang Dynasty TV’s Global Chinese Culinary Competition and by features in the Epoch Times.
The kitchen also runs a small line of Cantonese dim sum classics and Szechuan house favourites (Mapo tofu, Kung Pao chicken, twice-cooked pork) alongside the Huaiyang core. Nothing is pre-frozen. Everything is finished by hand, on the day it’s cooked, from a menu of two hundred dishes.
Authentic, unhurried, and made by hand, every day from noon to ten. We’re a short drive from most of Thornhill, Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan.
A short list we’re known for.
Each rooted in a specific region of China, each finished by hand. These are the dishes our regulars order twice.
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Shanghai · 01Xiaolongbao 小籠包
Pleated and steamed to order. A rich pork broth held inside a thin, pliant wrapper, served in the bamboo it was cooked in.
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Shanghai · 02Pan-fried pork buns 生煎包
Crisp-bottomed, juicy in the middle, finished with sesame and scallion. Best eaten within the minute they arrive.
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Nanjing · 03Salted duck 鹽水鴨
Gently cured and poached in a spiced brine, then rested. Clean, savoury, quietly complex, sliced to the bone.
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Hangzhou · 04Longjing tea shrimp 龍井蝦仁
River shrimp stir-fried with Dragon Well tea leaves. A classic of the Southern Song court, restrained and green in the glass.
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Yangzhou · 05Pressed bean curd, Yangzhou style 大煮乾絲
Bean curd cut into hundreds of hair-fine strands, simmered in a delicate chicken broth with ham and greens.
Named among the best regional Chinese cooking in Ontario.
Several of our dishes carry recognition from New Tang Dynasty TV’s Global Chinese Culinary Competition and features in the Epoch Times. We keep the seal quiet on the plate. What arrives at your table is the point.
Come for the xiaolongbao. Stay for the tea shrimp, the duck, and a table that doesn’t rush you.
Room for the whole family.
Thornhill locals bring us their gatherings: birthdays, extended family lunches, festival meals, small groups from the office. The dining room seats groups comfortably, and the kitchen is built for the round-table way of eating: many dishes, shared slowly, brought out in a considered order.
- Groups of 6–20
- Set menus
- Takeout & delivery
A calendar of tables.
The Chinese year turns on food. We build set menus for the moments that matter and serve them through the season, so a family table can carry the meaning without any of the planning.
- Chinese New Year 春節
- Lantern Festival 元宵節
- Dragon Boat Festival 端午節
- Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節
- Winter Solstice 冬至
For festival tables of eight or more, please call the restaurant a week ahead so the kitchen can source what it needs. Set-menu pricing is on request.
Five Glen Cameron Road, Thornhill.
Tucked into the plaza at Yonge and Glen Cameron, a short walk from the Thornhill Community Centre. Free parking on site. We’re a five-minute drive from most of Thornhill and Richmond Hill, twelve from Markham Centre.
Thornhill, ON L3T 5W2 安省桑山
Last order 9:30pm. Larger parties: please call ahead so we can bring the tea when you arrive.
