Thai chefs Roj and Jojo bring Bangkok Chinatown recipes to Toronto with Lhao Thai-Chinese
The duo's 30-year career in Thailand informs a new restaurant on Baldwin Street featuring their famous roasted duck and wok-forward dishes blending Thai and Chinese cuisines.
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Thai chefs Roj and Jojo have opened Lhao Thai-Chinese on Baldwin Street, bringing the flavours of Bangkok's Chinatown (Yaowarat) to Toronto. The pair developed their menu over a storied 30-year career in Thailand before the restaurant soft opened June 19, 2026.
The duo's most famous creation is their roasted duck, a dish akin to Chinese Peking Duck but boosted with Thai flavours and served over rice drenched in a generous helping of savoury sauce. Beyond that centrepiece, the menu is fire-kissed and wok-hei forward, weaving Chinese spices and ingredients with Thai flavours and cooking philosophies. Standouts include salt and chili shrimp, tofu skin rolls filled with pork, fish maw soup, and whole fried sea bass.
The restaurant is part of Patrick Suksaen's expanding Thai food empire in the city. Suksaen has a hand in multiple talked-about Thai ventures—from Le Lert and Koh Lipe to Kati and Khem—and brought Michelin-recommended Som Tum Jinda from Thailand to Toronto. Lhao represents a distinct regional approach, capturing Bangkok Chinatown's blend of cuisines that Toronto's Thai scene has not yet seen at scale.
