Fish Legend

Came to this place on a whim. Plus it was Valentine’s day with my wife.
She did the ordering as I can’t read Chinese and I’m wary of the translations on the menu.
Overall very good experience. Staff were extremely pleasant and helpful in tweaking our selection.
Can’t remember exactly what was ordered except it was infernal spicy. My wife ordered «hot» that was just above «mild» on the menu. The fish I believe was tilapia, and there was lots of it. The hot pot was about the size of a standard wok. Half of the pot was all peppers (try not to chomp down on the little seeds), the other half was bean sprouts. There was so much fish, I have to say it was really good. So the fish would have been the topping to the pepper/​bean sprout soup mix.
After our eyes stopped watering and blowing noses, we paid for our fare and left for our next stop. Dessert!

Dropped in here to say the spicy chili oil pot with grilled fish is so hot, almost cried, blew my nose like crazy.
I like hot but this was beyond hot it was lunacy. I enjoyed it though. It was definitely tasty but couldn’t feel my mouth after.

Service
My family and I always eat Chinese, Korean, or Japanese food so when we came to this restaurant, it was like wtf (in a good way). Honestly everything here is spicy lol but the waiter was very patient and explained the dishes in detail to us. Please note that they are more fluent in Mandarin, as opposed to Cantonese.
Food
Crab roe tofu with Chinese cabbage
Just want to say that this is the neatest thing I’ve tried this year in terms of a veggie dish. If you are familiar with the salty egg then you will know that the sauce is made from its yolk (specifically speaking it’s several yolks combined together). The tofu and cabbage totally absorbs the taste but it’s not so salty that you are gasping for water. Just mix the dish a bit to reveal the cabbage hiding underneath!
Crispy sweet and sour pork
The sauce is the perfect combination of sweet and sour, it’s extremely sticky too. My only complaint is that the pork is too thin lols, well actually there is too much dough and not enough content.
Boiling sliced fish (or fish in boiling chili sauce)
As my description depicts, imagine a fish all sliced up and sitting in a bowl of hot chili sauce. We did not order the catfish but something else (sorry forgot). It’s honestly a bit pricey, fairing at $ 23 per bowl. After eating a few pieces you will feel a numbing sensation at the back of your tongue. There are some bones in the fish still but very thin and few. I recommend drinking tea throughout this dish LOL.

Even though I was tearing up while munching down spicy food throughout the meal I gotta give this restaurant a good old 5 star rating!!!
My group of 10 ordered a bunch of food, including their signature spicy crab and fresh fish in spicy soup/​oil. Unfortunately the spicy prawn shrimp wasn’t available, I was really devastated. I usually don’t eat spicy food but I made an exception that night because the food was AMAZING.
The crab was crunchy and you could easily bite through the shell. The meat was fresh and sweet, you could tell the crab was alive because they were cooked. The fish was really good too, one of the best of that dish I have ever tried. The fish was also really fresh, not like the other restaurants that uses cheap frozen tilapia fillet. This one had bones still in and the meat was really soft and tender. The broth was so oily though, you really need to drain it because you take a bite of the fish. We also ordered a pumpkin sticks covered in egg yolk, also really good and I highly recommend.
This restaurant is packed on weekend nights so make sure to make a reservation ahead of time.

I went with a group of 3 to this restaurant fish legend, to try their sichuan style fish. The restaurant décor is modern and comfortable. and we ordered a variety of dishes, including some cold dishes, and the hot pot fish that their special at.
The cold dishes overall was not bad, the lotus roots was very good, it was sweet but very refreshing. The chilie oil noodles however was average, it was not very flavourful.
the Crispy sweet and sour pork, had good presentation value, however it is not a n amazing dish. it does not standout from all the other dishes you can commonly get elsewhere. and i find too little meat was in it, and mostly fried powder.
The most important dish of all was the hot pot fish, i believe the Fish was done well, and was within expectations. it is worth the try, it is not too spicy or too bland, it has the correct amount of flavors. the food was fresh in the fish which is very important for this dish.
The food in this place does deserve a 4 star if it is just the food we are rating. However the service was terrible at this place, which ruins a lot of the it. the waitress gave our table a big lecture over us asking for water twice. telling us we are wasting her time. and this is unacceptable at any restaurant. so unfortunately i have to downgrade them to 3 star for this reason. if they fix their service it will definetely be a solid 4 star

Fish is very tender but overpriced. We have ordered the boiling fish, grilled shrimps in a pot, salty egg cabbages *(this one is really good)

it’s way to oily, although the fish is very fresh, me and my friend got more pimples after eating it. Might not order the boiling fish again, the price for 3lbs boiling fish is around 40 $, the regular dishes are good.

Another Sichuan restaurant?
Another restaurant that specialized in Grilled Fish?
I don’t know how legendary their fish is but the menu for sure is just ordinary.
Hot and Sour Noodle ($ 6.99) lacked the punch for spiciness and lack the sourness.
Wait staff though friendly and efficient and most of them can speak both Cantonese and Mandarin.
I might be back to try the Spicy Clams and hopefully they would be spicy enough!

tried 3 dishes: spicy «dry wok» bull frog, spicy and sour vermicelli, and pan-​fried chive dumplings.
there were ~3 frogs in total in the first dish; ~50% of the volume was ginger, chili, and onion. there was no sliced lotus or potato, which are commonly found in this dish.
spicy and sour vermicelli was not authentic, missing many key condiments. the only condiment present, boiled soy beans, were undercooked.
chive dumplings were ok. will not visit again
(if you check my other reviews, you’ll know that i’m very generous in rating)

Fish Legend is a new Sichuan restaurant that opens up right by Ding Tai Fung in First Markham Place.
The restaurant itself is rather large and even though it’s new, it’s already got a bunch of people flocking over to see what the big deal is. The place is rather nice looking and focuses a great deal on Northern style cuisine with an emphasis on spicy.
We had the Catfish in Chili Oil, Mixed Beef in Chili Oil, Spicy Clams, and crayfish (aka crawfish). The Catfish was the main attraction to the girlfriend as she loves any kind of fish swimming in spicy broth and chili oil. If you’ve never had catfish before, parts of the fish do get kind of «slimy» (though it’s not the most appetizing word), but it’s a meaty fish. The fish itself is cut into chunks for you and there is plenty of it to share.
Spicy Clams was actually my favorite dish here as they really serve you a heaping pile of clams for only around $ 11. The clams were tossed in a semi-​spicy sauce (not oil) and the portion size could fill up a table of 4 nicely. The Mixed Beef was very spicy to me. There were slices of beef tongue, shank, and tendon that just sits nicely atop a bed of chili oil that coats your throat as you’re eating it. The Crawfish were good, but definitely a hassle to eat as the shells are hard and they’re small. Probably not worth getting again, though the sauce was very good.
I like the overall atmosphere of the place because it felt so new and clean. The service was great and food came out so quick. The menu offers all the Sichuan stapes along with some BBQ skewer options (though they were not available to us just yet). Definitely try getting fish with chili oil (maybe Tilapia instead of Catfish) and be careful with the parking. As always, you’re in First Markham Place, so drive accordingly.