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Siu To (born in 1940), most commonly known as the Green Onion Cake Man, is a Chinese-Canadian restaurateur. He is credited as the person who imported the green onion pancake to Edmonton.. He owned four now-defunct restaurants in Edmonton, and currently own the Green Onion Cake Man restaurant, also in Edmonton.

Born in Qingdao, China, he moved to Hong Kong at age 15 and worked as a toolmaker.^{[1] [2] [3]} In 1975, he arrived in Edmonton, Canada in his late 30s to reunite with his brother.

In 1978? 1980?, he opened his first restaurant, "Happy Garden", as a way to expand the presence of northern Chinese food in the city.^[4] His restaurant became famous for its green onion cakes, also known as scallion pancakes. He started a total of four restaurant ventures during that time. He retired from the restaurant business in 2015 and moved to Vancouver. Unhappy with the move, he returned to Edmonton and started selling green onion cakes again. After operating as a vendor at farmers' market for a few months, he then opened a fifth restaurant on Alberta Avenue in September 2018, the "Green Onion Cake Man" eatery, that is still open to this day. A year later, in September 2019, he opened a second location on Jasper Avenue.^[5]

To has made its recipe available to everyone through different channels, including a YouTube cooking video and TV appearances.^[6] His green onion cakes are made of flour, salt, vegetable shortening, baking powder and seasoning. Shaped in disc of about 5 inches, they are pan-fried in canola oil, resulting in a crispy outside and a softer inside.

The Edmonton Riverhawks wore a green onion cake jersey, inspired by To, during their 2025 season.^{[7] [8]}

The cakes were showcased in an exhibit on prairie Chinese restaurants at the Royal Alberta Museum in 2013.^[9]

In 2015, a proposal was put forward to make green onion cakes Edmonton's official dish, it was not accepted by the city.^{[10] [11]}

He's mentioned here:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Chinese_cuisine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_you_bing
  

Other restaurant: Mongolian Food Experience. (CBC article)

https://edifyedmonton.com/food/eat-in-take-out-delivery/born-in-edmonton-influenced-by-china/

Other articles:

• https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/siu-to-78-is-believed-to-be-the-man-who-popularized-green-onion-cakes-in/article_911a8b1d-3924-50d2-85e3-6a05390ad457.html
• https://o.canada.com/travel/the-green-onion-cake-man-neon-signs-and-other-reasons-to-love-edmonton
• https://canehdianstories.com/in-search-of-the-great-canadian-food-experience-edmontons-green-onion-cakes/