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For now this section is about restaurants, but over the coming months I plan to add some posts on recipes and cooking as well as product reviews.
After perennially-packed Terroni moved out in late 2010, Divino moved in in early 2011. But the newcomer has never managed to fill Terroni’s very large shoes and whenever I go there — mostly to pick up takeout — I wonder how much longer Divino can hang on. Divino definitely has some good dishes — the [...]
The Monk’s Table is one of those places where you get the feeling that everyone is trying very hard to be a regular, even if they’ve only really been here two or three times before. In theory, the Monk’s Table should be great. The food is supposed to be way better than the average pub [...]
Yonge and St. Clair is way overpopulated with sushi joints and Italian restaurants. We desperately need a diner or a Lady Marmalade or a Rushton, but it seems we’re not indy enough or the rents are too high or both, which means, instead, we got Harry’s Social Kitchen. Maybe I’m bitter because I had high [...]
Call me old fashioned, but when a burger, fries and shake get up into the $20 range, I expect either a little bit of atmosphere or an extraordinary eating experience. Given that Holy Chuck, the new(ish) burger joint at Yonge and St. Clair is a classic flourescent-lit, order-at-the-cash-and-eat-in-an-uncomfortable-chair-at-a-table-that-may-or-may-not-have-been-wiped-clean type of place, the onus was on [...]
I’m a fan of Amaya although I sometimes find their curries a bit too saucy. I’ve currently got an unused Groupon for Amaya Bread Bar so I’m going to pass on this one for the Amaya Indian Room. You might be interested, however.
Calling all foodies: Highlights Festival (Montréal en Lumière) makes a great late February break In 2012, the fine dining part of the Highlights Festival is featuring the Belgian regions of Brussels and Wallonia and their complementary cuisines. Visiting chefs include Yves Mattagne, the honorary president and youngest and most promising of Belgium’s rising talents, who [...]
My daughter really wanted some foie gras for her birthday dinner so I set her to work, scouring the internet to find where in Toronto they did it best at a price that wouldn’t bankrupt me. After extensive research, she suggested Trevor. Even though the reviews were a bit iffy, I agreed to give it [...]
I’m from Montreal so I don’t kid around when it comes to croissants. When I say Xococava’s are the best, that means they are absolutely, undeniably the best, beating Patachou hands down for both butteriness and flakiness. The only drawback is that Cava, first and foremost a chocolatier, doesn’t open until 10 a.m. The other [...]
You don’t go to Wylie’s for the decor. You go for a pint and a curry — a Thai curry. Because, go figure, this place is some kind of strange hybrid of English pub and Thai / Malaysian restaurant. But wait, it gets even more complicated. Wylie’s also does Indian curries, and some of those [...]
We usually get the Giuseppe and/or Dante, both white pizzas, to take out, as eating in causes the bill to add up really fast. While the pizzas are not cheap, they are excellent quality so worth the splurge. Alas, not everything on the menu offers great value. We’ve been really disappointed by the Charcuterie plate, [...]
