
When my friend Diona Joyce of Kanto told me that the September TUM would be a celebration of its first year, I was taken aback of how fast time flies. I still remember that time when I first saw the tweets for the first and the second events last year and how frustrated I was about conflicts on my schedule. Now a year later, I could say that I am somewhat of a TUM veteran, having attended several of them in different capacities too. I was a foodie fan, a blogger, a volunteer, a gopher, a butter-spreader for grilled cheesers and of course, my most favorite, a photographer. Time indeed just flew by.
This time around I indulged in one too many TUM favorites. I made sure I lined up for La Carnita’s Mexican Street Corn to start. I am proud to say I was literally first in line (WOOOHOOO!). Another crowd favorite we visited next was West Side Beef slider and Babi & Co.’s Tahu Goreng. Fifteen minutes into TUM, I want to give myself and my EyeCandyTO partner, Abraham Wornovitzky, a pat-in-the-back to have tasted three TUM heavy weights in a short amount of time. We then loitered further in to the inner hawker stands and we followed it up with HotBunzz’s Thai Basil Beef, Esé Angeleno street food’s Huitlacoche, Thistletown High School Chefs’ Wild Mushroom Arancini, Dough by Rachelle’s Apple Fritter and Maple Bacon Donut, Keo Confiserie’s Salted Caramels, Little Tomato Catering’s Fried Lasagna, Fidel Gastro’s Short Rib Sandwich and TitaFlips Sisig Fries. Whew, even now I get exhausted at seeing this list. LOL. At this point, I must confess, I was having a hard time balancing and finding room to focus my big camera to what we were eating. Not enough light, not enough elbow room were excuses I can use for some of my less desirable images. But I would come clean and say it must be me not fast enough to eat, digest the food and take pictures all at the same time. LOL.
Congratulations again for the successful first year of the Toronto Underground Market. Here’s looking ahead to another year of finding new foodie entrepreneurs to pacify Toronto’s never-ceasing hunger for gourmet food. :)
ubiquitousfoodcravin (@ubiqfoodcraving)
October 2, 2012
I recently started reading EyeCandyTO. I remember seeing you at TUM this past weekend. You were taking an overheard photo of the corn from La Carnita and I remember saying to myself ‘she must be a food photographer’ because only someone dedicated would be willing to take a shot like that first before consuming the food :) Hopefully we can cross paths again and I’ll be able to say hi!
anngagno
October 2, 2012
Next time you see me, do please get my attention. I always love meeting more foodies in Toronto. If you approached me then, you could have met my partner-in-crime too (Yes, Abraham, that’s you!) and see how much obsessed we are in making the food look great. Most of our friends are used to us fussing and playing with our food before we eat. Looking forward to meeting you in the future food events! :)
keith hoare
October 2, 2012
The Wild Mushroom Arancinni was done by the Thistletown High School Chefs, proceeds from their booth go to help send them to Italy for the March break 2013.
anngagno
October 2, 2012
Thank you for the help in the info! I was going through my images to find the name of this booth and found none. Will indeed update my post to include the name :)