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Food Trippin’ goes Kensington Market

May 14, 2012

My Saturday all started with just the intent to let my friend Valerie sample Filipino food. All these posts and tweets about Kanto, I got her curious about its location and taste some Filipino comfort food. We agreed to meet by Scadding Court Community Centre, southeast of Bathurst and Dundas for brunch and I arrived […]

Barque Smokehouse Restaurant

May 11, 2012

The first time I went to Barque Smokehouse restaurant, famished and desperate for sustenance, I had to skip it altogether and went to another restaurant a few doors down. Why would I do that, you might ask. When I got by the door, I was told that the wait for a table would be around […]

Chef Michael Stadtländer at 86’d Mondays at the Drake Hotel

May 8, 2012

This past Monday night, renowned chef and pioneer of locally, sustainable food, Michael Stadtländer, came down south to downtown Toronto, to speak of the Canadian Chefs’ Congress. The main highlight of the night’s 86’d Mondays at the Drake Hotel, true to form, Chef Stadtländer inspired the big throng of foodies who attended the event as […]

Guacamole Battle, 86d Mondays at the Drake Hotel

May 1, 2012

Last night I was back at the Drake Hotel, eagerly anticipating the night’s guacamole battle. This should be interesting as I am with my partner-in-crime, EyeCandyTO food stylist Abraham Wornovitzky. Being Mexican, I know I would have a good crash course on what is a good guacamole from him. As we were waiting for the […]

Lamesa Filipino Kitchen at Bathurst and Queen – closed

April 21, 2012

For some weeks now, chatter about the opening of a full-service Filipino restaurant was abuzz over social media. Why was this unusual, you ask? Just like other Filipinos, I was brought up with very good home cooking everyday and with every meal. It may seem labour-intensive but that is the nature of a Filipino family. […]

Hopgoods Foodliner

April 19, 2012

Monday morning I receive a text from one of my closest friends, Jojo, asking me if I want to check out High Park later that evening. Spring being too early in Toronto, I immediately thought the park is probably pink with all the cherry blossoms in full bloom. Despite the weather predictions of rain, I […]

Sneaky Dees

April 19, 2012

When in downtown, I normally go north or south using the Bathurst St. route. Each time I pass Bathurst and College, right in the southeast corner, it would be virtually impossible to miss how lively and jampacked the corner restaurant/concert venue. Sneaky Dee’s has been pulling people in since the 80’s and it is quite […]

Khao San Road and 86’d Mondays Bread and Butter Battle

March 20, 2012

Khao San Road piqued my interest for a while now. For a several weeks now, it has been consistently been on Urbanspoon’s Talk of the Town Top 10. This week I finally made it to this very popular Thai restaurant with my friend and food stylist, Abe Wornovitzky. He once told me about this place […]

The County General and Watching Top Chef Canada Première, 86’d Mondays at the Drake

March 13, 2012

Out and about once again, I set out to go to the Drake Hotel 86’d Mondays yesterday to watch the première of Top Chef Canada. This time around I was with company of my food stylist, Abe and Tita Flips a.k.a Diona Joyce. We initially agreed to meet at 6:30pm and I belatedly realized that […]

Town Crier Pub

March 13, 2012

After days of being sick with flu last week, I just had to make the most of this past weekend. I literally could not bear the thought of staying in and not going out Saturday night. So I called up my friend Valerie and asked her if she wanted to have an impromptu beer/dinner with […]