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Fred’s Not Here at King St W. – Permanently closed

June 21, 2011

One of the most influential people I have met since my move to Canada is my personal trainer, Dwayne Walker. I have met him back in 2002 and I have followed him around since then. He is what you can call my personal happy pill as his optimism is infectious and he can make you […]

Gladstone Hotel New Menu Food Shoot

June 15, 2011

And so it finally came, my first restaurant food shoot. All the prepping and practicing and finally I face the real thing. Exhaling deep, I walk in the Gladstone Hotel, a historic art-oriented boutique hotel, at Queen St West, accompanied by my friend and food stylist, Abe Wornovitzky. I skipped coffee that day. With the […]

Malaysian Murtabak

June 6, 2011

One of the things I love about summers in Toronto (yep, it felt like summer yesterday!), are the many festivals happening all over town. Some of them don’t get too much publicity as Caribana or the Pride Parade, but it’s equally entertaining and free. After a long period of rain and gray skies, it seemed […]

Nino D’Aversa Bakery Ltd

June 5, 2011

In a sea of Korean and Iranian restaurants up here in North York, lies one very distinct Italian Cafeteria/Bakery. Amidst the sea of foreign characters, the colors of Italy’s flag on a sign beckons you to come in and try their fare. One day about two years ago, I decidedly did find time to come […]

Meeting the Ladies of the Women’s Culinary Network

June 1, 2011

This month May, has been a roller coaster of meeting new people and experiencing new things on my pursuit of a career in food photography. I have mentioned in earlier posts that I have different things cooking in the sidelines and because of this, I met a whole new slew of people. My quest of […]

Nunu’s Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

May 29, 2011

Given my very minute exposure to Ethiopian cuisine, I missed out on what is the most anticipated event in an Ethiopian meal – the coffee ceremony. Coffee, having historically started from Ethiopia, is a central part of Ethiopian hospitality. Just imagine me learning it belatedly, wincing as I read each word on the article I […]

Poutini’s – Permanently closed

May 9, 2011

If there is one thing that is so true about me, it’s my love for french fries. See me hugging a BIG potato with an equally BIG smile on my face? I specifically put PEI’s Potato Museum on my itinerary on my Maritimes junket sometime ago because of my love of tubers. So it is […]

Nunu Ethiopian Restaurant – temporarily closed

May 9, 2011

Maybe it’s my curiosity why the competitors on Top Chef Canada got so worried about trying their flare on Ethiopian cuisine that I said yes without much of a thought when a client, Steve, suggested it last week after a shoot. I have no faint idea whether the food would be bland, spicy, heavy or […]

Le Petit Dejeuner

May 8, 2011

When a good friend calls you up on a lazy weekend and suggests a brunch, how can you say no? I immediately googled for places that have the best Egg Benedict in Toronto (yep, I ignore the fact that Hollandaise sauce adds inches to my bulging waist :p) . No matter which review site I […]

My Sushi Comfort Food in Toronto

March 28, 2011

I stumbled by this Japanese restaurant years and years ago, Super Sushi House at Kennedy and Ellesmere in Scarborough. You see, it’s located right beside the Scarborough gym I used to go to. I would have gym appointments several times a week and when I arrive too early, I kill the time right at this […]