Yours Truly

June 19, 2012

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One of the restaurants that has gotten me curious for a while now is Yours Truly, at Ossington and Dundas.  The reason it was trending was that the service in this restaurant has a personal touch.  What a diner would see on the menu was a list of the main ingredient of the night’s offerings.  […]

Posted in: Toronto Eats

Phil’s Original BBQ

June 14, 2012

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One of my guilty pleasures was to watch reruns of Restaurant Makeover at Food TV Network.  I don’t know what it is about the show, but I do enjoy watching the process of redesigning the interiors of a restaurant and the overhaul that happens with a restaurant menu.  One episode that made so much impression […]

Copacabana Brazilian Steakhouse with Dwayne Walker

June 14, 2012

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If I were to list the top 5 influential people in my life, Dwayne Walker would make my list.  If one would describe me as optimistic, I would attribute part of it to Dwayne as he was one of the people who could make me believe that I can do anything.  All these years the […]

Posted in: Midtown, Toronto Eats

The GridTO’s Burger Week Finale – Carnivores Unite!

June 3, 2012

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Whoever at TheGridTO who has come up with the idea of creating Burger Week in Toronto was a pure genius.  For most of the week, Torontonians were burger-crazy, indulging on special burgers created by the city’s best.  The week culminated with an afternoon with 20 of Toronto’s meat-meisters coming together at Artscape Wychwood Barns.  They […]

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Beach Side Grill

June 3, 2012

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Always on a lookout for things I can use for props, I scored a free antique half-door from Craigslist and the generous owner lived in Leslieville.  We arranged for me to swing by this Saturday morning and I thought I would use the opportunity to try out a brunch place by the Beaches.  East of […]

Royal Sulu Civet Coffee Shoot

June 2, 2012

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My childhood summers were mostly spent in a big island south of the Philippines called Mindanao.  Slow and comfortable way of life, where people stop and greet each other in the streets, children playfully climb on trees and the beach was a hop and skip away.  With this simple everyday life, I do remember my […]

Arepa Cafe

May 31, 2012

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After finishing a long day, my friend Abraham Wornovitzky and I popped by Arepa Cafe.  He once talked about this place telling me how satisfying it was to sink one’s teeth into a grilled handcrafted corn meal bread that is so full of stuffing.  I have never tasted Venezuelan cuisine before so curiosity got the […]

Banh Mi Boys

May 25, 2012

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What do you do when you have an hour to kill around the Spadina/Bloor area?  Look for good food of course!  The food I was in the mood to try today was Asian fusion themed restaurant Banh Mi Boys.  This restaurant has been long in my radar as I keep on seeing it trending in […]

St. Jacob’s Market

May 21, 2012

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Starting out early Saturday morning, I was amazed about how I have forgotten the charm of the sleepiness of Toronto at that time of the morning.  It was a quick drive to pick up my friend Valerie.  We were on our way to St. Jacob’s Market at Kitchener and Waterloo.  About 12o kms away from […]

Posted in: Foodie Road Trips

Guu Izakaya

May 17, 2012

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And so I make another whimsical decision once again.  I made an impromptu call to my friend, Jojo, to have dinner with me at Guu Izakaya.  For months now I have planned this visit but never made it there.  This past Tuesday, all the stars in my foodie world aligned and I finally get there.  […]