Ontario (inc. Toronto)

by Charles Yu 23 hours ago

Using fusion approaches similar to their distant relative chefs in Spain, Italy and France.....etc. Chinese chefs also managed to blend and merge simple and popular western ingredients, with dilige...

by Charles Yu 2 days ago

To some of my non-Asian chow-friends, this might be one of the weirdest named Chinese dish you will come across. To some of my Asian chow-friends, they will recognize the inclusion of this dish in ...

I'm in the market for a Tagine. I'm looking for something reasonably authentic and reasonably cheap ($45 or less). Does anyone have a suggestion on where I should check out? Also, any recommendatio...

by prima 2 months ago

I'm thinking of sending gifts to some friends who live out-of-province. Which sites or businesses have you used? I have sent a Jaswant's Kitchen spice basket. https://www.jaswantskitchen.co...

https://insolvencyinsider.ca/filing/king-street-restaurant-group/. They may be able to survive the business conditions, but they won't be able to survive the professional fees in their insolvency

by prima 2 days ago

Which bakeries would you recommend these days for old school Sicilian pastries? Open to more general Italian pastry shops/bakeries, but I'd love to find a place selling Sicilian specialties. There ...

by Dr. John 9 months ago

Inspired by prima's recent updates to her sandwich threads, I thought I could start a thread focusing on everyone's recs for takeout/delivery options as we move forward over the next few months. S...

by Charles Yu 7 months ago

During this trying times, there is no need for this... Very disappointed!!

It's good to see so many old familiar names in this post. (Adamson BBQ) Anyone know what happened with embee? Or Vinnie? I fear. May we all move into Baycrest together. Inexperience caused me to ...

by syoung 11 days ago

In light of Charles' raving post on My Wonderful Kitchen (which I wholly agree with), like to also give a shout out to Providential 9 on Woodbine south of Hwy 7 (East side beside Goeman's Appliance...

by Googs 13 days ago

Preferably near Yonge & Queen, but will travel for exceptional. (I don't get out much these days.) It's pretty sad that CH doesn't have any location options for Toronto aside from the whole dam...

by Charles Yu 12 days ago

Tucked inside a secluded, ground floor space beneath a commercial office building along the famed culinary Hwy#7 stretch, "My wonderful Kitchen" is IMO, amongst one of a handful of 'elite' fine din...

by elvisahmed 5 months ago

Starting a new Costco thread for Ontario to last us till the end of the year.

I guess we can list closures here. Anyone have closures to share?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has seen the delicious looking Rancho Gordo heirloom dried beans anywhere in Toronto? I am kicking myself for not buying some when I was last in the USA! If...

by prima 8 years ago

Noticed Torani syrups, Tazo tea, several brands of coffee, pasta, pasta sauce, olive oil, balsamic and kettle corn at the Winners near SLM. Anyone have recs for food bought at Winners lately?

According to the St Catharines Standard, Ryan Crawford has turned Backhouse into Ruffino's permanently. It had been an Italian pop-up within Backhouse two nights a week. It will now be Ruffino's fu...

With patios opening up in Toronto this week, I am looking forward (with a bit of trepidation) to reports on what's happening, where to go, where not to go ... so I thought I would start a new threa...

Does anyone knows where in Toronto I can find a commercial Jamaican Patty Sealer and Cutter. It's a handheld steel contraption that gives the patty the ridged look and seals it. I've been tryin...