Taste is often considered the world’s greatest restaurant festival that grew from just one show in London, UK, about 10 years ago. It has been held at 21 different cities around the world, but it will be making it’s North American debut with Taste of Toronto this coming weekend (July 24th – 27th) at Fort York. …
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It’s officially ‘Licious Time of the year! What’s ‘Licious Time? I’m glad you asked. It’s what I call the period of time that cities in and around the GTA have their prix fixe lunch and dinner dining program at various restaurants. In Burlington, the program is called the Taste of Burlington, and their launch party …
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A few weeks ago I received an email from Mysteriously Yours Dinner Theatre inviting me to a special VIP Night to celebrate the official opening of their new show, Speakeasy. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend but the folks at the show went out of their way to accommodate me and my family by allowing us to attend on another …
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There’s something about the taste of grilled food that just screams summer to me. Relaxing outside with a perfectly cooked steak, some grilled corn or veggies and a cold beer is the perfect way to spend an evening. Since this is the start of grilling season I headed up to Ontario Gas BBQ to check …
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Over the past couple of years we’ve seen quite a few BBQ restaurants open up in and around Toronto. The newest kid in the playground is Smoque N Bones which opened up in early May. Owner, Alex Rad, walked away from a job in corporate finance to open up his restaurant almost across the road …
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I’ve been hearing a lot about the burgeoning food scene in Hamilton and I’ve just been looking for an excuse to jump on the QEW and head over to check it out myself. Fortunately, or unfortunately, my contract at work ended, and I found myself with some free time. This was the opportunity I’ve been …
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Filipino food in Toronto is not one of those ethnic foods that is as popular with the general population as Indian or Thai, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a vibrant Filipino food scene in and around the city. If you look hard enough you’ll find small restaurants who are trying to bring their cuisine to …
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It’s that time of the year when the number of customers visiting local restaurants are at their lowest. In an attempt to attract more customers, restaurants in various cities across the GTA participate in a promotion where they offer prix-fixe, three course lunch and dinner menus. I was recently invited by Tourism Burlington to attend …
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It’s Winterlicious time in Toronto and for this iteration we have 200 of the city’s top restaurants encouraging us to come celebrate this culinary event with them. This year, Winterlicious runs from January 31st to February 13th and during this time restaurants offer prix fixe lunches and dinners at discounted prices. Earlier this week I …
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Because of religious reasons my parents never cooked beef or pork. It was chicken, goat, lamb, fish and more chicken so needless to say I’ve had my fill of it. That is one of the reasons why I never order chicken at restaurants, the other being because most restaurants only serve the breast, which is …
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