Author jen

Prepared For Packing Macarons

My sister is awesome. While traveling Europe, she sent home some Ladurée macarons with a friend. Knowing that it would be a long and arduous journey for such delicate cookies (5 days!) before they got into my hands, she came… Continue Reading →

Seattle and Vancouver Bound

There’s some extensive eating planned for this coming week and it starts tomorrow when we try to hit up Elemental at the Gas Works. I’d been there last year and had a great meal. Also lined up is the obligatory… Continue Reading →

New Manpuku Nibbles

So in the last month or so, Manpuku introduced some new items to the menu. While we haven’t quite gotten through them all, one tasty and notable snack was Inari Sushi, a fat tofu pouch of vinegared rice, lightly sweet… Continue Reading →

Makin' Mochi

Despite the fact that my trip to Japan was many years ago, the sweet and fresh taste of Ichigo Daifuku still lingers on my tongue. I can still remember bringing this perfectly-shaped, white-dusted, pink treat up to my mouth with… Continue Reading →

Simply Swirl

Having read about Swirl in the Toronto Star of all places, I had put it on my list of places to check out. The concept of wine, bread, cheeses, patés, and chacuterie into the wee hours (or any time at… Continue Reading →

My Favourite Pho (Linh)

I once had some awesome Pho at Times Square (on Hwy 7). But it was only once. For whatever reason, each bowl afterward could never compare to that first sublime sip of soup and noodle. Since moving downtown, Golden Turtle… Continue Reading →

The Ceili Cottage

Ceili Cottage (pronnounced kay-lee) is the newest venture (opened last week) by Starfish owner Patrick McMurray. While this had been on the radar, it wasn’t until the website had coughed up a menu that a dinner visit was decided upon…. Continue Reading →

Linda's new digs

And so it is that the more genteel half of Salad King has moved North to the suburbs. No longer tucked away on a second floor, Linda is now front and centre, at the heart of The Shops at Don… Continue Reading →

Splendid Splendido

Visual highlights of our fantastic meal at Splendido.

A Farewell to Toronto's Fine Dining

Fine dining to me is that ultimate experience where a meal shines from start to finish. Dishes that are “merely” good are few amongst the sublime and revelatory. Service, attentive without being obtrusive, becomes a ballet and sees dishes that… Continue Reading →

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