The husband and I were supposed to try two restaurants this year but we ended up with going to another one. The winter has been relatively mild although it was actually freezing during the Winterlicious week. I also thought the timing was good because of the NBA All-stars weekend, family day, and valentines day falling …
Category: Gastronomy 101
Gastronomy 101: Easy Peasy Hungry
So I have these three entries pending about food and I was thinking, what do these three have in common? And then I figured out, well, they’re fairly accessible and easy. Meaning I don’t have to do reservations, and these are something I can gulf without feeling guilty (not like burgers). They’re fairly inexpensive too. …
Gastronomy 101: Toronto’s Finest $5 Food Crawl
Last December K and I decided to try out Toronto’s Finest $5 Food Crawl. It entitles us to a featured $5 dish from 10 participating restaurants. I’d say that it was a really good way for us to try out new places to eat, not to mention to return to the ones that I’ve been …
Gastronomy 101: Sugar Road
I ADMIT, I have a bad case of sweet tooth. It was not a surprise that I ended up visiting bakeries and patisseries during my first few months’ stay here in Toronto. For a while I was in macaron heaven. I actually ended up compiling some of the places I have visited. This does not …
Gastronomy 101: EPIC at Royal York Fairmont
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY a month late, but over the holidays my friends and I decided to celebrate by dressing up and head out for a nice dinner. After much deliberation we ended up at EPIC at Royal York Fairmont, just a stone’s throw away from the Union Station. I guess we celebrated a bit early, …