The list of 150 restaurants participating in this year’s Summerlicious has been posted on the City of Toronto website. Reservations open on June 18th but Amex cardholders can start booking on the 16th and 17th.
Posts Tagged “eating”I haven’t been yet, but The Host has opened up a location on Wellington St., near Wellington and Blue Jays Way. Related to the other Host’s around the city, I can only guess that it’ll have the same fine Indian food as the others. Tags: dining, eating, Restaurants, TorontoThe warmer weather has allowed me to go out and explore the area near my new office at noon. This Friday I went down to Ravisoups near Peter and Adelaide. I’ve heard about it before – it got great press when it opened – it was also mentioned on the office list of “recommended places to go” that sits in our lunchroom. Ravisoups is a nice and cozy spot. It has a back area for a patio but it wasn’t open because it was still pretty brisk outside. Two of us ordered the corn chowder and it was delicious! A lot more filling than I would’ve though but the crab meat piled nicely in the middle of the thick broth fills you up. Each soup came with a biscuit. The others tried different soups, that I forget, but one of us also ordered the lamb wrap which she said was quite good. Ravisoups is definitely a place I will go back to. Ravisoups Yuzu is a new sushi restaurant on Adelaide street. I went last week with friends and it was quite good. The make rolls were great with spicy sauces not overdone or too “mayonaissey”. Sauces are also put on the plate to avoid too much sauce on the maki. We started with tempura and edemame, and moved on to dynamite and spider rolls, an assorted set of sashimi and a dragon roll. All were really good. Here’s a set of reviews on Yuzu: Yuzu Sushi and Sake Bar There’s a neighborhood Pho place tucked on the 3rd floor at Bloor and Avenue. A popular place for students and university employees, it’s usually packed at lunch but is only a bit busy at dinnertime. All your standard vietnamese dishes are here: pho, bun, spring rolls, etc. My only reservation about recommending the place is that they don’t give you the deep asian spoons that most places do, leaving you to slurp the broth with a small spoon. Today I made my way there and discovered a rather dramatic price increase across the entire menu. Normally I would’ve noticed an increase, but not the extent. However they decided to put labels over the original prices and you can still see the old price underneath. In most cases, everything across the board is up $1.50-2.00 a dish. For a place where dishes were about $6, this is quite an increase. I’m not against a price increase, but did you have to make it so obvious? Tags: dining, eating, Food & Drink, pho, vietnameseMartiniboys just published their Essential Restaurants list and they have mentioned quite a few that are getting a lot of attention in the other press. Their list covers all the cities that MBO does, but here are the Toronto highlights: Pizzeria Libretto My friend chose Czehoski to have a nice birthday dinner. Czehoski is a nice small place on Queen St. W. past Bathurst. The food was excellent and the staff did a great job accomodating a large party. My starter was the chicken pate. I’ve never tried chicken pate before and I noticed it was not as rich as goose pate from my recollection. It was sprinkled with red peppercorns which was added a nice flavor. The main was their “bigger, better” burger which was very sizable and delicious. It would make my friend Wallace happy the way it was served because the vegetables were on the side and he wouldn’t have to take them out! Still, the challenge was to put the veggies in and still be able to put the burger in your mouth – it was huge, but so good! Dessert selections were good. I tried both the chocolate mousse and creme brulee. They also have a nice patio and is perfect for a nice friday/saturday night. Czehoski |
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