Restaurant Review: Hemant Bhagwani gets his groove back with Indian Street Food Co.
Hemant Bhagwani’s new Indian Street Food Co. is a dream come true.
Category: Food
Restaurant Review: Fring’s, Susur Lee’s King West collaboration with Drake, is about as bad as you’d expect
I’m still trying to figure out why one of the best chefs in the world (yes, the world!) opens a restaurant called Fring’s in collaboration with a rapper. Susur Lee’s name is on the menu as chef and owner; his partner is Drake, and it’s tough to get a reservation at Fring’s.
Taste Test: Legendary Toronto chef Hiro Yoshida gives us the goods on the best bowls of udon in town
Ramen may get all the press, but to many, Japanese udon with its delicious fat noodles is the real star. Legendary chef Hiro Yoshida, of his namesake T.O. restaurant, gives us the goods on the best bowls in town.
The complete guide to Toronto’s top sushi
Here are the results of my hunt: The 10 best sushi in the GTA and the hot spots that serve them.
Restaurant Review: Fantastic fare at Figo (service not so much)
The newest member of the Khabouth/Harji family is Figo on Adelaide Street West. It’s unfortunate that Figo is across the street from Hooters, that brand not being so appetizing (to some of us) across a plate glass window.
Restaurant Review: Does Brad Moore still have the magic touch at Old School?
Old School, chef Moore’s new restaurant in the premises of the former Hudson Kitchen: It’s the old/new classic, the all-American diner, the 1950s soda fountain with egg creams and flapjacks, open 24/7.
Taste Test: Club kings sample T.O.’s top sammies
Charles Khabouth and Hanif Harji, two of Toronto’s leading restaurateurs help us pick the city’s best club sandwich.
Restaurant Review: Has Kasa Moto dumbed it down for Yorkville?
Kasa Moto is two floors of Yorkvillian luxe in the former Remys; should you wish to drop $200 on a Japanese dinner for two with a lot of pretty people, Kasa Moto is your spot. It’s owned by the Chase Hospitality Group, of The Chase, The Chase Fish and Oyster and the Thompson Hotel’s Colette. Fancy Shmancy.
Restaurant Review: Canoe, at 20, is a magical mystery tour of Canadiana
Oliver & Bonacini has morphed the menu at Canoe into a magical mystery tour of modern Canadiana, from mountain cranberries to balsam fir crème fraîche, and the kitchen has stepped up and raised the bar.
Taste Test: Daniel Boulud tastes ten bowls of poutine to pick Toronto’s best
This month we asked world-renowned French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud to sample Toronto’s finest remixes of the Québécois classic at his recently reinvented Café Boulud.
Roncesvalles BBQ joint Barque owners open a new spinoff bar
The boys from Barque have opened a spinoff called Barque Butcher Bar, a few doors down from Barque on Roncy. Prepared food shop by day, hipster bar ’n’ snacky resto by night, BBB is as delectable as Barque although far less accessible.
Restaurant Review: Can Sorrel fill the shoes of Pastis as Rosedale’s favourite bistro?
I haven’t been able to darken Sorrel’s doorway till now. Since the Gallic sprite Georges Gurnon sold Pastis and retired to Florida, I was too sad to try its replacement.