Category: Tastes & Experiences

A Tale of Two Ethiopian Restaurants: Nazareth vs Queen of Sheba

I’ve now been able to try out 3 of the Ethiopian restau­rants around Toronto, and I can say unequiv­o­cally that Nazareth is the best one. I’ve tried Nazareth, Queen of Sheba, and Ethiopian House. Queen of Sheba and Nazareth are on Bloor, east of Duf­ferin. I got the two of these mixed up, which is […]

Monday June 28th, 2010 in Tastes & Experiences | 2 Comments »

& Sheppard">Restaurant Review: Chez Laurent @ Yonge & Sheppard

I’ve seen Chez Lau­rent on Yonge St just north of Shep­pard for years. I lived in the area 15 years ago and saw the restau­rant there. I fig­ure some­thing that’s been around for that long should be pretty good. Besides, I favor small restau­rants and this one has a family-run feel to it. So, I […]

Sunday June 6th, 2010 in Tastes & Experiences | 5 Comments »

Upper Canada Cheese Company’s Artisanal Comfort Cream vs Supermarket Brie

Cheese is cheese, isn’t it? Not nec­es­sar­ily. There is an obvi­ous dif­fer­ence in taste and expe­ri­ence between arti­sanal cheeses & run-of-the-mill mass pro­duced cheese. Yes, there’s def­i­nitely a price dif­fer­ence, but the dol­lar dif­fer­ence is reflected in the expe­ri­ence when you try the cheese. I dropped by the Upper Canada Cheese Com­pany yes­ter­day. It’s a […]

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in Ingredients, Tastes & Experiences | Comments Off

Kenzo Ramen — Downtown vs North York

I like good soup noo­dles, and I’m will­ing to pay a lit­tle more for a good, qual­ity prod­uct. I can make damn good noo­dles at home, but some­times when I’m out and about, I still want to eat some noo­dles. There are two Kenzo Ramen joints in Toronto — one down­town on Dun­das, just west […]

Thursday May 20th, 2010 in Tastes & Experiences | Comments Off

“Asian Cuisine” — Unimaginative Name, Great Cantonese Food">Asian Cuisine” — Unimaginative Name, Great Cantonese Food

I treated my mother to din­ner tonight for Mother’s Day, and went to a Chi­nese restau­rant in Rich­mond Hill called “Asian Cui­sine”. It’s a thor­oughly unimag­i­na­tive name, but the Can­tonese food and ser­vice were far bet­ter than I had expected. In fact, I haven’t had good restaurant-cooked Can­tonese food like that in years! I enjoyed […]

Sunday May 9th, 2010 in Tastes & Experiences | 5 Comments »

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