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Pomegranate
How We Found It..
A good friend of both Jason and myself, Paul Spiar (of Crawford Boys Clothing), told us about this small Persian restaurant at Bathurst & College (across from Sneaky Dee’s – where Jason and I were actually going but we were hungry and didn’t want to wait.) Walking down the street, deciding where to go next we spotted Pomegranate. We were hungry and it was close, sold.
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Every Little Thing She Does is Magic : Mi Mi’s on Gerrard
It seems unanimous from the laminated reviews on Mi Mi’s walls that this garish little orange and coral hole-in-the-wall is cheap, clean, delicious and “undiscovered.” My discovery goes back a year or so, when the search for nourishing noodles and delectable Vietnamese cuisine led me to its humble locale near Gerrard and Broadview. The brown and rust walls boast a glossy panorama of Vietnam and an aquarium with giant fish give a bit of personality that’s sorely lacking among a few round or rectangular glass-topped tables. At the entrance, an altar spilling with oranges gives dues to the gods, and it would be advisable for you, too, to give your thanks when Mi Mi brings its fare to your table.
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Another Day in Paradise: St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market
An early Saturday excursion to St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market is the best remedy of the season for an unimaginative kitchen. It’s been too hot to cook, but not all culinary adventures should take place outside the home, even in blazing August. For city dwellers, it’s easy to forget where food comes from- it ain’t No Frills, folks. The endless array of produce and delicious meats, cheeses and preserves will revive your soul and stir up some resolve to keep local, fresh-grown foods around. This weekend trip will inspire you to hit the Toronto farm markets from now until late autumn.
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Belt-loosening Home Cooking at Wally’s Restaurant
Forget about a single artfully arranged stalk of asparagus with a decorative drizzle of sesame oil, or other such gourmet starvations. While both asparagus and designer eats have their place, that place is not Wally’s. This is where you go for heaping platters of home-cooked eastern European fare. Once you’ve started on your meal, you’ll wonder if this is heaven and whether they’ve got your own Grandma stirring the pot in the back.
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Thai it, You’ll Like It
This warm and classy little spot seems out of place in a stretch of seamy bars and tire shops that populate the strip from Coxwell to Woodbine along Danforth. But perhaps it is their advantage to be the only good food and cheerful décor around- there are hundreds of tiny houses on side streets lining the neighbourhood north and south of Danforth, and this wonderfully flavoured cuisine is popular delivery fare. Formerly called Lee’s Thai Spring Roll, the place is impeccably clean and quaintly decorated with bamboo-lined walls, Asian art, romantic lighting, and bright red tablecloths.
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Gourmet Pizza at Peter’s Cajun Creole
What a surprise that a hole in the wall at Parliament and Queen is the magic lab for the most spectacular gourmet pizza. Peter’s Cajun and Creole Pizza is a rather unusual place- the licensed dining room, decorated with souvenirs of New Orleans, squeezes in a handful of tables, and the patio is even smaller.
A Serbian family owns and operates the joint with love, having fallen in love with Cajun cuisine on a visit to the Big Easy long ago. Every ingredient is added with love.
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