SUKHOTHAI: Tucked away on not-so-charmingly Parliament E. Deliberately unassuming. KHAO SAN ROAD: Prominently located for all to stumble upon on Adelaide W. Vibrantly welcoming. Both owned by husband wife duo Jeff & Chef Nuit Regular. Menus are 90% similar. And the common thread, despite vast differences in locale, decor & ambiance, is the food. Simply phenomenal. Ask anyone who [...]
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Sukhothai & Khao San Road
Posted in food, restaurants, resto reviews, tagged best thai food in toronto, chef nuit, khao san road, khoi soi, massaman curry, sukhothai, thai restaurants on January 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Coq au vin cravings
Posted in food, tagged coq au vin, french-style green beans, herbed potatoes on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chicken thighs braised in a bottle of red wine. Paired with beautiful herbed potatoes & french-style green beans à la V. Doesn’t get any better than this. Quintessentially French. Deliciously involved. Made for the first time a few weeks ago. Obsessed with the sauce. Someone, pls throw a dinner party so I can devote another 2.25 days to [...]
Asparagus envy
Posted in food, recipes, tagged asparagus omelette, orzo with feta & asparagus on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What to do when you have a lot of asparagus: Fold it ‘discreetly’ into an omelette. Toss with orzo, feta & basil pesto. Works every time! Truth: Only reason why I’m making this post is because I like to impart useless words of wisdom as I walk out the door, for brunch, leaving behind a lot [...]
Canteen Creations
Posted in food, tagged Canteen's chicken liver parfait, Chef Jason Bangerter, Chicken liver parfait, Oliver & Bonacini restaurants on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of reused lines…will shamelessly do it again. Look at this dish. Look how beautiful is it! And not just a looker, sinfully good too. Seriously, crave it all the time. Ok, point here is that Chef Bangerter & his talented team create visually stunning dishes. And as with the nature of all my posts – [...]
Vietnamese Seafood Salad
Posted in food, tagged delicious, shrimp salad, vietnamese food, vietnamese seafood salad on December 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Almost too pretty to eat. Almost. Wait. I’ve used this line before… it’s like a pick up line, reused.
Le Slaw
Posted in food, recipes, tagged bacon, Cabbage slaw recipe with bacon, Slaw recipe on November 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My fridge is like the fridge from Chopped. Random at best. Cabbage. Grainy mustard. Artichokes. Sundried tomatoes. Chives. Bacon. Now, why wouldn’t we combine all of these? Anything goes when your last meal was a plate of dirty nachos. No story to be told. Move along now.
Best homemade fish tacos
Posted in food, recipes, tagged basa fish recipes, best fish tacos recipe, guacasalsa, homemade tacos, taco night recipes on October 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Monday night tacos! No matter that today is Thursday & this particular dinner happened months ago. Confession: There MAY have been a moment in time where I was cooking more than I was dining out. Mind you, fleeting. And stop snorting in disbelief. It happened! And then life resumed…… as it always does. Anyway, this goes down as one of my most favourite spreads. Basa [...]
Thanksgiving, with homemade love.
Posted in food, recipes, tagged Cornish hen recipe, Cornish hen with garlic & rosemary recipe, Fall side dishes, Roasted butternut squash soup recipe, Roasted root vegetables recipe, Thanksgiving dinner on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kitchen renovations = sole reason why I hosted Thanksgiving this year. And up until Sunday morning when my mother called me, did I habour secret hopes she had been joking. Hosting didn’t mean cooking! Of course not. Crazy sense of humour. Free rein over my oven, stove, knives…entirely welcomed. Not quite. Why such a big [...]
Canteen + TIFF = Love Affair
Posted in food, restaurants, tagged beet root salad, Canteen, Chef Bangerter, King West restaurants, lemon posset dessert, O&B restaurants, Ryan Gosling, seared scallops, TIFF11 dinner, TIFF2011, white pizza on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And it begins! Simple fare. Simple favourites. Casual dinner before a TIFF screening? Perfect. From my first infatuation with Canteen almost a year ago (bonne anniversaire!), Chef Bangerter has had some fun with the menu… introducing new dishes, removing some and tweaking others. And I, with the help of a few friends, have eaten our way through most of it (surprise [...]
