A must go-to restaurant!

How does a restaurant with no advertising and no sign at the front, always have a waiting line!? Well Khao San Road is one of the very few that can pull it off. It clearly makes the list of best restaurants in the GTA!

Located in the downtown core, Khao San Road is a Thai restaurant attracting food aficionados by the dozens.  Word of mouth is their only form of advertising, and from the length of the line extending outside the restaurant, it’s clear that that’s the only form of advertising they need.

Friends always ask about advice on the top 10 restaurants in Toronto, and Khao San Road is one that makes it on the list every time. For a first timer, the excitement when you walk through the door can be compared to walking through the doors of Disney World. Appetizers tickle your taste buds, and leave you salivating for the main entrée. Speaking of entrée’s, the assortment will cater to all sorts of tastes from vegetarian food to foods that make you feel like a carnivore. Don’t even get me started on the dessert menu!

The next time you are in downtown, and feel like treating your deserving stomach to some great food, keep Khao San Road in mind, and I guarantee you that it will definitely make your list of the best restaurants in the GTA.

Do you have any suggestions on a must go-to restaurant?

The most fun restaurants in Toronto!

Now when you think of fun restaurants, Caffe Demetre may not always be the first one that comes to mind. Most will argue that it`s just an ice cream parlour, and not actual dining. Well I do consider it a restaurant because of the dine-in environment.

Caffe Demetre has always been a fun place for me to visit whether I`m in Mississauga or Toronto. First of all, who can resist so many delicious flavours of ice cream? I know I can’t. I'm quite indecisive when it comes to ordering food, and Demetre is always making my decision harder! Banana splits, chocolate waffles, vanilla sundae’s, and a ton of other choices are more than welcome to me. In fact, as I am writing this blog post, I am salivating slightly, longing just a scoop to send my taste buds straight to heaven. At the end of the day, I've never regretted any visit to Caffe Demetre because whatever I order is always amazing! The friends and family I visit with when I'm there are always the cherry on top.

Well that makes my number 1 of the unique restaurants in Toronto. What restaurant makes your list?

What is the best buffet in Toronto?

Now I do enjoy buffets quite a lot because I can place my indecisive ordering habits to the side, and have whatever I want, in whatever quantity I want! Mandarin, Spring Rolls, and Tandoori Flame are the first three that come to mind. Can you guys tell me which restaurant do you consider the best buffet in Toronto?

I'm always up for a great buffet whether it be lunch or dinner. If it’s a breakfast buffet, then please do count me in for that as well! I have yet to explore many parts on Toronto, and feel that I have missed out on many great places to eat. Due to my indecisive nature when ordering food, I tend to choose buffets over traditional order-a-few-dishes restaurants. However, going to the same places over, and over again is starting to get boring, and my taste buds, along with my mind have agreed that I need to find new buffets in Toronto.

This weekend I’ll have the time to go to one, and I wanted to know which one is the best buffet in Toronto?

Top new restaurants in Toronto!

1308. What’s that number you ask? Oh that’s just how many restaurants opened up in Toronto last year alone! Triple of the number that opened in 2011, and 2010. We are undoubtedly in a massive restaurant boom, and not only is this trend good for the economy, it’s also great for our stomachs! Narrowing down from 1308 to the top 10 was no easy task, but Toronto Life took on that challenge, and has come up with their list of best dine in restaurants in Toronto!

 

This year, SHŌTŌ, an exciting restaurant opened by New York super star chef, David Chang, has taken home the gold medal! Ramen food has become increasingly popular over the years, and David is at the Toronto forefront of this new craze! 10-course exotic meals are prepared for the lucky 22 people that get to have a seat in the restaurant, after dishing out $150 just for the entrance fee, and another $80 to bring along a partner. Can you imagine spending $230 even before you get served!? Well clearly 22 people every night feel it’s well worth it, so maybe we should too.

Would you go to such an expensive restaurant just to enjoy one night?

Good Places to eat in Toronto this week

 Italian and Mexican Food in Toronto are on my mind. Even with all the restaurants I can choose from, the good places to eat in Toronto are Grand Electric and Buca. They are what I call Hipster joints. I am usually not a fan of ‘hipsters’, but they sure have great taste in places they eat and hang out. I find the place is usually rather small, but who cares, the food tastes good and it is all that matters.

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Grand Electric Patio

Grand Electric is a Mexican inspired restaurant with your usual tacos and guacamole with a twist. First off, the patio is a cute little backyard like ambience with rows of picnic tables where you enjoy your array of finger foods with absolutely no cutlery involved. It is a little messy, but fun as I always end up trying to shove the entire pork belly taco into my mouth. I am drooling as I write this post out of hunger for my absolute favorite fish tacos in toronto.

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Buca Restaurant

Buca is one of the good places to eat in Toronto. If you love charcuterie, flat bread pizza, and of course freshly made pasta in a distillery district kind of environment, you have got to go. Also, if you want a taste of Italy you will find that almost all the waiters that work there look well put together, very European and most of their heavy Italian accent will always have you asking them to repeat your order. I am sure they are used to it by now, it must be a fake accent just for the atmosphere (just kidding).

Anyways, try it and tell me what you think? Ps. Go early, super packed. For more information please look at their websites: Grand Electric & Buca

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2.      Notable (June 2011). Retrieved from: http://notable.ca/nationwide/restaurants/Buca-Restaurant/

My favorite Unique Restaurant in Toronto

One of my favorite unique restaurants in Toronto would have to be The Black Hoof Restaurant. It is isn’t owned by a famous chef and it isn’t super fancy, but it is different. Their menu is always changing and all the food is made in house including the charcuterie. What is also different are the types of food they carry as every time I walk into the restaurant my eyes are focused on the chalkboard in the back of the room with the menu written by some hipster waitress. It features menu items like Bone marrow, Horse Tartare, and Tongue on Brioche.

Bone marrow

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 Charcuterie Platter

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I would give the Black Hoof Restaurant two thumbs up, and maybe even two toes. They are a rather small restaurant and since they are highly popular they do not take reservations. As I always say, the restaurant that does not take reservations always have the best food, come-on it’s always packed. What I mean is, even if there is a wait, I am definitely suggesting that you should wait and try the food. It’s that good.

Pig Cheeks

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Oh also, yes you have probably been wondering about the prices and all. I’d say the prices are relatively affordable (it is no McDonalds value meal price, but I am sure you foodies get it), the portions aren’t exactly filling, but treat it like a tasting menu. The restaurant is very clean, but what I love second to the food is the ambience of the restaurant, which is cool and hip. Yes, you can be a hipster for a night.

What unique restaurant would you recommend ?

For more information check out their website: The Black Hoof

1.      Tang, Melissa (2011). Retrieved from: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.tang.94

Does it matter how you dress going to Top fine dining restaurants in Toronto?

Last summer, I was on a date and waited in line at one of the top fine dining restaurants in Toronto – Canoe. It was one of the top rated restaurants in Toronto after all, Toronto’s best restaurant for some critics. As we were waiting, there was this one particular couple that stood out and for obvious reasons! They were dressed in summer casual clothing while the rest of us were in suits and formal attire.

Top fine dining restaurants in Toronto offer quality food at a fine price. It’s more of an occasional event than the normal daily fast food visit you’d have at McDonalds. The fact that it offers a luxurious/fancy scenery with quality food, it’s only natural that you pay your visits – dressed up to “fit” into the scene at one of Toronto’s best restaurants.

It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, but

·       A nice ironed dress shirt

·       Dress pants for a gentlemen

·       Simple cocktail dress for the ladies would be enough. 

Of course, you can always add in a

·       Nice blazer jacket

·       A tie

-    And even a tie clip

to top it off! Properly groomed would be advised if you want to look sharp while dining at one of the top rated restaurants in Toronto.

                

Once you’ve had all this prepared and ready, you are ready to commence to…what I hope will be – an enjoyable and delicious experience at one of Toronto’s best restaurant!
                 
So the question is, which Top fine dining restaurants in Toronto are you planning to visit?

Here is another post for those of you who do not prefer fine dining:Top 5 Cheap Eat Restaurants

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