What are your traditions? When I was little, my (late maternal) grandmother would light candles with me. I have NO CLUE where that came from. She told me it was a “tradition” but I don’t know anyone who does it. Maybe it was something she invented, but it wasn’t something I ever asked her. It’s […]
I recently had the opportunity to have dinner at the newest Buca restaurant, Buca Osteria & Bar. Located at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto’s Yorkville area, this restaurant is different from the King Street locations. Rather than focusing on meat, this restaurant is full of seafood choices (don’t worry, there are non-seafood dishes as […]
Can you believe that the Gourmet Food and Wine Expo is just days away? This is a favourite event of DelectablyChic! and many favourites look like they’ll be back, including Hank Daddy’s BBQ (known for their pulled pork parfait – something we noted back in a 2011 post for this event), Brix chocolate (they were […]
This year was my second time at the Delicious Food Show where many food-related brands, ranging from restaurants to food trucks and brands big and exhibited their wares for the public. I was able to taste items from many of the exhibitors, ranging from some favourite restaurants like Tabülè (they were sampling various dips and […]
Last night was Toronto’s third Diner en Blanc! The weather, once again cooperated and several hundred people, all dressed in white, gathered at Ontario Place for a beautiful dinner in front of the lake. This year’s event was held later than usual – in September rather than late August. In fact, I joked to another […]
My husband and I first went to Sorrel Restaurant last Christmas when it was located on Yorkville Avenue. The dinner we had was excellent and we decided to go for our Valentine’s Day dinner. Sadly, that didn’t happen as the restaurant was a victim of a devastating fire just a few weeks later (we went […]
The Coffee Mill, located on 99 Yorkville Avenue, is closing on September 7. The restaurant has been in the area since Yorkville was a prime hippie spot in the 1960s and offers old school European fare like schnitzel, cabbage rolls and strudel. Until the advent of espresso bars across the city, it was probably one […]
Ahhh….Israeli and other Middle Eastern-inspired cuisines. It’s definitely the latest “it” cuisine here in the city, and like most ethnic cuisines, it isn’t likely a passing fad. I feel that it’s definitely here to stay (because it’s just so good). In my opinion, once a culture’s food rises out of the mom-and-pop, “hole-in-the-wall” restaurants, you’re […]
I’ve been blogging under DelectablyChic! for nearly four years and blogging, period for even longer (we were previously known as Prospere Magazine, which made its debut in January 2008. I also ran Shorty Stories, which lasted from 2007 until last year. Prior to that, I had a LiveJournal). Lately, I’ve been thinking about my posting […]
I can’t believe it took me over one year to have a proper meal at Osteria dei Ganzi, a restaurant on Jarvis Street, near the National Ballet School. The last time I went there was for its media launch in June of 2013, where we had the chance to taste several of their offerings, including […]
