Happy Halloween! We’ll be out trick-or-treating with the kiddos tonight… hoping to fill our boots full of South-East Asian #cheapeats. Recently, some out-of-towners asked us about the best Vietnamese food in the city. They were visiting from Calgary, which happens to have one heck of a Viet food scene. So this month, we thought we’d…
Category: Chinatown East
Dumpling House ~ 619 Gerrard St E ~ (416) 901-0288
First of December, and it’s beginning to look a lot like… holiday lunch season. Dumpling House has been a fixture in the #EastChinatown neighborhood for as long as we can remember. The Li family has been introducing Riverdale families to a wide array of Northern Chinese cuisine for a couple of decades now. This was…
The Best of 2020!!!
Happy New Year! Seems like a bit of an oxymoron to be discussing the best of 2020. Rather than dwell on the negative, let’s instead take a look back at some of the best eats of the year. With a fresh set of eyes, cataracts removed, we enjoyed many a fine meal this year… even…
Bach Yen ~ 738 Gerrard St E ~ (647) 347-8160
Working in East Chinatown for the past ten years, feel like I’ve tried most of the restaurants in the ‘hood. There’s this one spot a little further east that’s always eluded me. Bach Yen (738 Gerrard St E) was put in my radar last week by Suresh Doss, and it’s a real winner. Have been…
Top Ten Under Ten #lunchunder10bucks
Finding yourself #lunchunder10bucks is something easily realized in most corners of the globe. Trying to accomplish this when dining-out in downtown Toronto, however, can provide some added complexity to the budget. The Toronto Food Blog’s #lunchunder10bucks project aims to prove that you can eat well, on the cheap, if you’re willing to venture off the…
Simon’s Wok ~ 797 Gerrard St E ~ (416) 778-9836
Simon’s Wok Vegetarian Kitchen is a popular Riverdale hole-in-the-wall that does veggies really, really well. With over 100 items on their menu, Simon can whip-up just about anything you’d find on a typical Chinese food menu. He’s got a knack for texture, using an array of vegetarian ingredients in such a way that you often forget…
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