Hey everyone! I’m currently in New York, and finally finished up this post recapping the rest of my time in Toronto. So keep an eye out for my New York recap as well.
- My mom spotted fresh figs at the store, so naturally they accompanied my breakfast the next morning.
Along with the most delicious yogurt ever Liberte’s Plain Organic, multigrain cereal, cinnamon, and almond butter. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find that specific yogurt since I’ve been in the states. I’ll try my luck once I get back down to Florida.
- We also spotted a bread that’s made without yeast since my mom is trying to figure out the culprit of her stomach upsets.
- Topped with vegetable hummus, Laughing Cow, avocado, grape tomato bits, and red onion.
The bread was dry, but nothing unexpected since that is how that bread typically is.
- Later on, I went downtown and moseyed around.
- I stopped in to get a big cup of tea.
- I also went back to the chocolate bar, MoRoCo, with a purpose.
I had never tried a macaron before, but have heard lots about them. The reviews for these were comparing them to the likes of Ladurée and Hermes, which I’ve heard are the best.
- The Salted Caramel…
- It was quite tasty for the most part, but just a tad bit too sweet for my taste.
- I also tried lemon macarons.
I actually enjoyed this one! When I bought the boxed pair I wasn’t too sure about the lemon and my heart was set on trying the salted caramel. Since they didn’t have any of the salted caramel macarons left to buy individually I decided to take a chance and get the last one that was paired with the lemon flavor. The lemon one had a much better consistency than the salted caramel, and had just the right amount of sweetness. Not to mention it brightened up my taste buds with it’s zesty flavor!
- Zing!
- I always think of macarons as delicate treats.
- I also picked up some local sheep’s milk yogurt.
I wasn’t a big fan of it however. It was very pungent, but atleast it was creamy! Did you know that because of it’s molecular composition it is easier to digest, and can even be used as baby formula!
- And another local find… strawberries from Ontario!
I find that local produce always tastes better.
- Two fruit finds for breakfast: persimmon and strawberries
I was able to make a few outings to the downtown area during my trip, and came across a lot of interesting things.
- Check out this work of architectural art at The Royal Ontario Musuem.
- After a long day of walking around I picked up some take out at Fresh.
I followed the recommendation from a few of you, and I’m glad I did. Sadly, I couldn’t sit down and eat because I was with my pup, Matilda. But it’s alright because they didn’t make a fuss about having to take my order at the door. In fact, the man who helped me held Matilda for me while I went in to snap some pictures!
- Snap snap
- The first time I intentionally got take-out for myself in years!
I’m rarely in the mood for take-out, and I usually don’t find the motivation to order take-out. Wait. What? Since when does take-out involve motivation? Well, for me it does. I just have a lot of things that I can put together in a cinch and voila! And if I’m getting food from elsewhere I’d rather just go to the restaurant. So that’s why I rarely order take-out.
- My eyes went straight to the quinoa-battered onion rings along with their housemade BBQ sauce.
Oh my word! These were incredible and I didn’t have to try the other onion rings in Toronto to know that these deserve to be dubbed “one of the best”. You get more than the usual satisfying crunch with the quinoa. Then you bite into it you get to the soft onion ring in the middle. The BBQ sauce was the perfect dipping sauce for these, thanks to the waiter’s recommendation! Seriously, I could go on and on about how great these were. If you’re in the area you should definitely stop by and try these.
- I ordered their monthly-special salad, which had too many delicious things to remember them all.
The ginger dressing was another welcomed recommendation from the waiter. Let’s see… it had all sorts of sprouts, sweet potato rounds, tofu, all sorts of colorful kale, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, goji berries, broccoli… ohhh so many things to remember!
- Matilda and I had quite an adventure that day.
- Finally got back to the hotel to enjoy the rest of the salad.
- And Matilda got a giant doggie cookie after enduring her first subway ride.
- On our last night in Toronto we met up with my mom’s co-workers at a Hungarian restaurant.
The only options I could have were the salads, aside from this creamy mushroom dish with tomato sauce that didn’t sound appetizing to me. I ordered the spinach salad with fresh fruits and an orange-yogurt dressing. It was actually quite tasty! Not very filling, but what did I expect? I had another restaurant picked out for me and my mom to enjoy, but she wanted to meet up with her co-workers who were already at this place. To be honest, I was upset about not being able to enjoy an actual dinner together, especially on our last night. Oh well. Atleast the company was fun!
- So my last night in Toronto entailed a yummy salad and a microwaveable soup.
- The next morning involved quick packing.
- All the while little Matilda was relaxing on her pillow.
So that was my trip to Toronto! It was very low key, but it was nice to atleast be introduced to Canada. If I go there again I’d like to do things a little different so it’d be easier for me to get to places, so I can experience it more. Ever have a vacation that you’d just want to do over?
I’m extending the Restaurant.com giveaway till next Wednesday. Who in the D.C. area wouldn’t like to get a $25 gift-certificate to any of the restaurants on the D.C. guide list?! What’s better? I’m giving away four. So I’ll repeat the rules:
1. Browse through the Washington D.C. restaurant guide, and let me know which restaurant you’d like to go to.
2. If you have a blog you can mention this giveaway in a post.
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Each of these counts as an entry so please make sure to notify if me if you share this on Twitter. Good luck! The giveaway officially ends next Wednesday 13 July, 2011 at midnight.