Food. Book. Forest

October 5, 2010

First visit to King’s Cafe

I finally went to King’s Cafe (192 Augusta Ave) today after multiple recommendations from other people. I was in the neighbourhood after grabbing a soy latte from Dark Horse Espresso Bar so it made sense to head over to Kensington Market to grab a bite to eat. I had sampled...

October 4, 2010

Toronto: 3rd Annual Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off and Nuit Blanche!

Oh Toronto, what a day! A Vegan Bake-Off and Nuit Blanche all in one Saturday! Yesterday in early afternoon I went over to the Harbourfront Community Center for the 3rd Annual Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off presented by the TVA. A group had already stated gathering outside the gymnasium doors, and...

September 28, 2010

It’s good to have friends.

My awesome amazing friends invited me over for dinner and made this delicious Seitan Piccata from Veganomicon. I’ve made no secret of my crazy love of olives, so having a dish with seitan, mashed potatoes covered with a tart delicious wine sauce, capers and olives was total heaven. The thing...

September 24, 2010

The Toronto Coffee Conspiracy – Manic Coffee, Crema Coffee and Mercury Espresso Bar

So I was going to start out by saying, I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker, but I have and will likely always be a coffee drinker on one level or another. I’m just in denial about it. Lately, I’ve been actively going to the independent coffee places in...

September 23, 2010

Live Organic Food Bar – Rawvioli, Tempeh Crab Cakes, and Raw Sushi.

I had planned on going to Nazareth (the Ethiopian restaurant, which is about four minutes away from the Ossington Subway station) last night, but it was closed! At least I wasn’t the only one that walked up, saw the sign and frowned. Two women dressed in suits walked up… and...

September 21, 2010

Coffee Time.

A cafe that’s been getting a lot of buzz lately is Snakes and Lattes, the boardgame cafe, on Bloor. I wanted to check it out to see what all the fuss was about and find out if they had anything for me to eat. Well. They don’t. If you’re vegan,...

September 17, 2010

Fun in Toronto – Magic Oven (again), Sneaky Dee’s (again!), More TIFF stuff, and Kale Restaurant.

It’s been an amazing few days. I had the opportunity to be an event scavenger for a few TIFF screenings after some friends were either too burnt out, or just not able to attend films. I saw Tamara Drewe the new one from Stephen Fears (which I didn’t like) and...

September 13, 2010

The Weekend at the Vegetarian Food Fair (and TIFF!)

Saturday was a beautiful day for the Vegetarian Food Festival put on by the Toronto Vegetarian Association in Harbourfront Center. It remained bright and sunny until really late in the day. I got there early, right before it really got crowded, and snacked on a bunch of things (perhaps too...

September 11, 2010

A Daytrip to Niagara Falls

Last Sunday I went with four international couchsurfers for my first real visit to Niagara Falls. The only other time I saw them was on a night run to NYC in passing. I was happy to go with other newcommers because I got the impression from talking with other Torontonians...

September 8, 2010

Everything and Everything – More Poutine, but not much else.

Well, the last few days haven’t been devoid of activity, I’ve just been entirely too tired to post about them. That and not much food was involved, beyond my new favourite: Poutini’s (Late night dubstep and vegan poutine! Can’t go wrong there) I made a long awaited visit to the...