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09/02/2026

It’s no secret that I love cheese and I love to chit chat so this was a memorable meal.

Throwback to Greece last September with Zai where we got to chatting with this restaurant owner Kostas and his friend Dimitri over dinner.

It ended up being one of our favourite meals in Athens, partially because it felt like you were dining outside your cool uncle’s house. The ingredients were so fresh and the dishes were so tasty.

Ta Filarakia is a neighbourhood Taverna in the Neos Kosmos area in Athens run by one kind man for 11 years.

So nice meeting & chatting with you and your friend :)

We ate:

Saganaki
Fried Feta
Dakos Salad
Meatballs with fries

Anytime there’s a stewy eggplant dish on the menu, Sarah and I are ordering it.Went to Parkway Restaurant Parkway Restau...
08/25/2026

Anytime there’s a stewy eggplant dish on the menu, Sarah and I are ordering it.

Went to Parkway Restaurant Parkway Restaurant for Persian food and the Kashk-e Bademjan immediately caught our eye. It’s an Iranian dish with a base of roasted eggplant, topped with a layer of kashk (fermented and strained yogurt or whey) and sweet caramelized onions. It was super garlicky and minty, the smokiness of the eggplant really came through and the dish was so creamy and tangy because of the kashk. What a dream.

We both can’t stop thinking about how good this was!

We also got the Vaziri Leg Kebab Plate which came with a koobideh skewer, a chicken leg skewer, and saffron basmati rice. The skewers were so juicy and flavourful, a great portion size for sure.

They also gave us bread and what we assumed was cheese to start. Looking back I assume it could have been the strained yogurt/whey solids left because of how crumbly and tart it was. We loved everything we ate, and can’t wait to go back.

Had dinner at The Pape Village Greek Restaurant Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant the other night. Amanda and I agr...
08/11/2026

Had dinner at The Pape Village Greek Restaurant Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant the other night. Amanda and I agree this was some of the best Greek food we’ve had in Toronto. 

The chicken souvlaki was SO JUICY, the chicken gyro had all the crispiest cuts, the roasted lemon potatoes in particular were such a highlight, the horiatiki village salad (re: the most perfect time of year to enjoy a tomato salad) was so fresh and the amount of feta on Amanda’s side salad was generous. The tzatziki served with both was so flavourful and so thick. 

Olive oil and balsamic on the table too.

Will definitely be back soon for more of the menu! Specifically the lamb chops...saw another table get them and they looked great. 

We got:
- Horiatiki Village Salad with Chicken Gyro
- Chicken Souvlaki Entrée (comes with rice, potatoes, greek salad, bread)

08/09/2026

After work granita cup tonight is Ontario Cantaloupe (it’s backkkkkk!!), Barese Cucumber (grown in Ontario as well), and Pistacchio di Bronte (an icon) — con panna💫

Quite cool that the Italian cucumber and cantaloupe are the SAME SIZE and grown locally. How lucky are we! ‘Tis the season for incredible produce.

Good things grow in Ontario, and taste even better in the form of granita😉

Give me cheese, salumi, olive oil soaked bread, and a limoncello spritz in the sunshine paired with a friendly local cat...
08/07/2026

Give me cheese, salumi, olive oil soaked bread, and a limoncello spritz in the sunshine paired with a friendly local cat💫

Sapori di Puglia, a board of assorted meats and cheeses from the region — from Paninoteca Pane e Mozza in Alberobello

Jenn Jennifer and I went to PEC for the day yesterday (thanks for all your recs!!!!) and we ended up at Flame and Smith ...
08/07/2026

Jenn Jennifer and I went to PEC for the day yesterday (thanks for all your recs!!!!) and we ended up at Flame and Smith Flame + Smith for dinner, as she’d been wanting to check it out for a while and so many people said it was a must when visiting PEC. Always a fan of woodfire cooking.

We went for the 4 Course Chef’s Menu ($110pp) and I think if you’re making the trip from Toronto like us, it was so worth it and great value for what you get, which is a choice of appetizer, then starters, sides, a main and dessert.

Choose from a seafood or charcuterie platter app, we went with seafood and got PEI oysters, Patagonian wild shrimp and torched albacore tuna. Seafood was so fresh!

Next we were served starters of the Torched Albacore Tuna (again) and Niagara Peach with Culatello. We both wished we got to try a different dish rather than be served a larger portion of the tuna again so we could experience more of their menu, but the verdita sauce and charred corn really were so delicious and complementary to the tuna.

The roasted peaches unfortunately didn’t have a sweetness or juiciness to them that you come to expect with a stunning Niagara peach, but could have had endless pieces of that culatello.

Caprese Salad with heirloom tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella. I loved the pistachio butter served with it and the raspberries. The kind of dish you want bread with to soak up all the sauce!

If you come here I think the steak frites is necessary. The ribeye was gorgeously cooked, melting like butter with every bite and speaking of butter, the maître d’hôtel butter on top really brought it all together, the thyme inside was lovely. The fries were also such a highlight. Definitely our favourite course!

With this we were served a side of roasted beets with toasted pecans and a blue cheese foam that I found a bit overpowering, but also, I’m just not the biggest blue cheese fan.

For dessert, the warm Niagara peach cobbler with lemon verbena ice cream will live rent free in my mind. Simple, rustic, the best way to end the meal.

Even though we were STUFFED, we had to scrape that dish clean.

Special mention to our cocktails, I had the off-white negroni and it was giving

07/29/2026

Last week Wendy Wendy (She/Her) sent me a reel from Jess | Toronto Content Creator where fresh mapo tofu was made to order in front of you and we pushed it to the top of our list of spots we’ve been meaning to visit!

HAKO Noodle Bar HAKO | Noodle Bar is located inside Carbonic Coffee on Dundas West (Trinity Bellwoods location), note that this mapo soon tofu dish is only available after 5pm.

They managed to create a recipe that allows for fresh soy milk to turn to soft silky tofu in 5 mins. Because it’s made fresh it is a little watery, but I think that’s to be expected with fresh tofu, the ground pork was very tasty too!

Couldn’t just have one dish, we also shared their Deluxe Abura Soba. This is a variation of brothless ramen, the egg noodles are made locally in Toronto and have great chew! The proteins (chashu, chicken, bean curd, egg) were marinated so well, they were sooooo flavourful.

Service was also very friendly :)

Burger Drops is popped up in a trailer in the parking lot at 30 Hanna Avenue (just down the street from the shop) with ...
06/30/2026

Burger Drops is popped up in a trailer in the parking lot at 30 Hanna Avenue (just down the street from the shop) with a special hot dog menu for FIFA!

Haven’t had a hot dog since I got stuck in Montreal last year and ate probably a dozen steamies in a week lol. 

Choose between a classic or chili cheese dog, they are AAA Canadian Beef and we loved that the cheese was actually a crispy layer instead of just shredded on top.

Speaking of love, their toppings section was the best because they gave you the option to add their own house condiments like sweet tomato relish, spicy pepper relish, and their signature Drop Sauce🔥

I believe they’re only open for June, so not much time left to try one. Shout out to for putting this on my radar✨

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807 Gerrard Street East
Downtown Toronto, ON
M4M 1Y5

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