The Great Canadian Food Experience - My Canadian Love Affair with Tandoori Sopes
This month's challenge in the Great Canadian Food Experience is called Canadian Love Affair. Hmmmm We have covered so many aspects of what constitutes Canadian cuisine. We have talked about regional specialities and food traditions from our families and our childhood and I just keep coming back to the fact that Toronto is a melting pot of every type of international cuisine imaginable. This is the city that introduced me to pho and to Ethiopian food. I learned the difference between a Punjabi butter chicken (the most common regional cuisine served here in North America) and the dosa, a staple of Southern India right here in the city. You can get authentic Iranian food at the Persian Plaza for lunch and then pop over to J Town on for some imported Japanese groceries and grab some bibimbap at The Galleria on your way home. We also have a huge Italian community which means we have an endless array of authentic Italian restaurants and grocers serving the commun...