The Yum Yum Factor

Caffe Un Po di Piu We spirited off for weekend getaway to Montreal to celebrate my birthday. It was pretty last minute and since the weather was going to be terrible whether we went or stayed home in Toronto, we decided we would rather be in a nice hotel in Montreal. Because of the constant rain, we didn't do our usual amount of walking and exploring but we did manage to eat some great food and drink some great cocktails. Snowdon Deli - worth the drive to  Côte-des-neiges Even though I lived in Montreal for five years in my early twenties, I had never been to Snowdon Deli. I was a downtown girl who didn't drive so my life was pretty much bound by Mount Royal and Old Montreal and a trip to Atwater Market felt like a road trip. This time, we hopped in the car and took the trek to  Côte-des-neiges to try out this deli that so many people rave about.  The raving is justified, we all agreed the poutine was one of our favourites to date, the smoked meat was perfec...

Taste of Toronto I don't always love festivals like Taste of Toronto simply because I don't like huge crowds and long lines but I do like good food, so I wasn't going to miss this one. In it's second year, this festival takes over Fort York for four days and turns into a food lover's paradise, with local chefs, breweries, wineries and other sellers of delicious things offering up their best for Toronto to try. Each chef serves three dishes at his/her pop up restaurant and you wander from place to place, spending crowns (basically 1 crown=1dollar and it's loaded onto a refillable card) and catching food demos and wine tasting sessions. As luck would have it, I was leaving for Montreal on Friday night so the only time I could go was for the Friday afternoon session and I am so glad that this is the one I picked. It wasn't crowded, there were barely any lines at all and I could really see everything and if I had been with friends, we could have really t...

You know how you can go eat somewhere that you haven't been for ages and then remember why you used to eat there all the time in the first place? That would be Japango in the Beach for The Kid, right now. After our tasty Easter Sunday dinner last week, we returned for more unagi sushi pizza to end the week.