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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on May 18, 2005 16:23:03 GMT -5
Anyone got faves and raves? Or places to avoid on penalty of death?
Here in Toronto, I will vouch for: Sai Gon Palace (excellent pho), Lucky Dragon (Hot Pot only), Jin Peking (delicious northern specialties - ask for the dim sum menu for a tasty sampling experience), Happy Seven (seafood is their thing - also have a definitive hot and sour soup), Sichuan Garden (their lunch menu alone has been outstanding - these people put the pow in kung pao chicken, with 26 whole dried red chilies [with no detriment to the dish's over all flavour]), Dumpling House ($3-$5 for a dozen homemade dumplings - unbeatable), and Kom Ju Yuen (BBQ only - mouth-watering pork and duck, with no funny bits [unless you ask for them])).
P.S. Why is Greek restaurant food so crappy (in general) in Toronto, compared to Montréal? There's over twice as many Greeks in this burgh. Yeah, Cranky, give me the reason—I'm talkin' to you..
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Post by Cranky on May 18, 2005 18:52:12 GMT -5
Yeah, Cranky, give me the reason—I'm talkin' to you.. I'm sorry I can't help you. I have a 5 star cook in the house and she keeps me guessing what culinary greatness will hit the table. Last night she served a terrific three course meal. Started with crackers and pea soup, straight from can, then she served two delicious helpings of spaghetti on slightly aged toasted rye with side of warmed over hot dogs wrapped in well aged processessed yellow cheese and for the finally, for desert, red Jello. As for wine? We enjoyed two glasses each of Ontario Lakewash '05. With haute cuisine like this, why would ANYONE go out to eat? www.toronto.com/best/results/375Try 1, 2 (best), 5, 7, Patris (decent), McDonalopoulos on the corner of Young and Victoria Park and of course, HoChiMing Souvlaki Emporium in Chinatown. |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on May 18, 2005 19:11:28 GMT -5
Yeah, Cranky, give me the reason—I'm talkin' to you.. I'm sorry I can't help you. I have a 5 star cook in the house and she keeps me guessing what culinary greatness will hit the table. Last night she served a terrific three course meal. Started with crackers and pea soup, straight from can, then she served two delicious helpings of spaghetti on slightly aged toasted rye with side of warmed over hot dogs wrapped in well aged processessed yellow cheese and for the finally, for desert, red Jello. As for wine? We enjoyed two glasses each of Ontario Lakewash '05. With haute cuisine like this, why would ANYONE go out to eat? www.toronto.com/best/results/375Try 1, 2 (best), 5, 7, Patris (decent), McDonalopoulos on the corner of Young and Victoria Park and of course, HoChiMing Souvlaki Emporium in Chinatown. To once again quote the immortal Harvey Keitel, "Har-dee-*******-har!" Really, what does a guy have to do to get a souvlaki smothered with thick garlicky, full-bodied tzatziki, instead of this lame thin sauce they serve here. Answer, or forever hold your kebab! Surely, you yourself have noticed this discrepancy (unless you have dealer who delivers you the real stuff)....or are you under some fraternal oath? Hmmm? * You know, back home, even in my old neighbourhood of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, or NDG, or No-Damn-Good, there was Meteora, who served up juicy, olive oil, lemon, and oregano marinated, charcoal grilled lamb kebabs, doused with tzatziki that screamed GARLIC, and if thrown against a wall would stick and stay there, not slide down to the floor, wrapped in a soft bakery-fresh pita. It seems ye kenna get that here, laddie! |
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Post by Cranky on May 19, 2005 0:59:42 GMT -5
or are you under some fraternal oath? Hmmm? ! Yes, we are.......... The way we know each other and get the best food is by the way we pick our ear. Pick the left ear and you get a regular souvlaki, pick the right ear and you get the extra huge serving smothered in tzatziki and birds milk. However, NEVER make the mistake of picking both ears at the same time. That means you are bisexual. As to where...... Go to the northeast corner of Danfort and Chester. Enter the premises from the FRONT door and tell them you know HA the Greek. The you will get the best souvlaki INCLUDING what you can get in Montreal. Don't forget about the ear. Astoria Shish Kebob House 390 Danforth Avenue (416) 463-2838 Also, the much more intellegent half and I will infect investigate all the restaurants on that list starting this weekend. |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on May 19, 2005 2:40:32 GMT -5
Yes, we are.......... The way we know each other and get the best food is by the way we pick our ear. Pick the left ear and you get a regular souvlaki, pick the right ear and you get the extra huge serving smothered in tzatziki and birds milk. Mmmm, pigeon's milk, nectar of the Hobo God Jethro. I don't want to sound greedy, but doesn't that mean you get a double helping? Gotcha. Front door. Right ear. Mention the Greek who the souvlaki is built upon. Ah, the temple's precise location. The souvlaki gods and goddesses indeed move in mysterious ways. But how shall you disguise yourself and your bitter better half as Syrians or Turks, so as not to be shown favouritism in service rendered? (Perhaps it's because I resemble a withered, hunchbacked Albanian with Moorish blood and a penchant for breaking into impromptu recitations of Vogon poetry [even while sober], that I have not been able to wrap my gnarled little paws around an ambrosian souvlaki in this metropolis?) |
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Post by Cranky on May 19, 2005 7:37:54 GMT -5
I don't want to sound greedy, but doesn't that mean you get a double helping? Well.....hmmm....ahh.....if you want to look at it that way! LOL! |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on May 19, 2005 10:44:31 GMT -5
I don't want to sound greedy, but doesn't that mean you get a double helping? Well.....hmmm....ahh.....if you want to look at it that way! LOL! Hey, it was 4AM when I typed that—I had been woken up with a "Spring?" fever, and, uh, wasn't quite feeling myself. Thanks for the secret to street souvlaki success in the Big Smoke! |
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