Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Roncesvalles
Spend a year working from home and you'll start looking at cafes with new eyes. Mine always dart around for available plugs because no matter how much caffeine you consume you won't last long if there's no place to keep your laptop juiced up with…More »
Categories:
Canadian (New),
Breakfast & Brunch
Neighbourhoods: West Queen West, Beaconsfield Village
Four words to ecstasy: Milk Chocolate Passionfruit Pudding.
I could go on about how luscious and dreamy this pot of heaven was; sweet and tart with a thickness unlike any pudding I've had. Honestly though, describing this pudding's ethereal qualities…More »
It's rather impossible to stay at the Gladstone and not compare it to the Drake. I love the Gladstone's common areas, their beautiful hand-cranked elevator (the only one still in operation in Toronto), and the wide staircases that lead up to the…More »
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
From across Queen Street I spotted Simple Cafe and it quietly called out to me. I think it was the empty table bathed in sunlight near the window that lured me in and once inside I admired the clean white space and raw feeling of the wood tables. The…More »
Category:
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
The non-coffee offerings at Mercury are quite uninspired. I gave 'em back my chai because it tasted like water with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. It was replaced by a decent enough hot chocolate.
But hey, it's an espresso bar so I can't fault these…More »
Categories:
Coffee & Tea,
Sandwiches
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
The offering of raspberry iced tea with or WITHOUT sugar was the first thing about Tango Palace to charm me and their stable, free wifi and cozy furniture kept me smitten.
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"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell"
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Yelping SinceSeptember 2005
Things I Loveyou, genmaicha, hammocks, hotel bars, ashtanga yoga, hapas, fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice, the pacific ocean, champagne, i18n, train travel, stripes, chilaquiles, braids, hugs, chèvre, bucatini all'amatriciana, naps, lago di como, kitsune udon
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Why You Should Read My ReviewsI was born with a reliable antenna of social trends and epicurean longings
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My First Concertwas put on by a boy band which enjoyed massive success in the early 1990s
My Favourite MovieLife Is Beautiful; Tony Takitani; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Don't Tell Anyone Else But...Sleep is my secret weapon (and I know my passport # by heart.)
Most Recent DiscoveryA unique (and edible) Norwegian invention called Smash!