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Good veggie eats in TO?
So, I've been staying in Kitchener for about a week on business and am going to escape this weekend and spend a couple nights in d/t Toronto. I've been having a really hard time in Kitchener finding vegetarian options (my Caesar salad the other night was covered with bacon bits ... oy!). I'm hoping there are some good choices in d/t Toronto. The joint doesn't need to be 100% vegetarian ... just looking for a place with good options. I do eat wild fish ... but it must be wild, not farm raised. I also consume dairy products (am not vegan). I'm traveling alone, so probably am looking for something laid back, but I have high standards for food preparation ... so the place must be better than "good." That's why I've come to you for the answers! Enlighten me, if you will.
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I'm a vegetarian, too, (though I will eat wild seafood if pressed) and I've always had luck at Davey's with them preparing items without meat. I had scampi last time I was there, but have had a pasta dish there too (perhaps it was an alfredo that I had them leave the chicken out of). I've also just had a larger version of the wedge dinner salad and loved that. Their blue cheese is delish.
Cioppino in the City
Okay, you're right and I (blush) probably didn't give Tadich a fair shake ... especially (as klyeoh points out) since it was my first visit and as you so rightly pointed out ... I probably really don't understand SF cioppino. So, points well-taken.
I guess that's why I was trying to elicit suggestions in the first place. Is Tadich's cioppino held up as a SF favorite and an excellent example of your city's cioppino? If so, I may just be inclined to only order bastardized versions of cioppino in other cities. If there's better SF cioppino out there, I'd like to know where I should visit.
I've edited my comments on my cioppino site about Tadich. I made it clear that I had only visited the joint once and that I may be quite ignorant when it comes to true San Francisco cioppino.
I agree with your complaint that some of the cioppino recipes on my site aren't even true cioppino. Hey, they submitted 'em and I posted them out of respect to the chefs.
But here's the thing that I really like about this exchange: you don't even think cioppino is all that great, but you're still pretty passionate about it all ... and I think that's pretty cool.
Scoma's is a definite spot on my next visit. I've heard about it a couple of places.
Cioppino in the City
Have not tried Rose Pistola's yet. Tell me more about it.
I've seen the word "cioppino" on menus from Toronto to Miami to Vancouver to Palm Springs.
Cioppino in the City
Yeah, yeah ... I know ... I'm a Southern Californian and probably don't know my cioppino like you Bay Area foodies. Actually, it is my favorite food of all time. To me, it is like eating liquid gold ... that is, if it is good cioppino.
On a recent trip to the city, I had a recommendation to stop in at Tadich Grill and try their cioppino. I was really disappointed. Not only was my cioppino just so-so at best, but the servers were arrogant and aloof. The whole experience was so disappointing to me, I created a website (bestCIOPPINO.com) to try and catalog people's cioppino experiences from across the globe.
I'm headed back to your fine city and wonder where I should dine for the city's best and most authentic cioppino. I like my clams purged, the mussels to be buttery soft, the sauce should be rich and tomatoey, the crab (if present) should be in the shell, and it is always a nice touch if there's a good hint of bay leaf.
It's 8:55 in the morning and I should be craving cioppino at this hour ... but I am!
Looking forward to your help.
DT Seattle Birthday Cakes
Ah, yes, you are correct: Kauai Family Restaurant is the name. Yeah ... Georgetown is a bit too far ... but I would hire a cab for haupia cake. But, I'm with you .. and leaning towards Macrina.
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I actually love Pommes Frittes and think the service there is quite good. I do love their mussels and find them better than Zin.
For me, Zin is hit or miss. I'm done with it. I had a bad experience there recently. I think they're shooting above what they really are.
Others in this thread have shot-down Cuistot. Again, I disagree. I love, love, love their lobster pot pie and the service has always been outstanding ... definitely the best we've experienced in the valley and we've lived here more than a year now.
As far as Matchbox goes, their pizza is pretty good. I've had it a few times and have learned to ask them to go easy on the use of capers.
I love it when my mother-in-law comes out to the desert because it gives us an excuse to head to Davey's Hideaway. Call me a freak ... but I love the old school atmosphere and my food is generally very good. Ah ... the comforting memories of years gone by.
DT Seattle Birthday Cakes
The short story is that I'm a native Washingtonian that couldn't take the rain and clouds, moved to sunny Palm Springs, but am coming back in October to celebrate my 40th b-day with family and friends. We're going to stay downtown at a Belltown hotel and have my b-day dinner at a restaurant near Pacific Place.
SO ... I need to arrange a cake for myself (yes, I'm a total control freak!) and we won't have a car and don't want our guests to have to pick up said cake.
Lots of time to plan all this out, so I thought I'd check with all of your opinionated souls and see if anyone can recommend a 1/4 sheet cake option in Belltown/Downtown that would be easy enough to cart over to the restaurant. Oh ... and the cake should be tasty. I like 'em old fashioned, not too sweet, moist, and yummy. K?
Right now, Macrina's red velvet cake has me salivating. And I've heard good and bad about Kauai Cafe (I do have a weakness for all things Hawaiian, esp. coconut cake).
We lived in Tacoma (gasp!) and Gig Harbor (sniff!) and would always get our cakes at Affairs in T-town, but am at a loss for d/t Seattle cakeries.
Suggestions?!?
