Sado Sushi has become many people's favourite neighbourhood restaurant. My kids never want to go anywhere else, and we're there every couple of weeks. The food is consistently good and the service is wonderful -- owners Sonny and Lisa have become good friends with their regular customers, and there are lots of them.

I'd recommend that you order a la carte, rather than omakase. There are so many wonderful things to choose from, use being in a group to your advantage and order lots!

Enjoy your meal!

That's the right number, Bueno. How do you like to prepare them, by the way?

I had some tonight at Cowbell, sourced from Antony John's farm -- Soiled Reputation -- in Sebringville, near Stratford.

They were delicious.

I'll have to agree with Lazar and the others. The food is mediocre, but the place is always crowded. The only thing I like on the menu is the bruschetta bosco -- a white pizza topped with mozzarella, dressed salad greens and goat cheese.

Autogrill, directly across the street, is a much better choice, and Sette Mezzo down the street, just west of Bathurst is great, too. For pizza, Pazzo on that stretch of Eglinton is terrific.

And, for a higher end Italian meal, Il Mulino is one of the best in the city.

Vey is mir! I agree with you totally, embee -- Ms. Morgan's "theories" as to the evolution of smoked meat, bagels, etc. in Toronto, Montreal and New York City are totally groundless and preposterous. Too bad her editor didn't catch her glaring idiocy.

Feh! Mir ken brekhen!

Sado Sushi on Eglinton just east of Allen Rd. makes fabulous fried ice cream, served in maple syrup. Their non-dessert food is excellent, too.

We had a fabulous lunch at Treadwell's in Port Dalhousie a few weeks ago. It's a lovely restaurant on the water, serving farm-to-table cuisine.

www.treadwellcuisine.com

I've tried Amaya and, while the ambiance is nice, I found the food to be mediocre.

There's a great Indian restaurant called Khana Khajana, located in the very unlikely location of Bathurst just north of Steeles, on the east side. The food is excellent and freshly prepared, albeit not the nouvelle Indian that many here seem to be after.

I have been to La Vieille Europe and, though there's nothing quite like it here, your best bet might be The Cheese Boutique. They have lots of imported cheeses, smoked and cured meats, and a greats selection of imported products from overseas.

They also carry a nice variety of locally made condiments from small producers in Niagara, Prince Edward County and other regions, as well as a small selection of Ontario and Quebec cheeses.

Mila you might want to check out this Foodland Ontario site, which shows availability of various fruits and vegetables by month. It won't be a solid indicator of what the markets will have, but it will give you a general idea of what's coming into season.

http://www.foodland.gov.on.ca/availab...

embee, beef ribs for 5 hours on your new smoker = delicious! I buy my beef rib racks at Nortown.

OOH! Please tell me the eclair was filled with luscious, not-too-sweet, freshly whipped cream rather than custard.

I heard this was in the works. What nobody here has mentioned yet is the name of the chef behind this initiative by Il Fornello. Owen Steinberg, the original co-owner and chef at Jov Bistro on Bayview, has creating and is executing this new local, seasonal menu.

Il Fornello has made a very wise move here. Let's hope others will follow suit.

The Village Restaurant in Forest Hill Village (Spadina, between St. Clair and Eglinton) makes a great club sandwich with real turkey. Other old-time favourites like liver and onions, chef's salad (The Big Salad a la Seinfeld), good breakfast specials.

Your might want to try Restaurant Didier, on Yonge just north of St. Clair. Although I haven't been there for Sunday brunch, I have had a couple of very good dinners there.
http://www.restaurantdidier.com/site/...

That stretch of St. Clair is not known for great restaurants.

It should be noted, however, that Fressen is not a buffet restaurant.

I was at a small "green" fair at Cedarvale Park yesterday, and came across a company - The Clean Food Connection - that delivers organic produce and other natural products in the GTA. They will customize your order to suit your needs, including the delivery of only locally-grown produce.

http://www.cleanfoodconnection.com/ca...

The problem with Le Commensal is that, as far as I know, nothing is cooked on-site. It is all prepared in their facility in Laval, Quebec, and shipped here, so nothing is freshly made.

Hamachi kama is the only cooked dish I order at my favourite sushi restaurant. It's grilled until the skin is crisp and the inside is just cooked through. It's absolutely addictive. I usually use my chopsticks to scrape the flesh off the cartilage, and I have no qualms about picking up the cartilage to get every last bit.

The hamachi kama is not even on the menu, but was brought to our table as a free offering on one of our visits. I've been ordering it ever since.

Here you go, tomgrrrl: http://www.harvestontario.com/pyo.html

Pascale, although I haven't been there recently, I've always enjoyed my meals at Cantine, on Avenue Road just south of Davenport (http://www.cantine.ca/ ).

You're right - that works out to about 0.04 per gram. I pay 58.95 for a 5-pound bag at Qi Natural Foods, which works out to just under 0.026 per gram. Quite a price difference!

I did go in there the other day for an espresso (very good) and picked up a pineapple zucchini muffin, which was wonderful, along with a bag of their really delicious chocolate covered almonds. The muffin and chocolate almonds were noticeably less sweet than one usually encounters with these products -- which, in my mind, made them vastly superior.

I haven't been yet, but I've been using Just Us! coffee beans at home for a couple of years now - fabulous coffee.

Just Us! is a Nova Scotia-based co-op coffee roaster that roasts only fairly traded beans.

Hey, kawarthagirl! Aside from The Brickworks and St. Lawrence North, the following farmers' markets in the GTA are open on Saturdays:

Withrow Park: 725 Logan Ave., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.;
Etobicoke Civic Centre: 399 The West Mall, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
Weston: GO Train parking lot (Weston & Lawrence), 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
The Village Organic Market: 9100 Bathurst St. (Toronto Waldorf School), 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The following are open on Sundays, as mentioned:

Distillery District: 55 Mill St., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
Liberty Village: 34 Hanna Ave. (at East Liberty St.), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
NOTE: The Liberty Village market is one of only two in Canada (the other is at Woodbine Centre) that have a "certified local" designation.

Check out the FoodShare website for more info on farmers' markets:
http://www.foodshare.ca/farmersmarket...

The best Indian food I've had recently has been at the recently opened Khana Khajana, on Bathurst just north of Steeles (in a little plaza on the east side). The food is extremely flavourful, non-greasy, and the portions are huge. Just make sure to ask for your food to be prepared spicy; otherwise, the heat level is toned down.

Don't forget Jerusalem, on Eglinton a few blocks east of Allen Rd. The food is wonderful and, best of all, consistently so.

When we moved to Toronto from Montreal almost 11 years ago, we were very surprised that restaurants here did not have what is referred to in Montreal as a "table d'hote." In Montreal, a table d'hote carte is found on the front page of most restaurants' menus, and one has the option of ordering from it, or from the regular a la carte menu. Rather than it being "prix fixe," though, each main course has a different fixed price (this makes sense, since lobster and filet of sole should be priced differently), and one chooses the appetizers and desserts from an accompanying list of options.

Here in Toronto, the only time I"ve encountered it is at Bistro Tournesol and Le Paradis.

We've had two great meals at the recently opened Khana Khajana, on Bathurst just north of Steeles (east side). Excellent food, just be sure to ask for it hot; otherwise it's extremely flavourful but not very spicy.

No, it doesn't seem to be necessary. I rub it generously with a dry rub (whatever combination of herbs and spices that grab my attention at the time) and grill it to medium-rare. The last time I made it, I sliced it across the grain and served it atop a large salad, brushed with some chimichurri I'd picked up from El Gaucho Sausage Co. at the Saturday St. Lawrence market.

You might want to give vacio steak a try. I've bought it at The Healthy Butcher and it's marvelous - extremely rich in flavour, tender without being textureless like filet mignon, with a great amount of marbling. It's an Argentinian cut of beef similar to hanger steak (I'm not sure exactly where it's cut from).

It's quite expensive, but worth every penny.