Papa Ceo's Pizza

The classic dilemma: Cora's or Papa Ceo's? Opted for Papa Ceo's... and not disappointed... still making massive slices of pizza, and now they've got thin-crust pizza sandwiches that they're making.... we all vowed to eat only half, and save the other for lunch the next day.... but I think some of us had a better go at that than others...

Flip, Toss and Thai

An affordable place to eat on Harbord, after you've passed the Splendidos, the Messis's, the Kensington Kitchens, etc etc...
Apparently quite popular with the take-out crowd at U of T... prices are reasonable, food is made fresh... had some reasonably priced, and quite tasty cold rice wraps, and fresh spring rolls... the dipping sauce could be better... it reminded me of ketchup with sugar added.. um... where was the fish sauce (despite the fact that it is slaves who collect the fish heads to make the fish sauce....)?

Jumbo Empanadas

Eating here in Kensington with an authentic Argentinian who told me that their food was pretty authentic, makes it a pretty good deal... they really are quite big and generous for the price that they charge... full of shredded (instead of chunked) chicken, eggs and olives... good times, good times...

Lick's

Ever since they shut down the downtown Lick's to make way for Dundas Square, I had not had a Lick's burger... that changed when I made it out to the suburbs at Leslie and York Mills and made it into a Lick's... got myself their Nature Burger, the veggie/vegan pattie that they have... after being spoiled by the Works (still, I think, a gold standard in burgers) and the Griffin, it was a refreshing change to have a burger actually have ketchup and relish on it... good burger... nice to see families sitting around having burgers and fries (well, maybe not their choice of food, but at least the 'eating together' aspect of it) around their little booths....

The One

This is one of the newer Thai/Asian fusion places to crop up along Yonge St downtown. It's nice and clean, and has a really large menu for a place so small. I, of course, ordered the pad thai, which was not red coloured. That's a first bonus.
My dining companion had a very fresh-looking mango salad. The pad thai was actually good; not cloyingly sweet, not ketchup-y.

Queen Slice Pizza and Pita

Why did we pick this joint? Probably because the only other options on the stretch of College St just south of the University is pretty bleak: a couple of pubs, and a Subway. This, I think, used to be College Grill, but is now a pizza and pita place. Obviously, that's a relatively new transition; ordering falafel, they still had no hummus, no tabbouleh and no tzatziki... sadness...

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Not the downtown one, but the Mississauga one. And no, I didn't eat steak. I had the fish. Holy cannoli, here's somewhere you can eat and roll right out of the resto... the fish was massive... I didn't want to ask how big the fillet was, but it certainly was about twice the size of what should rationally be eaten at one meal.... though it was a touch on the dry side...The mashed potatoes, though I am not a potato fan, were really really good. Real parmesan on the Caesar, which is a plus.

Bocca

A little upscale cafe-style restaurant, again on the Baldwin strip (I must've exhausted this street by now!).
Trying to keep it light: ordered the calamari, which came with a very nice spicy tomato salsa. However, it also came with a disappointingly large grilled piece of bread. I think it would have been nicer if they had sliced the bread a few more times before grilling it...

Yamato

This is one of the myriad sushi/teppanyaki steak houses in Yorkville. Unfortunately, we went to celebrate a very sad occasion. However, the food was good; I had the grilled salmon, which was accompanied by some really really good grilled vegetables.