Toronto Eats: Bar Begonia

Bar Begonia

Tomiko passed her CPA exam, so the whole family went to the nearby Bar Begonia to celebrate. Bar Begonia is a Parisian cocktail bar by Anthony Rose, a restaurateur who has several restaurants along Dupont St (as well as other neighbourhoods) in Toronto. The building is a weird, almost ziggurat shape that has been empty […]

Poutine Buffet Bar Party

Poutine Bar Buffet Party

  Ryan loves poutine, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had some incarnation of it every week. Poutine is a Quebecois dish that only became available in the rest of Canada in the past few years. Basically, it’s a bowl of French fries dotted with fresh cheese curds and dripping in gravy. The hot gravy […]

Easy Peasy Edamame

Easy Peasy Edamame

Edamame are green soybeans that are eaten as a bar snack in Japan. At parties, we often include a platter of boiled edamame in their pods as an appetizer. You can buy them frozen, in their pods or shelled. The ones in their pods are a great finger food, while the loose shelled ones are […]