Latinada Restaurant, Bar, Tapas Toronto 2012 09 29

29 Saturday Sep 2012

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avocado, baked, Beef, Calamari, carne, Chicken, chilean-style, chorizo, corn chips, Deep Fried, dip, Empanada, Fries, Garlic, guacamole, hand-cut, Olive Oil, paella, saffron, salsa, Seafood, Spicy, spicy paprika, Squid, sweet potato

CHORIZO Grilled spicy chorizo served with tomato salsa $5.00

Latinada Tapas, Bar, Restaurant

1671 Bloor Street West Toronto Ontario M6P 1A6 1-416-913-9716

(PLEASE NOTE: This is my first (and probably last) online review)

LATINADA RESTAURANT BAR TAPAS Bloor Street West Toronto
Latinada located at 1671 Bloor Street West (south side), just east of Keele TTC Subway station in Toronto, serves South American food with a solid Latin flavour. We sat near the front of the restaurant quite far from the bar and the music. The restaurant is quite dark and we strained to read the small print menu in the dark. This is definitely much more a Tapas Bar than a restaurant. Many small dishes are shared during animated conversations and between drinks. You can relax and enjoy the food and drink, dance to the live entertainment or just listen to the music.
Being a Tapas bar and restaurant, we ordered a number of small dishes including guacamole dip made with fresh avocado, coriander, onion and tomato, served with corn chips; sweet potato fries which were hand-cut; Chilean-style baked beef empanada de carne; deep-fried calamari rings (my wife’s favourite) with tomato salsa; grilled spicy chorizo and grilled squid marinated in olive oil, garlic and spicy paprika. Order one or two dishes at a time or they will bring all the tapas at one time and they will get cold quickly. We shared a paella marinara for two (Saffron rice with seafood, chicken, chorizo, zucchini, sweet peppers) which was tasty but contained too much chicken and not enough seafood for its $36.00 price tag. It was Saturday night and the small room was quite full with patrons who appeared to be regulars enjoying both the food and, the live music by Rufino Manuel, Latin Jazz. There is, I think, an art gallery upstairs but we did not take the opportunity to visit.
Alfredo, the owner of Latinada is behind it all. He appears to like hats and was wearing one while we were there. There is a charm to the restaurant which he creates with his outgoing personality. We might just go back.

: GUACAMOLE Fresh avocado dip with coriander, onion and tomato, served with corn chips $8.00

: GUACAMOLE Fresh avocado dip with coriander, onion and tomato, served with corn chips $8.00

: GUACAMOLE Fresh avocado dip with coriander, onion and tomato, served with corn chips $8.00

: SWEET POTATO FRIES Homemade, hand-cut fries $7.00

: EMPANADA DE CARNE Chilean-style baked beef empanada $5.00

: CALAMARI Deep-fried calamari rings, served with tomato salsa $8.00

: CALAMARI Deep-fried calamari rings, served with tomato salsa $8.00

: CHORIZO Grilled spicy chorizo served with tomato salsa $5.00

: CHORIZO Grilled spicy chorizo served with tomato salsa $5.00

: GRILLED CALAMARI Tender squid marinated in olive oil, garlic and spicy paprika $9.00

: GRILLED CALAMARI Tender squid marinated in olive oil, garlic and spicy paprika $9.00

: PAELLA MARINERA for TWO Saffron rice with seafood, chicken, chorizo, zucchini, sweet peppers $36.00

: PAELLA MARINERA for TWO Saffron rice with seafood, chicken, chorizo, zucchini, sweet peppers $36.00

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: CHORIZO Grilled spicy chorizo served with tomato salsa $5.00

Free Times Cafe – Toronto – 2012 09 23

23 Sunday Sep 2012

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Apple Sauce, Baba Ghanoush, Bagels, Beet Salad, Beets, bread, Buffet, Butter, carrots, Cheese, Cheese Blintzes, cottage cheese, cream cheese, Cucumber Salad, dessert, Dill Pickles, French Toast, Fruit slices, Gefilte Fish, Halavah, Hard Boiled Eggs, Herring Tidbits, Horseradish, Hummus, Light Cream Cheese, Lux, Matjes Herring, olives, Olives and Eggplant, Onion, Pepper Sable Fish, Pickles and Tomatoes, Pita Bread, Plain Sable Fish, Plate, Poppy Seeds, Potato Latkes, Potato Salad, Prunes, Rice Salad, Salmon patties, Scrambled Eggs, sesame seeds, Smaltze herring, Smoked Salmon, sour cream, Stewed Apples, Stewed Bananas, Vegetable Salad, Wine Vinegar

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Scrambled Eggs, Scrambled Eggs with Lux (Smoked Salmon), Potato Latkes

Free Times Café
Kensington Market/Chinatown 320 College Street Toronto Ontario M5S 2K3
1-416-967-1078

Homemade Jewish, Middle Eastern and Canadian food
Toronto’s most intimate folk and acoustic venue

Judy Perly Owner and Balabusta

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: Scrambled Eggs, Scrambled Eggs with Lux (Smoked Salmon)

: Scrambled Eggs with Lux (Smoked Salmon), Potato Latkes

: French Toast, Cheese Blintzes, Salmon patties

: Cheese Blintzes, Salmon patties

: French Toast

: Cheese Blintzes

: Salmon Patties

: Various Bagels (Plain, Sesame Seeds, Onion, Poppy Seeds)

: Various sliced Bread, Sour Cream, Apple Sauce

: Cream Cheese, Light Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Butter, Sour Cream

: Cream Cheese, Light Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese

: Baba Ghanoush, Rice Salad, Potato Salad

: Vegetable Salad, Beet Salad, Vegetable Salad

: Stewed Apples & Prunes. Cream Cheese and Lux (Smoked Salmon), Hard Boiled Eggs

: Stewed Apples & Prunes. Cream Cheese and Lux (Smoked Salmon)

: Hard Boiled Eggs, Cucumber Salad

: Baba Ghanoush, Vegetable Salad

: Rice Salad, Potato Salad

: Beet Salad

: Hummus, Olives and Eggplant

: Hummus, Olives and Eggplant

: Pita Bread

: Stewed Bananas

: The Fish and Vegetable Buffet

: Lux (Smoked Salmon) and onion

: Lux (Smoked Salmon) and onion, Olives, Horseradish, Gefilte Fish, Herring Tidbits in Wine Vinegar, Dill Pickles

: Gefilte Fish, carrots, Herring Tidbits in Wine Vinegar, Dill Pickles, Plain Sable Fish. Pepper Sable Fish

: Gefilte Fish and carrots

: Plain and Pepper Sable Fish

: Plain and Pepper Sable Fish

: Matjes Herring, Smaltze Herring Beets and Sour cream

: Matjes Herring

: Smaltze Herring, Beets and Sour Cream

: Herring Tidbits in Wine Vinegar

: Olives, Pickles and Tomatoes

: Olives, Pickles and Tomatoes, Tomato Slices, Cucumber and Onion, Cheese Plate

: Olives, Pickles and Tomatoes

: Tomato Slices, Cucumber and Onion, Cheese Plate, Fruit slices

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: Plate number six desserts

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: Scrambled Eggs, Scrambled Eggs with Lux (Smoked Salmon), Potato Latkes

Momofuku Toronto Premises – 2012 09 22

22 Saturday Sep 2012

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Daishō, Kitchen, Lobster, metal sculpture, Momofuku, Nikai, Noodle Bar, Shangri La Hotel, sous vide, Toronto, University Avenue, Veal Cheek

Veal Cheek – green chill, sichuan

Momofuku Shōtō

190 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario +1-647-253-8000 (Mo-Sat 9 am-5 pm)

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Noodle Bar (No Reservations)
first floor 190 University Aavenue Toronto, Ontario
Lunch everyday / 11:30 am-3 pm dinner everyday / 5 pm-11 pm

Nikai second floor 190 University Aavenue Toronto, Ontario Mo-Sa / 5 pm-11 pm closed sundays

Daishō third floor 190 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario dinner Mo-Sat 5 pm- 11 pm closed Sundays

Shōtō third floor 190 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario dinner / Tu-Sa closed Sundays and Mondays

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: Shangri La Hotel 188 University Avenue Toronto Ontario M5H 0A3, Canada 1 647-788-8888 Hotel entrance is on Simcoe Avenue which is a one-way street southbound from Queen Street West Momofuku Restaurants are entered from 190 University Avenue (outside entrance) (North end of hotel lobby door)

: Hotel entrance is on Simcoe Avenue which is a one-way street southbound from Queen Street West Momofuku Restaurants are entered from 190 University Avenue (outside entrance) (North end of hotel lobby door)