Karelia Kitchen – TORONTO – 2013 03 27

Tags

Almond Cake, Almond Praline, Atlantic Salmon, Baby Shrimp, buttered rutabaga, Buttermilk, Cape Gooseberry, carrots, Cold Smoked, Cookie Combo, Creemore, Dill, Flatbreads, Flourless Chocolate, Frangipan, Grapefruit Chip, Kellerbier, Lamb Shanks, Lemon Mayo, Pear Chip, sauerkraut, Smokehouse, Sponge Cake, Tart, Vegetarian Platter, William. Premium Cider

Vegetarian Platter $12.95

KARELIA KITCHEN

Bloordale/Brockton/Wallace-Emerson 1194 Bloor Street West Toronto Ontario M6H 1N2 +1-647-748-1194
Sandwiches/Subs, Eastern European $$
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 am to 9:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Twitter: @KareliaKitchen

Creemore Kellerbier $6.00

Creemore Kellerbier $6.00

William Premium Cider $6.00

Tasting sample Cold Smoked Atlantic Salmon and Cheese

Baby Shrimp with Lemon Mayo and Dill $10.00

Smokehouse $16.00

Smokehouse $16.00

Smokehouse $16.00

Smokehouse $16.00

Smokehouse $16.00

Vegetarian Platter $12.95

Vegetarian Platter $12.95

Vegetarian Platter $12.95

Vegetarian Platter $12.95

Lamb Shanks with sauerkraut, buttered rutabaga and carrots $16.00 (The chalkboard menu reads “Braised Lamb Shanks” but there was only one shank)

Lamb Shanks with sauerkraut, buttered rutabaga and carrots $16.00 (The chalkboard menu reads “Braised Lamb Shanks” but there was only one shank)

Buttermilk Sponge Cake with Almond Praline

Buttermilk Sponge Cake with Almond Praline

Flourless Chocolate/Almond Cake

Flourless Chocolate/Almond Cake

Frangipan and Cape Gooseberry Tart $4.00

Frangipan and Cape Gooseberry Tart $4.00

Cookie Combo $5.00

Almond Butter Biscuit, Ginger & Black Pepper Snap, Macadamia Nut Shortbread, Cherry Filled Hazelnut Thumbprint Brown Butter Sand Cookie with Chocolate Ganache Lemon/Lime Cookie

Desserts

For Sale

The Menu

The Menu

The Menu

The Bill

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Bar Isabel – Toronto – 2013 03 22

Tags

Amador Garcia, arancini, Basque Cake, Blanco, bone marrow, Boozy Cream, Boquerones, bread, brown, Brown Butter, Butter, Casa Ermelinda Frietas, Charcuturie, Chicken Wing, chips, chorizo, Cured Meat, Devilled Duck Egg, duck egg, Escabeche, fish, Giardiniera, Giardiniera Pickles, Ham, hollandaise, House Mustard, Ibérico Chorizo, Ibérico Salchichon, Iberico, jalepeno, Mixed Grill, Morcilla, Moscatel de Setúbal, olives, Peñagudo Blanco, Pickles, Piquillo, Pomegranate, Quail Egg, Rioja, Roast, Roast Squash, Romaine, Salchichon, Salt Cod, Salted Chocolate, Sausages, Smoked Ham, Spain, Squash, Tomato Adobo, Whiting, Whiting Fish, yogurt

Devilled Duck Egg, Salt Cod, Morcilla, Hollandaise 5

BAR ISABEL

Little Italy/Portugal Village 797 College Street Toronto Ontario M6G 1C7 -+1-416-532-2222

$$$ Spanish Tapas Late Night
Open every day 6:00 pm to 2:00 am

Co-Owners Grant van Gameren and Max Rimaldi,
Manager Guy Rawlings
Bar Tender Mike Webster

Co-Owners Grant van Gameren and Max Rimaldi,
Manager Guy Rawlings
Chef Brandon Olsen (has moved on)
Sommelier and Assistant Manager Mik Piltz
Bar Tender Mike Webster

Twitter: @BarIsabel797<xx/a>
Twitter: @GrantvanGameren<xx/a>
Twitter: @King_of_Ginger<xx/a>
Twitter: @guy_rawlings<xx/a>

Amador Garcia, Peñagudo Blanco 2011, Rioja, Spain 9/40

Mixed plate, 16

Mixed plate, 16

Bread, 3; Olives, 5; Giardiniera Pickles, 3

Bread, 3

Olives, 5

Giardiniera Pickles, 3

Roast Bone Marrow, 8

Roast Bone Marrow, 8

Devilled Duck Egg, Salt Cod, Morcilla, Hollandaise 5

Devilled Duck Egg, Salt Cod, Morcilla, Hollandaise 5

Chips, Boquerones, Piquillo, Jalepeno, 9

Chips, Boquerones, Piquillo, Jalepeno, 9

Chips, Boquerones, Piquillo, Jalepeno, 9

Chips, Boquerones, Piquillo, Jalepeno, 9

Salt Cod Arancini in Tomato Adobo, 13

Salt Cod Arancini in Tomato Adobo, 13

Mixed Grill Sausages, 18

Mixed Grill Sausages, 18

Mixed Grill Sausages, 18

Mixed Grill Sausages, 18

Basque Cake & Boozy Cream, 7

Basque Cake & Boozy Cream, 7

Salted Chocolate, 5

Salted Chocolate, 5

Casa Ermelinda Frietas Moscatel de Setúbal 2009, 5

The Menu

The Menu

The Menu

The Menu

The Bill for Two (Gratuity $22.00)

Second Visit (2013 03 24)

Lighting Décor

House Mustard, a Guy Rawlings creation

Ibérico Chorizo,6 and Ibérico Salchichon, 5

Ibérico Chorizo,6 and Ibérico Salchichon, 5

Chicken Wing Escabeche, 10

Chicken Wing Escabeche, 10

Smoked Ham, Quail Egg Escabeche, Romaine, 9

Smoked Ham, Quail Egg Escabeche, Romaine, 9

Roast Squash, Yogurt & Pomegranate, 6

Roast Squash, Yogurt & Pomegranate, 6

Whiting Fish & Brown Butter, 8

Whiting Fish & Brown Butter, 8

The Bill (for two Gratuity $9.00)

Shangri-La Banquest Hall – Markham – 2013 03 20

Tags

bacon, Ball, Bean, Black, Black Bean, Chicken, Chicken Feet, Conpoy, Cuttle, Cuttle Fish, Dim Sum, Egg, Egg yolk, Feet, fish, Fried Dough, Garlic, Garlic Sauce, Lobster, Lobster Puff, Noodle, Octopus, Pancake, Peanuts, Puff, pumpkin, Ribs, rice, Satay, Satay Sauce, sauce, sesame, Sesame Ball, Shrimp, Siu Mai, Spare, Spicy, Steamed Rice, Sticky, Sticky Rice, sweet, tentacle, Thai Sauce, yolk

28. Steamed Rice Noodle with Conpoy & Fried Dough L $4.90

Shangri-La Banquet Hall

50 Esna Park Drive Markham Ontario L3R 1E1 +1-905-475-6571

3. Siu Mai with Conpoy L $4.90

3. Siu Mai with Conpoy L $4.90

10. Octopus in Satay & Garlic Sauce L $4.90

10. Octopus in Satay & Garlic Sauce L $4.90

12. Chicken Feet in Special Sauce S $2.90

12. Chicken Feet in Special Sauce S $2.90

14 Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce S $2.90

14 Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce S $2.90

19. Sticky Rice with Conpoy L $4.90

19. Sticky Rice with Conpoy L $4.90

28. Steamed Rice Noodle with Conpoy & Fried Dough L $4.90

28. Steamed Rice Noodle with Conpoy & Fried Dough L $4.90

34. Lobster Puff SP $7.00

34. Lobster Puff SP $7.00

38. Bacon & Shrimp in Thai Sauce L $4.90

38. Bacon & Shrimp in Thai Sauce L $4.90

44. Spicy Cuttle Fish tentacle XL $5.90

44. Spicy Cuttle Fish tentacle XL $5.90

52. Sweet Pancake with Peanuts L $4.90

52. Sweet Pancake with Peanuts L $4.90

53 Sesame Ball with Pumpkin & Egg Yolk M $3.90

53 Sesame Ball with Pumpkin & Egg Yolk M $3.90

The Menu

The Bill (Gratuity $11.00)

Electric Mud BBQ – Toronto – 2013 03 09

Tags

50, antique signage, Bellwoods, Butter, Cheese, Chicken, chicken legs, chicken thighs, Coleslaw, Crack Rolls, Deep Fried, Draft, draft taps, Garlic, Honey, Hot Links, Labatt 50, long ribs, Matchbox, mayo, Mayo-based, Pale Ale, Peanut, Peanut-Crusted, Pickled, Ribs, Sausage, Smoked, Smokey, Southern Style, Souvenir, spread, Sticky, Sticky Ribs, Style, Taco Lyfe, toothpicks, vegetables, whipped, whipped butter

Smokey Garlic Hot Links Sausage served on a cheese style spread $8.50

ELECTRIC MUD BBQ

Parkdale 5 Brock Avenue Toronto Ontario M6K 1L4 +1-416-516-8286

Barbecue (Not Really)  $$
Hours Wednesday to Sunday 5 pm to 11 pm Bar open until 2 am
Cash only, no reservations

@ElectricMudBBQ (NOTHING THERE)

Labatt 50 Draft $6.00 Bellwoods Taco Lyfe Pale Ale Draft $7.50

Crack Rolls with smoked whipped butter $3.50

Peanut-Crusted Sticky Ribs $13.50

Peanut-Crusted Sticky Ribs $13.50

Southern Style Deep Fried Chicken with pickled vegetables (two legs and two thighs) $8.50

Southern Style Deep Fried Chicken with pickled vegetables (two legs and two thighs) $8.50

Honey accompaniment for Fried Chicken and Mayo-based Coleslaw $3.50

Mayo-based Coleslaw $3.50

Smokey Garlic Hot Links Sausage served on a cheese style spread $8.50

Smokey Garlic Hot Links Sausage served on a cheese style spread $8.50

View on one side of our table. On other side we could make out the detail in the tattoo showing above her jeans

The front

The kitchen

The draft taps

Antique signage

The Bar

Décor

Décor

The Menu March 9, 2013

The Menu March 9, 2013

The Menu March 9, 2013

The Draft Menu March 9, 2013

Souvenir Matchbox full of toothpicks

Souvenir Matchbox full of toothpicks

The Bill for two (Gratuity $10.00)

Dragon Dynasty Chinese Cuisine – Toronto – 2013 03 08

Tags

B.B.Q., Bun, Cake, Deep Fried, Dumpling, Dumplings, fish, Fish Roe, flour, Fried, leaf, Lotus, Lotus Leaf, Meat, Pork, Pork Bun, Pork Dumplings, rice, Rice Flour, roe, roll, rolls, Shrimp, Shrimp Dumpling, Shrimp Sauce, Spring, Spring Roll, Squid, Steamed, Sticky, Sticky Rice, Turnip, Turnip Cake

(S) Steamed B.B.Q. Pork Bun $2.00

DRAGON DYNASTY CHINESE CUISINE

2301 Brimley Road Toronto Ontario M1S 5B8 +1-416-321-9000

Capsule Review “We were not impressed. Much better dim sum in Markham. And, at Grand Chinese Cuisine Double Tree Hotel 655 Dixon Road Toronto”

Chinese, Dim Sum
$$$ Cash only

(M) Deep Fried Shrimp Spring Roll $2.60

(M) Deep Fried Shrimp Spring Roll $2.60

(L) Steamed Rice Flour Rolls with Shrimp $3.30

(L) Steamed Rice Flour Rolls with Shrimp $3.30

(L) Sticky Rice with assorted meat wrap in Lotus Leaf $3.30

(L) Sticky Rice with assorted meat wrap in Lotus Leaf $3.30

(M) Pork Dumplings with Fish Roe $2.60

(M) Pork Dumplings with Fish Roe $2.60

(M) Steamed Turnip Cake $2.60

(M) Steamed Turnip Cake $2.60

(M) Steamed Squid in Shrimp Sauce $2.60

(M) Steamed Squid in Shrimp Sauce $2.60

(L) Shrimp Dumpling $3.30

(L) Shrimp Dumpling $3.30

(S) Steamed B.B.Q. Pork Bun $2.00

(S) Steamed B.B.Q. Pork Bun $2.00

The Dim SUm Menu (Small Medium Large)

The Dim Sum Menu

The Dim Sum Menu

Business Card

Bill for Two (Gratuity $4.00)