Tag: Toronto

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Kost

So this rooftop was on top of the hotel I was staying at (The Bisha Hotel). Got breakfast and dinner (plus drinks).

For breakfast (which $60 per day was covered by the hotel since I booked through Amex), got their breakfast special. I will say the scrambled eggs were a bit more runny than I wanted, so I would get it again, but tell them to make it less runny.

For dinner + drinks, got an expresso martini which was great (asked them to put no sweetener / simple syrup). Also got macallan 12 (actually got a bunch of them because at the time, the LCBO was on strike!). For dinner just got the bread plate and tacos (tried both the beef and chicken). Will say that I would probably try something else instead of the tacos next time.

Also, as you can see from below the rooftop view was great. So will be coming back.

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Bar Hop

We stopped by this place on King and Spadina, and I will say I learned things from their menu, which is why I’m actually making an entry.

The picture below kinda helps describe where the various whiskeys are from. Will say Speyside use where most of mine are from. It even describes some of the flavors to expect.

Would come back here again.

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Char No5 Whisky and Cocktail Lounge

This place is in the Marriott near King and Blue Jays way. We wanted to go to a whisky place near king and Spadina, and looks like we found a decent one.

They had flights, so ordered one that samples various whisky’s (Japanese, Irish, Scottish, and Canadian). The bartender seemed to know what he wa stalking about when describing them. We also got a full shot of the Bushmills since that was a pretty interesting Irish whisky.

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Akira Back

Ok, so this place was awesome. Had a good vibe, and I really liked the food.

For two people, I recommend getting all of the following: wagyu tacos, sashimi platter, protein roll, King Crab fried rice, and show me the roll.

Next time I think I would also get the Rock shrimp to try.

For drinks, since they had toki, got a toki highball.

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St. Lawrence Pizza and Pasta

So stopped by here on a trip to Toronto for lunch when exploring St. Lawrence Market.

The recommendation from the person was either the ravioli or the lasagne. She let me sample the ravioli (which tasted great). I ended up getting the lasagna with half meat and half regular sauce with Parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Definitely would get it again (but would get the ravioli next time to try as a full meal.

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Blue Blood

We checked out this place for drinks (which is inside Casa Loma). It’s also a restaurant too, which I need to check out at some other point in time (as I was leaving, I caught a glimpse of a delicious lobster tail).

For drinks, we started off with a nitrogen infused drink (it had whisky and some other sweet liqueur). It tasted great (and our friend knew the bartender, which made it that much better). I also grabbed a second drink, but don’t really remember it.

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Marbl

So we tried this place on Boxing Day since it was the one of the only places open for dinner. And man, I definitely am glad we went here.

We ended up ordering the Marbl share platter, which included a 48oz steak, lamb, scallops, shrimps, potatoes, broccoli with cheese, and fries. Everything tasted great (and I didn’t even mind the lamb). Drink we’re also great (but not sure what I ordered).

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Founder Bar

We had some quick drinks at this place before heading out to see Arty at Union in Toronto.

I only had one drink (not sure what it was, but it was good enough for me to want to remember this place by posting about it on this blog).

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Pickle Barrel

This place I also went to a lot when I was in University. Unfortunately, except for the drink I got, the food was not up to par (I’m willing to go back, but definitely will order other things).

I got the lychee lemonade, which of course was great because of the lychee in it.

For my main food I got the French onion soup (or good at all), and the Pesto chicken fettuccini (which was ok, but not ordering it again).

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Fushimi

Interestingly enough I didn’t take any pictures of this all you can east sushi place. It, it was I think worth it for around $30 Canadian for dinner.

It had all the traditional AYCE dishes, and you order them on an iPad.