Tagged: chapter7foodforthought

Toronto - Vietnamese Subs to Asians is what a hot dog is to Caucasians... Good cheap food. When I brought home one of these delicious snacks last night, my roommate Brian was all like 'That looks good, what is it?'. In that moment of time, I realized that not everyone on Earth knows what a Vietnamese sub is, and that I, and I alone, must share that knowledge..via this blog post. So I guess a few more people will know what this is. Vietnamese sub is a french bread/baguette filled with meat and the following ingredients: pickled [...]

Toronto - It's been awhile since I've written about my other love(s) - food & Hong Kong. Recently purchases of Fruitips in Chinatown have me inspired to assemble a list of foods I had whilst growing up in Hong Kong (aka the best city on Earth). Here we gooooooooooooo Yakult - My absolute favorite drink growing up. I still buy a dozen of these when I go visit HK every so often. They have them here, but its not the same. What is it? I let [...]

Last week Billy Bob Thornton gave a now famous interview with Jian Ghomeshi on the CBC radio show, Q. Hmmm, this reminds me of another similar incident….what was it…oh yah the, the Joaquin Phoenix interview on David Letterman. In both cases, the interviewee become very difficult for the interviewer. We also see two very different strategies by the interviewer (Letterman and Ghomeshi) to handle their difficult guest. Lets compare. The biggest difference after watching both interviews is the way my gut felt when they were over. After watching the Letterman/Phoenix interview I felt satisfied. [...]

I hate remixes. I suppose that it's because I have a hard enough time trying to keep up with new music that I don't need to try and keep up with new remixes of new music that I haven't even heard yet. However, these days I am really into bands from Halifax, Final Fantasy and small intimate shows. Which brings me to this... Halifax based The Darcys are kicking off a three month Canadian tour this Thursday night, March 26th at the Whippersnapper Gallery. To help promote the tour, the band is [...]

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They stand on opposite corners on Harbord Street, just east of Bathurst. At 189 Harbord stands Pizza Gigi, a Harbord Street institution for 30 years, critically acclaimed in some circles as one of the best pizza joints in town. How they must look out their large front windows at relative newcomer Mama B's, who mock them with their sign's slogan "Second to None," with sheer hatred. You can almost imagine the owners of the two storefronts glaring at each other across the street, occasionally leaving the safety of their restaurants to hurl curses and balls of mozzarella at one another. [...]

1132 Dundas St. West, Toronto, ON Located in what amounts to be the heart of the new hip new strip known as Ossington/Dundas, the Lakeview Diner appears to be a great little place to have that post bar/pub/club meal after a night of trying to be cool in this hipster infested area. Before I review this place, a little history lesson is in order. Actually, just read this blogTO article about it. It'll save me time. Basically, it was a diner that had been around since the 1930s, closed last year, reopened by yuppies. Here is [...]

817 Queen Street West, Toronto ON Toronto - Occupying the space that used to be known as the Gypsy Co-Op, the Dog's Bollocks opened up sometime in the past year or two and marketed itself as a no frills bar with cheap beer. How cheap you ask? Pitchers are as cheap as 10 dollars. So it is with the promise of cheap booze and the novelty of a new pub that me and my peeps descended upon this bar on a cold winter night. Beers - The Dog's Bollocks definitely has its [...]

1173 Dundas St. E (Dundas and Carlaw) Toronto, Ontario Toronto - Last week, me and some peeps had the chance to go grab a drink in the east end, something we don't really do too often. Looking for a casual low key affair, we stumbled upon a hole in the wall(if that wall was an intersection kind of place) bar/lounge on the corner of Dundas and Carlaw called "Lolabar". Seeing no other options in this industrial wasteland area, we decided to take our chances. Beers - Two options available - Creemore and Steamwhistle. [...]

Toronto - In honor of the longest allstar game in Major League Baseball history, the Panic Manual decided to our longest podcast ever - a whopping 57 minutes!. Topics covered include Rogers Picnic , Steamwhistle Unsigned , upcoming shows, Sigur Ros, our favorite cds so far of the year, the 2 year rule and the Opera House. Have a go at 'er and let us know what you think! 1. The Jealous Girlfriends - Roboxulla 2. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes Remix) 3. Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur [...]

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167 Niagara Street, Toronto, ON, M5V1C9 Toronto - Being a season ticket holder for Toronto FC , I am always searching for a good place to grab grub before a game. Let me tell you - I have found a pretty good pub. Actually, credit goes to my friend Brent for doing that. The Old York is a little ole pub located on Niagara and Wellington, a block south of the crappy Foggy Dew and the awesome Canadian Corps Legion Hall. I have been there a few times now, and here's my take. [...]

Toronto - For a burnt down restaurant, Sassafraz is boiling hot. We decided only recently to try out Summerlicoius - not because we are poor - but that we are relatively poor. If one can pay $35+ for dinner one could hardly go to the street-people and honestly pat him/her on the shoulder in camaraderie. In any case, the place doesn't need an effort to be snobbish, and I'm sure no one is immune - this was definitely not your mom-n-pop bistro. No matter how rich you are, the whole point of being there is to gently stroke [...]