Restaurant Listings
When I fall for a new restaurant, a pet project develops. The mission: to return again and again, tasting as many dishes as possible, each one as many times as possible, until I’ve practically documented the entire menu. Perhaps it’s a little OCD of me, but I hope that you benefit from my mania.
Local favourites
This list features only restaurants that I have come to love after many repeat visits. How much is many? 1 visit a year for several years at minimum; several times a week at best (with cravings more often than that).
- Alpha Global Sushi & Bar
- PHAT Deli
- Memphis Blues
- Yopo Cafe
- The Dutch Wooden Shoe Cafe
- La Creperie Bretagne
- Raincity Grill
- Paros Taverna
- Takis Taverna
- Ebi Ten
- Mondo Gelato
- Savary Island Pie Company
- The Eatery
- Pho Tan
International favourites
Sometimes we don’t have the luxury of going to a restaurant more than once. Usually it’s because it was during a once-in-a-lifetime trip to a faraway land. Sometimes it’s because we, like most others, can’t afford to spend over $100 a person unless there’s a blue moon out. These restaurants are worthy of a mention here simply because my mouth still waters whenever I think about them. (Then I lament the reality of a limited budget and the 3 measly weeks a year of paid vacation.)
- Rice Paper (Hong Kong)
- Savor (San Francisco)
- La Marée Verte (Paris)
- Bouchon Bistro (Napa Valley)
- Bacchanalia (Atlanta, GA)
- Fude (Winnipeg, MB)
The jury’s still out
These are places that I am either still investigating or have classified as borderline. Regardless, I’ve frequent ed them enough to have documented their menus to a reasonable extent, so they merit their own restaurant listing.
- Kolachy Co.
- Glowbal Grill & Satay Bar
- Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar
- Rugby Beach Grille
- Northern Delicacy









