Restaurant: Commensal
Where: 655 Bay street, Toronto
Stars: 3.5/5
Price: $$-$$$
Summary: A buffet of over 100 dishes in a large, comfortable and casual atmosphere.
Commensal is a large casual restaurant. It's great for families or if you're by yourself and don't want to be rushed eating. You can sit at a table with your food and read a book, and no one will really bother you.
It's a self serve buffet, which is great because of all the options. But if you're me, your eyes are bigger than your stomach. And one food of plate, desert, and drinks can add up.
The food itself, ranges. There is everything from veggie lasagna, to salads, setain, tofu stir fry, noodles, rice, daal - you name it, it's there. It's very much 'comfort homestyle cooking'. All the food is vegetarian but it is all listed so that you know if it has eggs, dairy or if its gluten free, which is helpful. The food is fresh and well prepared. I wasn't totaly blown away though. There was nothing 'wrong' with the dishes, in fact it all tasted good...but not great. There was nothing orginal, or particulary clever or outstandingly delicious. It was all nice home cooking. Which is great if that's what you're looking for. You won't get many surprises here.
There is a fantastic desert lineup though. It has everything from brownies to cakes to tapioca pudding. There's so many options at Commensal it's hard to know what to choose, especially as a first timer.
Buen Provecho!
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Toronto's Fresh
Restaurant: Fresh
http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/
Where: Toronto Canada
Stars: 4.5/5
Price: $
summary: Great casual restaurant with healthy choices and wonderful drinks and deserts. Standard veggie cuisine with a flaire!
I've been living in Toronto for two months, and have been hearing about a restaurant called 'Fresh' by everyone I meet. It seems to be a favorite amongst Veggies and Non-veggies alike. There are three locations in Toronto and they all have the same menu and more or less the same Health-food-lover/student/casual/laide-back/busy atmosphere.
I've been to Fresh about five times now, and have never been disappointed. The food is really healthy and ranges from the typical brown rice dragon bowls, to various types of veggie burgers, wraps and salads. The menu is quite standard 'Veggetarian-Healthy' which can sometimes be boring. But the great thing about Fresh is that all the dishes are really well made: good quality ingredients, great flavors, huge portions. They try to be really origional with all their recipies and they give A LOT of different options. For example there are 5 different types of veggie burgers, all totaly different tastes depending on what your mood is. Want cheese? You got it! Lactose intolarant? No worries here's soy cheese. Or no cheese. Feel like a rice bowl but without the rice? That's fine, you can have noodles. You get the point.
They also have a few 'original' recipies, mostly appetizers like the Chick pea dosa, and the Avocado and white bean dosa (a take on the South Indian crepe dish).
Another great thing about fresh is their looooooooong list of drinks. I'm not just talking about wine and beer, but they have tons of smoothies, hot infused drinks, fresh juices etc. They are generally priced at about 5 or 6 dollars a drink.
Finally desert. As most vegans know, it is hard to find good cakes without eggs. Generally eggless cakes are dry and flat. But not at Fresh. They have the most delicious carot cake I have ever eaten! It's moist and fluffy and is topped with a cream cheese icing. Heaven! They also have a great Chocolate fudge cake, and a lovely assortment of fluffy, sweet cupcakes, as well as banada cakes, cookies etc..
Their cakes surprisingly are not only all eggless, but are totaly vegan. They are not made with milk, butter or sugar. How? I don't know. But they're delicious. They also have some wheat free options as well, which aren't quite as soft and moist but are pretty good.
So, if you're in Toronto and you're hungry and don't want to disspointed go to Fresh. It's healthy, well made food in a relaxed atomosphere. The staff is really friendly and they even a have a few cookbooks on sale in case you want to take Fresh home with you.
Buen Provecho!
http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/
Where: Toronto Canada
Stars: 4.5/5
Price: $
summary: Great casual restaurant with healthy choices and wonderful drinks and deserts. Standard veggie cuisine with a flaire!
I've been living in Toronto for two months, and have been hearing about a restaurant called 'Fresh' by everyone I meet. It seems to be a favorite amongst Veggies and Non-veggies alike. There are three locations in Toronto and they all have the same menu and more or less the same Health-food-lover/student/casual/laide-back/busy atmosphere.
I've been to Fresh about five times now, and have never been disappointed. The food is really healthy and ranges from the typical brown rice dragon bowls, to various types of veggie burgers, wraps and salads. The menu is quite standard 'Veggetarian-Healthy' which can sometimes be boring. But the great thing about Fresh is that all the dishes are really well made: good quality ingredients, great flavors, huge portions. They try to be really origional with all their recipies and they give A LOT of different options. For example there are 5 different types of veggie burgers, all totaly different tastes depending on what your mood is. Want cheese? You got it! Lactose intolarant? No worries here's soy cheese. Or no cheese. Feel like a rice bowl but without the rice? That's fine, you can have noodles. You get the point.
They also have a few 'original' recipies, mostly appetizers like the Chick pea dosa, and the Avocado and white bean dosa (a take on the South Indian crepe dish).
Another great thing about fresh is their looooooooong list of drinks. I'm not just talking about wine and beer, but they have tons of smoothies, hot infused drinks, fresh juices etc. They are generally priced at about 5 or 6 dollars a drink.
Finally desert. As most vegans know, it is hard to find good cakes without eggs. Generally eggless cakes are dry and flat. But not at Fresh. They have the most delicious carot cake I have ever eaten! It's moist and fluffy and is topped with a cream cheese icing. Heaven! They also have a great Chocolate fudge cake, and a lovely assortment of fluffy, sweet cupcakes, as well as banada cakes, cookies etc..
Their cakes surprisingly are not only all eggless, but are totaly vegan. They are not made with milk, butter or sugar. How? I don't know. But they're delicious. They also have some wheat free options as well, which aren't quite as soft and moist but are pretty good.
So, if you're in Toronto and you're hungry and don't want to disspointed go to Fresh. It's healthy, well made food in a relaxed atomosphere. The staff is really friendly and they even a have a few cookbooks on sale in case you want to take Fresh home with you.
Buen Provecho!
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