Category Archives: Tacos

CNE 2013

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Qinn

The Canadian National Exhibition, better known as The Ex or CNE, is one of the attractions we visit every year. In addition to offering a multitude of shows, shopping, music, and games, the food at CNE has always been one … Continue reading →

Posted in Dessert, Street, Tacos, Toronto, Vegetarian | Tagged blooming onion, canadian national exhibition, cne, colossal onion, fair, fish tacos, Food, fried, funnel cake, gourmet gringos, midway, poutine, summer, tacos, the ex, Toronto | Leave a comment

Future Tastes of Toronto 2013

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Qinn

Formerly known as 1000 Tastes of Toronto, Future Tastes of Toronto is the food aspect of Luminato’s numerous events. The event changed this year as they incorporated an educational aspect, pairing up chefs from various Toronto restaurants with classes at … Continue reading →

Posted in BBQ, Burger, Dessert, Festival, French, Gelato, Meat, Mexican, Pizza, Sandwich, Seafood, Street, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged 1000 tastes of toronto, burger, cavatelli, chippy's fish and chips, distillery district, event, Festival, fish and chips, Food, future tastes of toronto, gelato, harbord room, lamb, luminato, mad mexican, mussels, pasta, pure spirits oyster house and grill, shrimp, soma, soup, supi cucu, tacos, Toronto, umami, vertical restaurant | Leave a comment

Seven Lives & Pancho Y Emiliano

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Qinn

While places like La Carnita and Grand Electric receive most of the taco hype, there are plenty of other places for tacos in Toronto. Of the many taco options in Kensington Market, we were most interested in Seven Lives, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Drinks, Meat, Mexican, Seafood, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged churros, fish, Food, kensington, kensington market, mexican, octopus, pancho y emiliano, patio, Restaurant, seafood, seven lives, shrimp, so cal, tacos, Toronto | Leave a comment

TO Food Fest 2012

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Qinn

The last food festival we attended this summer was the TO Food Fest which amazingly, was held in Scarborough. Bringing a not-specifically-Asian food festival to Scarborough is quite an achievement! However, we were even more impressed at their selection of … Continue reading →

Posted in BBQ, Burger, Chinese, Dessert, Drinks, Festival, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Meat, Noodles, Sandwich, Scarborough, Seafood, Street, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged arancini, backyard kitchen, bacon, bake'n, baking, bao, baoss, beef caldereta, big moe's, brazilian pastel, burger, cannoli, casa manila, chicken gizzards, Comida Del Pueblo, cookies, cornbread, cupcake, dessert, Festival, filipino, Food, Francesca Bakery, gala's hot sauce, garlic, grilled cheese, grub, hot sauce, how bout those meatballs, indonesia, italian, jamie's cracked corn, juicy lucy, kettle corn, lobster, macaron, marathon coffee, Marathon Donuts & Coffee Shop, markham, Mary Macleod, mashi, meatballs, milk tea, oey trading co, Pavitra restaurant, pork adobo, pork belly, potato, rice, rodney's oyster house, samosa, scarborough, shortbread, sisig fries, sliders, stew, tacocat, tita flips, to food fest, Toronto, veal cheek, What’s Your Cupcake? Muffin!!! | 2 Comments

1000 Tastes of Toronto 2012

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Qinn

The first festival we went to this summer was Luminato’s 1000 Tastes of Toronto, an annual event that has moved from Harbourfront to Queens Park, King West, and finally to the Distillery District this year. The Distillery has been the best … Continue reading →

Posted in BBQ, Dessert, Festival, Gelato, Meat, Mexican, Sandwich, Seafood, Street, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged 1000 tastes of toronto, arancini, clam strips, cookies, Festival, Food, fried, gelato, hot dog, lamb, milagro, oysters, pasta, quinoa, sake, shortbread, soma chocolate, street, sweet escape patisserie, tacos, tappo, Toronto | 2 Comments

Night it Up 2012

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Qinn

Night it Up took place well over a month ago, but hey, summer is full of distractions. For more timely round-ups, check out the photos on BlogTO. There’s a lot more to night markets than stinky tofu! Night markets are … Continue reading →

Posted in BBQ, Chinese, Dessert, Drinks, Festival, Japanese, Markham, Meat, Noodles, North York, Seafood, Street, Tacos | Tagged beans and cornbread, churros, Food, food trucks, lobster, lobster roll, marhkam, night it up, night it up 2012, night market, poutine, sandwiches, sliders, stinky tofu, tacos, takoyaki, Toronto | 1 Comment

La Carnita

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Qinn

When La Carnita, famous for their pop-up events finally opened their physical restaurant, we expected line-ups down the block. Thankfully, when we arrived at 6, the restaurant was surprisingly large (compared to Kinton or Raw Bar) and no waiting was … Continue reading →

Posted in Dessert, Drinks, Meat, Mexican, Seafood, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged churros, Food, La Carnitas, paletas, Restaurant, tacos, Toronto | 5 Comments

Jang Bang

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Qinn

This post is embarrassingly late, as we visited the-awesomely-named Jang Bang… last December. Named after the Jang brothers who own the bar, we stopped in last year to try their Korean Taco sampler plate. As a fan of both Korean … Continue reading →

Posted in Drinks, Korean, Meat, Mexican, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged bar, college st, Food, jang bang, korean, korean tacos, Restaurant, tacos, Toronto | Leave a comment

La Carnita’s UNO

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Qinn

Writing posts in a timely manner clearly isn’t our forté, but La Carnita’s UNO was an event, so here’s a rare exception. The challenge with most gallery openings is… how do you keep the cool kids from leaving, after making … Continue reading →

Posted in Festival, Mexican, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged Festival, Food, La Carnitas, mexican, tacos, Toronto, tostadas | 1 Comment

Grand Electric

Posted on February 6, 2012 by phyllopastry

We decided to visit Grand Electric as a group of three in order to be able to eat everything on the menu (except for salad and desserts). Our 1.5 hour wait time was spent at the Gladstone Hotel, sharing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mexican, Tacos, Toronto | Tagged Food, fried chicken, grand electric, mexican, parkdale, Restaurant, soup, tacos, Toronto, tostadas | 1 Comment