Seafood Taverna “H Akti”, Nea Iraklia
This is my first official entry from Greece and yes, it’s hot, the food tastes fantastic (especially those garden tomatoes) and I’m enjoying the company of family and friends. Our home is in Nea Kallikratia, Halkidiki – by the sea. One of the neigborhood towns is Nea Iraklia, just 6 km. north of Nea Kallikratia. […]
Estiatorio Volos
Torontonians know and love The Danforth for the string of Greek restaurants, cafés and bakeries that line Danforth Road and spill out on Pape Avenue. Next month the Taste of the Danforth opens up the streets and shop fronts and over a million people pass through Toronto’s Greektown to sample the best of what the […]
Bloom in Bloor West Village
Toronto is a city made of neighborhoods and many of the immigrants who decided to make this city their new home would often live in among their own people. One such neighborhood is Bloor West Village and although much of Toronto is well-integrated, Bloor West Village still has evidence of old the Ukrainian neighborhood. Interspersed […]
Nea Folia “Η Νέα Φωλιά”
Tucked into one of the narrow roads in the Turkish Consulate neighborhood of Thessaloniki sits “Nea Folia” or “new nest”. Nea Folia is near the intersection of Kassandrou and St. Sophia and then you have to locate its actual location which is at the corner of Aristomenous & Kassandrou. Get to the area and park […]
Kicking-off Spring at Malena
I recently was invited for a preview/tasting of Malena’s Spring menu. The name Malena was inspired by the movie (starring Monica Belluci) and the cuisine is reflective of the ingredients that surround the Ionian Sea. The Ionian is the body of water that lies between Italy and Greece and hence the concept of the two […]
Guu SakaBar
Last year I had the pleasure of experiencing Guu Izakaya that their Church Street location, just south of the “gayborhood” here in Toronto. Guu Izakaya is a Vancouver-based chain of bars that offer Japanese-style small plates along with ice-cold draft beer and an eclectic array of cocktails. From the moment you enter Guu to when […]
House on Parliament…Next Door!
One of Toronto’s old standby’s for pub-grub, hang-out for drinks or actually going out for above-average food on a pauper’s budget has just moved on up the street. Well, actually this pub moved one building south of it’s long-time location on Parliament Street in Toronto’s now desirable Cabbagetown neighborhood. I had resisted writing about House […]
Mr. Pide, Turkish Pizza on the Danforth
When I came back from vacation in mid-September I was already reminiscing about the places I had visited and the smells, sights and aromas at many homes and at eateries. I stayed in northern Greece and traveled to the southernmost point in Greece, the island of Crete. I also took a three day side trip […]
Guu Izakaya
Allow me to begin this post by stating that I have never been to Japan. I do want to visit the “land of the rising sun” but in the meantime, I’ll settle for a little taste of Japan here in Toronto. Guu Izakaya began in Vancouver (5 locations) and they recently opened a location here […]
Kebab “O Thanassis” in Athens
I would be a damn fool if I told you that Greece had a banner year for tourism. It didn’t. In most of the places that I visited you couldn’t tell there’s was a major drop in business, although business owners were harping about the drop in receipts. From the perspective of the tourist, it […]
