Posted by Emily Stone, March 5, 2008 at 11:00 AM
The staff at the Vancouver Four Seasons have been known stock VIP suites with chocolate-coated vanilla and smoked Hawaiian sea salt caramels and Earl Grey and blue cornflower bon bons from favorite local chocolatier Thomas Haas (the hotel's former pastry chef). Guests can also call down to the concierge to arrange an "Urban Bites" culinary tour of the Canadian city, which leads through the dim sum parlors of Chinatown and the local produce markets on Granville Island before making a final stop at Haas's headquarters in North Vancouver. Alternatively, industrious chocolate fiends can their own way around Vancouver, where the mild Pacific Coastal climate is incredibly inviting to chocolatiers.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, April 17, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Speaking of street food, the city of Toronto, whose cart-vendor fare is limited by Ontario provincial law to hot dogs and sausages, is seeking a change in those rules.
Guy Rubino, the executive chef at Rain, an Asian-inspired restaurant on Mercer Street in the Entertainment District, addressed the board of health and said that other cities around the world put Toronto's street meat to shame, offering noodle dishes, fresh fruit, and, in Singapore, a delicacy known as frog's legs porridge.
"It's not that the ingredients aren't here," Mr. Rubino said. ". . . it's embarrassing. This city is trying so hard to be world class, but on this topic it is so ghetto."
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Posted by Lia Bulaong, March 5, 2007 at 1:45 PM
"Taste T.O. is a group blog dedicated to covering Toronto’s food and restaurant scene. From burgers to Berkshire pork, greasy spoons to gourmet hot-spots, cheese shops to Chinese take-aways - if you can eat it or drink it, we’ll write about it."
