Restaurants in Toronto?

Someone wrote:
: Where to go and what to eat in Toronto?  I have to spend a week there : and I would love to have some good restaurants picked out before I : arrive.  On a non-topical note, I would also appreciate any ideas on : live music venues/clubs/etc. to check out. E-mail me any ideas on : these, since to clog up this newsgroup with off-topic discussion is : not my intent.

I've sent him a list of my favourite restaurants (I've posted it here before so I won't repeat it), but for anyone with WWW access interested in Toronto restaurants, there are now two Toronto restaurant guides on-line:

   Toronto Life Magazine's restaurant guide:
       http://www.inforamp.net/tl/restaurant/index.html/

   Toronto's WWW Restaurant Listings
       http://www.symsol.com/food/

One of the best restaurants in Toronto (or anywhere for that matter is "Lotus". The chef's name is Suser Lee and he's being wooed to open a place in NYC. Very pricey but worth every cent.

From The Toronto Film Festival Web Page -and you know how those film people like to eat!

"LOTUS- 96 Tecumseth St Tel 504 7620 Serious haute cuisine with a modern slant."

Movenpick's "Marche" Restaurants are fun to go to. There are a two or three in the city. The concept is different.  Many open display stations where they display and  cook a variety of foods. Very good quality.  If looking for a different type of restaurant experience this is a good choice. Many operators attempting to copy this concept in the US.

Someone wrote:

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I just got back from my first trip to Toronto.  If you want a very interesting evening I can recommend the Sultan's tent for Moroccan food but beware the food isn't all good.  A lot of the stuff we had was good but a few things were awful.  Stay away from the b'stila at all costs. :-)  The atmosphere is the best part and we had a ball what with the belly dancers and the birthday sparklers and the bizarre Moroccan version of Happy Birthday (seems about 6 different parties in the restaurant that night had birthday's and so about every 15 minutes the staff would put on the bright lights and traipse out with a tray containing a couple of burning sparklers in a holder, which they set down in front of the birthday person, while the loud speaker system played the birthday song (the rest of the patrons all began singing along) and the owner snapped a polaroid picture.  It was hysterical.  Anyway, I recommend the cucumber soup, the eggplant salad, and the cous-cous or chicken tagine.

We had lunch at Indonesia and the food was very good except for the gado-gado.  They have Indonesian and Thai about half and half.  I was disappointed that the gado-gado was so pathetic (basically just lettuce with peanut sauce) because it's practically my favorite Indonesian dish of all time.

We had dim sum at Dynasty and it was very interesting. A little expensive but the portions are very large.  They have a very extensive selection of dim sum dishes - probably half of which I've never seen before.  Things like boneless chicken feet and baby octopus.   (They were so cute!  But I didn't eat them.  Someone else ordered them.  I would never eat them but they were quite cute to look at.  I brought some home for my cat.  We'll see tonight she like octopus or chicken feet. ;-))  Anyway, I tried lot of things I'd never seen before. Some I like and some I didn't.  It was a fun experience though.

I loved Kensington market and I got roti with goat filling, a Jamaican beef patty, and a Chilean empanada to bring home.  Can't wait to try them.

Have fun.  It's a beautiful, fun city.  Little ethnic restuarants everywhere. Average 3 per block everywhere you go. ;-)

Kate