Not quite dim sum but quite the treat.

Not quite dim sum but quite the treat.

It’s a once a week, absolutely-every-week-that-we’re-there, tradition in Toronto. I’m talking about dim sum at lunch. Those wonderful little Chinese treats, steamed or fried, three or four to the serving, that date back to the 10th Century tea houses on the Silk Road...
Might this be the next McDonald’s?

Might this be the next McDonald’s?

“Suckin’ on a chili dog outside the Tastee-Freez.” It wasn’t John Mellencamp playing when I walked into Chilli Billy. It was Jackson Browne and “Running On Empty”. Which was exactly how my stomach was feeling after foolishly (OK, stupidly) neglecting to eat...
Good to the very last scrape.

Good to the very last scrape.

I’ve seen crèpes suzette, bananas foster and cherries jubilee. I’ve seen desserts that bubbled, that sparkled, that smoked. But I’d never seen anything quite like this. We’d already had five courses. But we’d split them. And there were three of us. So there was...
Good fish. Good chef. Good sushi.

Good fish. Good chef. Good sushi.

Through most of my 18 winters in San Miguel de Allende, finding good sushi has been a battle. And, usually, a losing battle. Those days though may now be over. More and more Mexico City money is coming to town and that money is being used to open new restaurants on an...
Still the best bargain brunch in town.

Still the best bargain brunch in town.

“I know you’ve written about it before. But you’ve got to write about it again. Nobody reads what you wrote three years ago. When it’s this good it deserves repeating.” Don Day’s Wife said that. In a tone of voice that could be almost called raised. We were at Hank’s...