1,000 Tastes takes over Yorkville
1,000 Tastes takes over Yorkville
While many foodies went to Yorkville’s Toronto Taste last weekend, others gathered at Harbourfront for 1,000 Tastes of Toronto. Part of the Luminato festival, this event also showcased many of the city’s top restaurants, each offering gourmet street food at $5 a pop. We caught up with some of the chefs and restaurateurs who helped add spice and flavour to Toronto’s multicultural milieu, one plate at a time.
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- Executive chef Andrea Nicholson was selling fritto mistos with her crew from Trattoria Nervosa.
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- Although his father wasn’t at the event, Kai Bent-Lee was happy to man the Susur Lee booth, serving up the signature Singapore slaw.
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- Lineups were long at many of the featured vendors, including the one for freshly shucked oysters from Rodney’s Oyster House.
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- Tony Sabherwal, owner of Prerna and Magic Oven, doled out his popular pizzas and butter chicken.
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- Chef Sean Simons piled on the shaved USDA prime rib at Morton’s booth.
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- A good representation of assorted cuisine from Lai Wah Heen, including skewers of freshly steamed dim sum.
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- Globe Bistro was making slow-roasted Cumbrae’s pork belly with sheep’s milk yogurt and wild leeks on flatbread.
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- Fare Bistro’s executive chef and owner, Brad Clark, served bison burgers (from Glengarry Farms) on English muffins from St. John’s Bakery.
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- Executive chef Peter George from 360 Restaurant at the CN Tower stunned crowds with the size of his giant cocktail shrimp.
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