Toronto’s Top Delivery: three of downtown’s best bets
TIFFIN DOSAS TIFFINDAY Every day in Mumbai, thousands of office workers get their homemade lunches delivered in stackable metal boxes called tiffin carriers. Tiffinday turns that custom into a business, dispatching hot vegan lunches to your cubicle. What to order: One appetizer and a choice of two mains are available daily. The fantastic Coimbatore dosa, a lentil–rice flour crêpe stuffed with curried chayote, is an explosion of flavours. It comes with a hearty lentil soup ($11). Order by 3 p.m. the day before for lunch delivery. Delivery zone: South of Bloor between Bathurst and Victoria Park, plus a pocket at Yonge and St. Clair. 416-200-3663, tiffinday.com
CRISPY SAMOSAS WATERFALLS INDIAN TAPAS Despite Waterfalls’ ill-advised forays into subcontinental-Italian fusion, the Kensington Market spot serves excellent renditions of Indian classics. What to order: The chicken chettinad is a deeply flavourful cashew-based curry dotted with tomatoes and kicked with ginger ($14). Miraculously, the veggie samosas emerge from the grease-speckled bag with their perfectly flaky shells intact ($3). Delivery zone: South of St. Clair between Lansdowne and Carlaw. orderit.ca and justeat.ca 303 Augusta Ave., 416-927-9666, waterfallsrestaurant.ca
ARTFUL SUSHI SUSHI COUTURE Chef Ken Zhang’s raw fish (sourced fresh daily) is prepared so artfully it makes a stay-at-home meal feel luxe, even if it emerges from a plastic bag. What to order: Anything seared by Zhang’s blowtorch turns out tasty and addictively smoky. For the sushi options, the flame adds a seared edge to the creamy raw butterfish ($5.50), meaty B.C. tuna ($5.50) and flaky mackerel ($4.50). Delivery zone: South of Eglinton between Roncesvalles and Bayview. orderit.ca 456 Bloor St. W., 416-538-8618, sushicouture.ca
(Images: Liam Mogan. Food styling by Linsey Bell/judy inc.)
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