One of my passions in life is food. I'm a huge foodie. I love fine dining, and cooking delicious and fresh foods. I like going grocery shopping daily by at M&M meat shops, the St. Lawrence Market, McEwen or Pusateri's. Any fine food specialty store. My favourite restaurants in the city so far, are; The Chase (both the seafood bar and the restaurant), Mortons, Ruth’s Chris steakhouse, Sassafraz and The Shore club. I also love a good casual comfort seafood place, like Red Lobster, Rodney’s or Lbs. My favourite foods are Lobster, crab, oysters, steak and venison. I go to the Shore club a lot, just because I love the atmosphere. One, located in the Hazelton hotel Yorkville, used to be a good place too, but the food went downhill. Jacobs is a cool place because they make the Cesar salad in front of you, which is cool. It's made with fresh ingredients. Ruth’s Chris located in the Hilton Hotel is by far the best steakhouse in the city, as they cook their steaks with salted butter and parsley!
As far as cooking goes, I love cooking a variety of foods. Stews (I make them often and take a nice juicy, flaky beef pot roast in gravy, or a dark meat fall apart turkey roast in gravy and put it on top of mini potatoes, lightly steamed carrots and asparagus - quick delicious dinner - as the roasts come pre-made and just need to be microwaved), stuffed cheese and chicken shell pasta in tomato sauce, broiled flat peri peri chicken, soups, stuffed broccoli and cheese or sundried tomato broiled chicken breasts, salmon or steak is a favourite with mashed potato and veg. I also enjoy cooking savoury soups, including, pumpkin beef, which is Jamaican delicacy. I enjoy making pasta's, fish and broiled chickens. I broil everything, because of the flavour and juiciness. Baking dries out meats. The best dressing for a roast chicken is sun dried tomato salad dressing. Below the chicken put some yukon gold potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and kidney beans, for a delicious meal. The chicken should be put on broil, where it will come out moist and savoury. If you prefer, you can use chicken breasts as well. I also enjoy veal chops with apple puree, and lamb souvlaki. When it comes to breakfast and lunch I am pretty simple. I'm peckish all day, so enjoy having lots of fruits around in the kitchen; my favourites being crisp green grapes and cherries, fruit and nut nature valley bars, as well as tuna and green apple for sandwiches on rye, sardines with tomato and rye, oatmeal, Kolbassa, extreme cheese goldfish, and hard boiled eggs (medium or light to medium of course). For sides, I usually do rices, either wild rice or jasmine rice, with kidney beans, or else sweet potato, lightly steamed still crisp veggies, seasoned mini potatoes or steamed then mashed yukon gold potato. I also do a veggie mix, where I chop up green beans, broccoli, Brussel sprouts and asparagus, sometimes one of the separate, and then mix butter in. Perfect for beneath that juicy piece of meat. I drink a lot of a all natural cranberry juice with water. It's very refreshing and healthy for women, as it prevent's UTI's, among other nutritious benefits. I also love honey lemon green tea and drink a lot of regular green tea and infused green teas, such as tropical antioxidant and strawberry metabolism and energy boost. Also, love water and making fresh juice by blending up frozen berries with water.
For sweets - Jamaican rum cake/black cake with white icing. It is sooo good. And also good for you, lots of healthy things in it; black currents, berries, prunes, molasses etc. Also, lemon cupcakes - I make the cupcakes with a lot of lemon juice and zest. It's a vanilla cake with a lemon icing, with skittles sprinkled on top. Food will always be a passion of mine, luckily I have a good metabolism, so I stay nice and thin. I am pretty sure my career keeps me busy enough to burn off all those calories. My favourite kinds of cuisine are; Greek, Italian, Fine Dining, Jamaican, Canadian/American, Steak and Seafood.
I look forward to trying a lot more of the restaurants in Toronto. On my list are; Barbaryans, and George. Some places I like just for features are; Harbour sixty steakhouse for their parmesan cheese mix that they give you with the bread; they blend it with olive oil, another cheese, and some spices, and it's just delicious. I also love their lobster and crab. Smith Brothers steakhouse and tavern in Scarborough is amazing for their hearty home cooked feel with gravy a large helping of mash and broccoli. Their Panko shrimp is to die for and it’s inexpensive. Canoe also has a great view located in the TD tower. I also love the tuna tartar at the Keg, as much as the one at Mortons! Oh and fast food? - Nandos… cause who’s isn’t?