Shawarmas are another fast food option and is readily available in Toronto. Two are from Blog TO’s 100 Essential Restaurants To Try Before You Die List : 1. Shawarma Empire- Decent Shawarma but not spicy enough for my taste . If you are into really spicy or strong flavours I would recommend trying other places . 2. Ghadir Meat – The Shawarma here won my taste buds . Delicious and the availability of good hot sauce made it much better….
Recently three of my friends and I visited Escape Manor Toronto. We were there to do an escape room challenge. The facilities are incredible and well designed. There is a bar area , a lots beautifully decorated places to hang out and play different games while you wait . Devil’s Advocate Room We did the Devil’s Advocate Escape Room . There were four of us and three of us had never done an escape room challenge before . Once the…
Crown Pastries is a popular middle Eastern Pastry shop. They have two locations. One in Scarborough and another in Mississauga. We usually drop by here for dessert if we had dinner near by . To choose a few items from the number of choices available at the shop can be overwhelming! Here are some recommendations: Really good ones ( if you have a sweet tooth ) : Basbousa – this is cake like and very tasty . One of our…
Growing up in Scarborough beef patty was a lunch time staple. I love Jamaican food . As a result I am always on the hunt for good Jamaican restaurant. These are some of the Jamaican restaurants I have tried in Scarborough: 1. Scotty Bons Caribbean Grill We visited this place today and was extremely impressed. The restaurant is very clean and doesn’t resemble your typical jerk restaurant. The flavours and quality of the food is amazing. We had jerk chicken,…
Dandelion is one of the more fancier restaurants I have been to in Toronto: Queen west Dandelion We were able to get same day reservations at this restaurant. As soon as we got in we were shown to the table . I was in a long gown since we were coming from another event. The Chef dropped by to tell me I was the best dressed . This level of warm service continued throughout the night . The first course…
I live on the border of Markham and Scarborough and my cooking desire is low . As such we visit many restaurants 😊. Some of my recent Markham Restaurant Discoveries : Joey Markville We visited this chain late one night after 9 pm and discovered they have a special menu for before 6 Pm and after 9 pm . The prices of many dishes and drinks were reduced making it a very affordable option. I had the Buddha Bowl with…
In the last year I was introduced to Ethiopian Food and boy was I surprised! To me Ethiopian Food is very much like Tamil Food . The main carb with the meal is Injera – a sourdough flatbread made from fermented teff flour . This very much reminds me of dosai in Tamil cuisine . You are served multiple veggie and meat curries on top of a large Injera . The curries are also quite similar to Tamil curries in…
I live fairly close to Main Street Markham. I have always loved the storefronts of Main Street . They put flower pots in the summer on the street lamps and it was one of my favourite things to see whenever we passed through Main street Markham. I had a chance to try a few of the restaurants on Main Street Markham. It has some good options. Main Street Greek This is a good option for Greek good cravings. It is…
This is a reading in CFA level three . Key Lessons From this reading : In order to built expected market returns we need to know expected return for each asset class , standard deviation for each asset class and the correlations between assets . There is a seven step framework that is important for anyone involved in working out asset allocation for an investor or themselves. Identify the specific Capital Market Expectation ( CME ) needed based on investor’s…
I am a big Anthony Bourdain fan . When in Miami decided to visit one of his recommended restaurants. Ended up at Pepito’s Plaza in Doral . This restaurant serves Latin and American food . I had a chicken pepitos, chicken Toston, sweet corn pancakes and one of their shakes . This was too much food ! The chicken dishes were really good . This restaurant is also famous for the choices of sauce they offer . The sauces were…