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Luella

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Female, Married, 33 years old

Not what we have, but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

Trendy treats for your stomach, and your closet.

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Faves: 21

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Live: Toronto East
Work: Downtown
Play: Toronto West

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robin wrote:

btw - not sure if you noticed, but you're up on toronto.com this week! check it out.

1/7/2008 1:51:54 PM
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robin wrote:

Great picks Luella! Welcome to OurFaves!

12/13/2007 12:13:31 PM
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Tango Palace Coffee Co.
1156 Queen E, Toronto

No-nonsense coffee and lattes, and killer eats and sweets. Cozy atmosphere, no attitude. Every neighbourhood should have one of these.

faved on 11/6/2008 9:26:59 AM

La Palette
256 Augusta Av, Toronto

When the menu includes things like Horse Tenderloin and Rose Water Cassis Crème Brûlée, let's face it, it'll cost you (entrees will run you about 25 bucks and up). But the food is good. Period. (Crème Brulee Trilogy, pictured at right) Menu changes seasonally, which is annoying, or opportune, depending on how you look at it.

faved on 11/1/2008 7:58:52 AM

Sushi

Sashimi House
2038 Sheppard Av E, North York

This is a blessed respite from Sheppard East's lonesome strip of office cafeterias and family restaurants. Damn fine quality sushi - the texture of the salmon (pictured) is unbelievably soft and velvety. Sushi-a-la-carte is more than reasonably priced - you will think they screwed up the bill. (I hear the bento is good too, but it's a crime to pass up that fish) If you find yourself in the area, do not settle, go ichiban, san.

faved on 7/20/2008 8:32:16 PM

Swipe Books on Advertising & Design
477 Richmond W, Toronto

Unique design and gift ideas, and stacks of books on advertising and design that you won't find anywhere else. The brainy grown-ups' toy store.

faved on 6/12/2008 4:21:43 PM

Ed's Real Scoop
2224 Queen St. E., Toronto

Ed has been written up internationally, carries dozens of flavours, and bakes an apple pie for the sole purpose of mashing it up in his Apple Pie ice cream. All of that is a long way of saying that Ed's Real Scoop is the bomb. If you've got to feed an ice cream craving, you can't pick a better place. Go already.

faved on 6/6/2008 2:00:06 PM

New Treasure Restaurant
150 Dundas W, Toronto

Unless you work upstairs from this restaurant, leave for your workday lunch here at 11:30am. Any later, and you have a lineup to contend with. My favorites are the har gow (sticky shrimp dumpling) and daikon cake (the scallop dumplings are pictured here). But you'll do just as well pointing at whatever looks good on the cart - everyone else is doing it, anyways.

faved on 4/28/2008 9:11:43 AM

Kathmandu Restaurant
517 Yonge St., Toronto

Outside of Monday-to-Friday office hours, Kathmandu is usually empty. It is criminal. The butter chicken has to be one of the best in the city. Sweet-and-spicy Lamb Sali Boti with stewed apricots, and topped with caramelized onions is like nothing I've ever had before. Waitstaff are mellow and friendly... at least until Kathmandu stops being criminally empty.

faved on 4/23/2008 10:30:45 AM

Swatow Restaurant
309 Spadina Av, Toronto

Good food, cheap, anytime, all the time. The vibe is always amped, as just about all of Swatow's patrons are either heading out, or calling it a night. I recommend the lemon chicken, and the fried wontons (pictured). On Spadina, east side, north of Dundas, look for the lineup - they know where it's at.

faved on 4/15/2008 2:03:32 PM

The Prague - Fine Food Emporium
638 Queen St. W., Toronto

The appearance of an upscale eatery, the soul of yer mom's kitchen. Big ol' dishes of comfort food, at really good prices. Pictured here is spaetzle with chicken and garlic cream sauce. (It was good.) It's all stick-to-your-ribs, and it's all fantastic.

faved on 1/24/2008 3:38:12 PM

Cafe

Le Gourmand
Multiple Locations

The coffee is great and the cookies are enormous (pictured). They also make really good sandwiches and salads (Carpaccio on Organic Greens? Yes!). But I think the soul of La Gourmand is the ten-foot wall of epicurean goods for sale (jams, cheeses, chocolates, breads + more). It's reassuring that you're getting good stuff on both sides of the counter.