Summerlicious

Last winter, I had my first experience with Winterlicious and since then I also enjoyed Summerlicious. For those of you have not had a chance to participate in this experience for about 2 weeks in the summer and winter, a number of restaurants in Toronto which are not part of chain restaurants offer special meals to attract people who might have wanted to visit the restaurant. These are usually restaurants that have received very good reviews on at least two of the rating organizations like Zagat. At lunch, the meals are $15 or $20 for 3 courses- usually there are 3 choices of appetizers, 3 main courses and 3 desserts. For dinner, the price is $25 or $35, a bargain for places that usually cost $100 to $150 for two people with a glass of wine.

This afternoon, I had a chance to enjoy the food and ambiance at Canoe one of the most sought after locations for the liciouses. You need an American Express card so that you can get to the front of the line and make a reservation for Canoe before others. After trying for an hour and half on and off- did not have redial on the phone that I was using so it too some effort, I managed to connect and get a reservation for today at 2:30. Since I had managed to get a time, I decided that I should go for broke and ask for a reservation for a party of 6. It worked and I found 5 people to come with me. What a lovely afternoon!

We had exquisite appetizers- I had a shrimp and marscapon pate, sea bass with couscous with chili and ginger for the main and for dessert a chocolate truffle cake with toasted almond ice cream and white chocolate to top it!. Yes, this was all heavenly and the staff was very attentive. A wonderful time was had by all. We all agreed that we should do this again.

I can hardly wait for Winterlicious but in the meantime, I am going out for dinner tomorrow evening and then lunch next week. Life is good!