One thing that I have learned to love about Toronto are the Summerlicious and Winterlicious events that happen year to year, where you can dine at the most exquisite restaurants and enjoy savory 3-course meals for a fixed, lower price. I remember feeling completely bitter about it just last week and lost all sorts of excitement for it, but I’m glad I didn’t end up canceling out on the reservations. With the failure of last year’s Winterlicious plans, it only meant for better planning and searching up the location way ahead of time this year. Café Moroc, Horizons, and Fred’s Not Here were the selected three restaurants that my friends and I had attended within the past weekend.
I wasn’t able to capture any photos from Café Moroc (except the ones that were taken with my phone camera which projected terrible quality photos) since I was in the process of getting my T2i. Thankfully, my friend had her camera for our trip to Horizons so I resorted to her photo album. There wasn’t anything special about Café Moroc, but the eastern décor. For my appetizer, I had the Maftoul which was pretty much like a spring roll with chipotle drizzled over top. As for my main and dessert, I had the mango salmon and the brulee royale (essentially a normal crème brulee). The food was certainly nothing I expected, but what counts was that I got the opportunity to sit down with a few of my favourite girls that I haven’t seen since the holidays.
As for the evening, my boyfriend and I, along with two other couples, dressed up for a lovely evening high up at the CN Tower overlooking Lake Ontario. We dined at Horizons and enjoyed a tasteful 3-course meal complemented by the beautiful view from our window. It was well worth the frightful ride up.
We had our last reservation made for Fred’s Not Here. Upon arriving, we were disappointed by the impression we got from the broken blue Fred’s Not Here sign hanging outside and how clustered it was inside, but everything changed when we got seated. We were seated at the largest table directly under a crystal chandelier with a gleam of sunlight entering from the ceiling windows. Our server was spectacular, as was the food. The lobster and crab soup topped with a baked pastry bun and the vanilla bean cheesecake tasted incredible. It was an eventful weekend accompanied by great friends + pleasant tasting food. I couldn’t have enjoyed a more perfect weekend.
The food looks so amazing! Yum.
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gorgeous photos. summerlicious/winterlicious sounds similar to Dine LA week in los angeles. xo
ReplyDeletegoodness that cheese cake looks absolutely delicious! :)
ReplyDeletefood looks so good! making my mouth water!
ReplyDeletei've never been to winterlicious/summerlicious but i'm so excited to try! it's a wonderful excuse to dress up and eat food that's usually way overpriced :)
how fun!
ReplyDeleteI love Winter/Summerlicious! Always a blast trying new restaurants out. : ) Fred's is always booked for my friends & I, and we've yet to try it out. I've heard mixed reviews, but it really can't be that bad since it's so hard to get a spot. :P Loving the silly photo!
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holy crap vanilla bean cheesecake?! looks freaking delicious!
ReplyDeleteI'm soo jealous, the food looks sooo good!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteand you all look glamourous
looks like you had a lot of fun!! And wow, that food!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos! the fooood omg made me so hungryyy
ReplyDeleteFred's Not Here's winterlicious menu this year looks amazing :) Glad you had a great time! I need to start dressing up for my outings too hehe
ReplyDeleteOMG food looks soo good! especially that juicy steak!
ReplyDeletemiaaaam. good-looking food indeed! love food photography ahah
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OMG I'm completely stoked as well. I'm hitting 3 places starting Saturday night. I've written down the last restaurant you went to- I must take a visit during reading week. Good food relieves me from the depression of school.
ReplyDeletewere the pictures from fred's not here taken by the t2i? JEALOUS! You have to let me play with it sometimes :) lucky TL and his recent stakings ;)
ReplyDeleteI've just seen your Christmas pics. How do you make the cupcake frosting? :-)
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Wow, as a beginning photographer I can say that I really like your pictures!
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Love your photos!
ReplyDeleteLOVE YOUR DRESS :D
ReplyDeletewhere did yu get it?
gorgeous dress and the food you're eating is making me jealous!
ReplyDelete-xo angela
I'm skipping winterlicious this year, but boy, your pictures make me drooooll!! Especially that Niagara Braised Beef, mmmmm... I love meat! :D
ReplyDeleteI actually went to Fred's Not Here a few years ago and I was quite disappointed with the overall experience. The food was ok, but the service was just bad :( But glad to hear you enjoyed your stay there though! Maybe I was just unlucky :p
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Aww everything looks so delicious and you girls and guys look like you're having so much fun. Love it!
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This place looks so so amazing!
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Great pics and yummy food:)
ReplyDeletesuper cool! the food looks delicious! so jealous! ha! and you look marvelous dear! love your pics! p.s. definitely following! i would love it if you would follow mine as well!
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That looks fun and yummy. Oh and you guys all look fab!
ReplyDeleteyou and your crew look so fabulous! I love the photo's ^^ an that Southern Ontario Apple Crumble looks soooooooooo good! I am going to look up the recipe to that! x
ReplyDeleteDid you curl your hair? You look fab! I remember Horizons from last year - the food was alright but the view was amazing. And the free trip up the CN Tower wasn't a bad touch either :P
ReplyDeleteToo bad we didn't get to go to Winterlicious this year (not that you missed much, Bodega was meeeeehhhhh).
oh my god you really know how to fine dine!! that apple crumble looks AMAZING i'm so hungry now!!
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you looks all so cute! looks to be a fun evening.
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