Toronto's food scene not world class?

All the foodie buzz in Toronto these days has been centred on the transplant of New York staple Momofuku to our fine (?) city.

David Chang, the chef behind that famed restaurant and its sisters in NYC (one of which has two Michelin stars), sounded off on what other Toronto restos are doing wrong --- even comparing them to the deplorable Toronto Maple Leafs.

Spicy fall stew in a pumpkin bowl

Hello foodies, are you surprised to see a post from me? Well, I don't blame you, I've been enjoying the summer a little too much. I've been really good at going out for dinner, and really terrible about writing about it. But now that its fall, I'm reinspired. After all, isn't fall -- now that we're forced inside, but not yet too depressed by blah weather to be motivated -- the time to commit to that hobby or activity you always told yourself you would?

Foodie features at the CNE: Hint, it's a lot of bacon.

Photo courtesy of the Toronto Star

So, the CNE this year aims to prove the bacon everything trend is far from over, the Toronto Star informs us.

Every year the CNE tries to appeal to the food-curious with some outrageously calorie ridden delight---last year it was deep fried butter.

And this year if you didn't think the deep-fried Mars bar, or a red velvet funnel cake are not indulgent enough--- there's bacon!
Also, apparently,  "the Nutella BBBLT with eight strips of bacon, two pieces of back bacon, lettuce, tomato and Nutella."

Um ya don't think I could do that, though I have had both bacon cupcakes and bacon caramel cookies, which were surprisingly good!

The other cool thing this year is the addition of my favourite---food trucks! A food truck frenzy in fact. C'mon Toronto let's finally jump on this food wagon!

Oh, there's also raw food, if you're not fun healthy, or vegan.

Restaurant review:Aria



 Aria Ristorante

                   25 York St. Toronto                  

Food: 3 out of 5 suns

Service: 4 out of 5 suns

Ambiance: 3 out of 5 suns
                  

Source: Aria Ristorante

Aria means air in Italian, also the name of those high pitched solos the opera ladies sing. The space is indeed, light cool and airy, but some of the food didn't exactly sing as touted, sitting rather heavily, actually. With all the attention on Aria of late, it seems appreciation for fine dining may be returning after several rounds of restaurant openings centred on upscale comfort food.