Taste of Toronto review part 1

Taste of Toronto
An unique gastronomic experience for a food lover!


Last weekend had been was really amazing for me. I went to an Imagine Dragons concert ( It was really, really incredible) and to the Taste of Toronto., So what was this? Taste of Toronto is a food festival and this was their 2nd year, where they brought together the best restaurants and beverage and food producers of the city.

It was a really good collection of the best restaurants of the city, at the same time it was a good opportunity to try really good food for a cheap price. On sunday I was craving seafood, so I checked the menu of the Mexican restaurant Los Colibrís and guess what? One of my favorite foods was there -Ceviche-, so i didn’t think , I just went for it. It was only my second Ceviche in Toronto. It was really good but it lacked lime juice and needed a little bit more salt. Overall it was good but a little dry. So after that I continued my search for seafood and I was in a dilemma between Toro tartar made by Iron Chef Morimoto and Paella from Patria Restaurant. I decided to have the Paella because i haven’t tried spanish food in Toronto. It was really good and had a great taste. It was a little different from the others that I have tried before but the shrimp was really well cooked and CLEAN!! (This is something that is really important for me, but some restaurants forget that small detail) I’m looking forward to going to the restaurant to have more of that Paella.

In addition the exhibition had many other attractions such as Taste Theatre, where chefs were doing demonstrations, cooking awesome dishes and they were sharing tips. Of the other attractions , I have to say my favorite was the Metro Master Class. It was just incredible. I saw Chef Lynn Crawford, the ambassador (I don't think ambassadress is a word) of Eggs Farmers of Canada who was cooking a delicious and simple dish with eggs as protagonist the main ingredient, She has an incredible personality and I really enjoyed her Master Class. I didn’t participate in this one, I was just a viewer (you could also say "just watching"), but it was really great. After this, Canada’s Top Chef, Carl Heinrich taught everybody something really important: “Knife skills”. It was my favorite because I could participate. Because I love desserts, another favourite was the Master Class guided by chef and chocolatier David Chow. There we learned how to cook a Lemon passionfruit meringue tarts.