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We find Baldwin Village to be a street in Toronto that is ever growing. You'll never know what to expect in terms of businesses that will pop up! Not to mention it's diverse food culture including gelato, ramen, Italian, Filipino food and so much more. It doesn't surprise us at all that Light Cafe decided to take residence on Baldwin.  I have traveled quite extensively through Asia and can say with confidence that Light Cafe looks exactly like a cafe you would find in Taiwan. Not only is it spacious inside, I love the minimalist decor inside which provides a calming atmosphere. I could see myself sitting at the cafe for hours (within reason haha) and getting some work done.  The first thing that we noticed and I'm sure many of you will as well - is the living wall. I don't think I've ever been to a restaurant where there was a living wall but I've always wanted one of my own. With the natural sunlight coming in with the wall, it's the perfect place to f...

With everyone’s busy schedules, we find that it’s getting harder to schedule time with family and friends. Especially with the holidays coming up, the weekends are filling up fast with holiday parties and get-togethers.   We’ve been trying to spend quality time with everyone and what better way to do that than cooking and eat together?  One of our go-to for nights like these is Mexican food! Bring on the tacos and fajitas, right? Old El Paso ’s dinner kits includes shells, seasoning and easy instructions so we used the Hard & Soft Taco Dinner Kit as well as the Restaurante Steak Carne Asada Kit for steak fajitas (our fave). Steak Fajitas: 1. In a large pan on medium to high heat cook sliced red onions and red & green peppers. 2. Add the sliced beef (we used a sirloin cut), seasoning mix and a few scoops of water. 3. Once the beef is cooked to your liking, remove from heat. 4. Add cheese, hot sauce, guacamole, corn salad, sour cream and whatever your heart desires...

Toronto Real Estate is no joke and many other like us find it a struggle to keep up with a social life style and be able to afford the rent at the first of every month. Restaurants are no different and they face the same struggles if not more trying to keep up with the expenses.  It should come as no surprise then that many restaurants come and go and sometimes it can be hard to keep up with what's new. We're especially excited that Te   has opened up in the Ossington area and is a place we can go to for food and late night eats.  Coming from the Spanish word for tea, Te is the next up and coming spot for Asian style tapas. Tapas to me always make me reminisce about dim sum, not quite the same thing but gives you that same feeling of being able to share your dishes with everyone. Why eat a bowl of pasta all by yourself when you can try ten different dishes?  I absolutely loved their selection of cocktails, all of which incorporate some aspect of tea in it. Has the se...

Some nights in our new home call for extravagant dinners that take a few hours to prep and clean while some nights call for easy prep meals that feel like fancy dinners. Those are the nights when we would rather stay in and watch one or two movies on Netfliix. Thankfully Old El Paso  (OEP) has us covered for the easy prep nights with all their taco kits. The Old El Paso kits make it super easy for us to host friends in our new home without making a huge mess that no one really wants to clean after. As much as I love cooking, the clean up is definitely the worst part of prepping a meal. Having your guests eat their meal in an edible bowl - like the new Old El Paso Tortilla Bowls - sounds like a pretty amazing idea to me.  We love sticking to our favourites, the shrimp and beef tacos with the works but we decided to change it up this time and try the Tortilla Bowl. What we loved about the OEP Tortilla Bowl was how easy it was to use and eat. We all know tacos can get a little m...

Last Friday, I had my sister over for a girls night in. Basically, the perfect excuse to eat copious amounts of food and binge watch chick flicks. We had the movies down, but deciding on what to cook for ourselves was a challenge. I had an Old El Paso  kit in the pantry, so we agreed on a #TacoNight!  Tacos, fajitas and nachos are one of my favourite things to eat when dining out. However, they're also awesome, simple dishes to create at home when having guests over for dinner.  All you need to do is prep and cook the ingredients - like veggies and steak, and combine with an Old El Paso fajita kit! What we prepared for our girls night in fajitas: Steak with mushrooms  Shrimp, using the   Old El Paso seasoning inside the kit Green peppers & red onions Guacamole with tomatoes & red onions Corn salsa Tomato salsa What is your favourite taco/fajita topping? Recipe for the steak: 1. Slice the steak into thin pieces and place into a bowl 2. Add olive oil, lem...

We just recently moved downtown and needless to say, the food possibilities are endless! As much as we love living downtown, the one thing we do miss is having a car. Everything downtown is easily accessible but there's nothing like getting into a car and knowing you'll be where you need to go without any delays!  We were fortunate enough to take the Ford Fiesta  around the 6ix for a big foodie adventure! Keep reading to find out where we ventured off to!  Right off the bat, we loved how compact the Fiesta was which basically means its perfect for downtown life. We all know parking can be bit of an issue down here but it was small enough to fit in all the right places. Having said that, don't think that this car doesn't pack a punch when it comes to space inside. We easily fit 4 people in the car and no one complained of leg cramps and heads bumping the ceiling. The first stop we made was to Bombay Street Food Company . I work in the area and it's finally nice to ha...

Summer in Toronto comes and goes so fast that sometimes we feel like we don't have enough time to enjoy all there is that Toronto has to offer. We're on a mission to try as many food and drinks as we can and a couple of weekends ago, we made a visit to Boston Pizza to try out their new summer menu while watching the Blue Jays Game! Boston Pizza's new summer line up includes an all new "MVB" burger, refreshing Handcrafted Quenchers and a few more tasty dishes! The new menu items are available now and will definitely have something to please for even the pickiest of eaters. The first thing we tried was the MVB (Most Valuable Burger). We're pretty picky about burgers, as there are so many components to make that perfect burger but Boston Pizza was spot on with the MVB. We liked the fact that it's madae with 100% Canadian beef seasoned perfectly with salt and pepper combined with real Canadian cheese all between a soft and sweet brioche bun. If you're cra...