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    4.7 (12 reviews)
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    Poppadum hand pies, rolls and puffs
    Somya S.

    I ordered pani puri and discovered that it comes with warm chane. That's how they do it in the south. Interesting experience and first time having warm chane with cold pani puri. Learnt something new. Service is friendly and nice. I sat and ate. It is very comforting to sit and eat here, when there is space.

    OG Vada Pav
    Jennifer H.

    Poppadum started out as a pop-up business by Shreyas Nawkar, a professional Red Seal chef with many years of experience in the Canadian restaurant industry. I heard about their popularity at Smorgasburg and couldn't try their food until now with their fresh store-front just a short walk north of Yonge and Bloor! Food: Focaccia - This was the first focaccia I have ever tried and I recommend trying this! I was hesitant to get one because focaccia to me looks too bready and dry. I was glad I tried because it is moist, has a nice fried crispness at the bottom, and the colourful veggie toppings makes me feel good. Chicken Kebab Roll (halal) - the kebab is wrapped around a Tangzhong bread bun which I thought is such a nice merging of components from different cultures. I personally found the kebab to not be moist but the tandoori aioli helps add that element. OG Vada Pav (set of 2) - the condiments inside are a dry red peanut-garlic chutney, spicy mint chutney, and sweet tamarind chutney. The pav (small load of bread) is house-made, the fried potato patty is soft on the inside and nicely crisp on the outside, the size of each pav is a bonus too. I found this to be on the spicy side - coming from someone who does not eat spicy food often so take that opinion with a grain of salt - I was not able to taste the sweet tamarind chutney as much. Gulab Jamun Tiramisu - I loved this dessert so much, such a special fusion of Indian and Italian sweets. They also offer soft drinks from India such as Thums Up and Limca. Service/atmosphere: Shreyas is so kind and is there to answer any questions you have about his creations. Poppadum is mainly a take-out spot, however there is space to stand and eat before venturing to your next destination.

    Hing Ling T.

    What I had:  Shrikhand Cheesecake $6.55 Taste: 4.5/5 This cheesecake was a refreshing dessert with a sweet and tangy kind of taste. I've never tried any cake like this but I really liked it! Vibe: 4/5 A small cafe but really cute and cozy. Service: 4/5 Servers were pretty nice.

    a row of bar stools in a coffee shop
    Arnab D.

    A wonderful surprise to find Poppadum through Yelp. Simple cravings of Vada Pav (potato fritter in a bun) drew me to this place and I was bit disappointed. This place had many elements of Maharashtrian (Western Indian state) cuisine. I tried Chettinad Bun and Gulab jamun tiramisu. If not perfect, it was very close to perfection and I would definitely visit multiple times when I'm in Toronto again.

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    Amazing food - authentic flavors but unique in taste. Both the snacks and the drinks were awesome. Definitely going back for more.

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    Best and authentic vada pavs! Delicious and mouth watering. Already ordered twice in last 30days!

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    Dinner With A View

    Dinner With A View

    1.5
    (41 reviews)
    4.2 km

    If I could give 0 stars I would…read more We (along with 2 other couples) purchased an experience with #dinnerwithaview at Piedmont Park. Let me start with pros: it was a neat experience, our server was very friendly, we were with great company and overall had fun together. (We will have fun no matter what!). The concept was a great idea. The only good food was the chocolate mousse dessert! Now the cons: it was WAY overpriced for the experience. People say "you pay for the experience" bull crap! Not only do you purchase tickets in advance for food and reservation, when you go that price does not include drinks or the service charge. Additionally for the price we paid, the food was down right gross. 1. It took us 45 minutes to get a drink. 2. We were over an hour and half in before we got food 2. The rolls they served I'm pretty sure were Hawaiian Rolls with a side of garlic butter 3. The soup, I don't know what the hell was in it but by the time we got it, it was cold and I couldn't even, it it GROSS. 4. You get a choice of beef chicken and we got one of each. The chicken was so salty and insanely dry I could not eat it. The beef was supposed to be short rib, it was pot roast. 5. You had to take a golf cart to get to the restrooms. In the end they bring you a final check we knew would be a service fee and drink charges. I about hit the floor. For what they charged for drinks I could nicely stock a small bar. Beware of "death by fees". We were charged a fee to rent the dome, a service fee, a credit card fee, a processing fee when we prepaid for the dinner AND and another service fee on the final check which by the way was over the entire bill including the prepaid portion. (In which we already paid a fee) In the end the price for 6 people cost more than an all day trip to Epcot at Disney and would have got better food and drinks there. Anywho for anyone thinking of trying this out I highly recommend you don't. SAVE your money and take your friends or significant other somewhere else !!

    A great concept, beautifully executed, great staff and service however for the price we paid (my…read moregroup didn't have to pay for the dome) the dinner was lackluster, it didn't help that the food came out lukewarm to cold, and our red wine was not only cold but all in our group agreed that it was not a good wine, and while we aren't wine snobs, we are able to recognize good wine from bad. We did order the cheapest bottle, but not an excuse by any means. Prior to the dinner, I tried out their pre-mixed negroni cocktail, and while it was a decent negroni, again the cost associated with it was too over blown. I can have a (better) cocktail at some of Toronto's nicest restaurants for cheaper! I think the event gets caught up in grabbing headlines, with a celebrity chef, none of that matters if the food is below par. I got the fish and it came with tiny bones a plenty too. As I've mentioned above, full marks for the idea, beautiful deco, great service but lacking in the food and drinks department. We did attend on their first week when temperatures were still cold, so warmer temps might have made this experience better with our food and wine not being so cool on arrival.

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    Pop up restaurant with seating in plexiglass pods under the expressway.
    Pop up restaurant with seating in plexiglass pods under the expressway.
    Pineapple coconut cream with crumble
    Pineapple coconut cream with crumble
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    Good Behaviour

    Good Behaviour

    5.0
    (1 review)
    3.7 km

    Good Behaviour Ice Cream in a few key words: delicious, high quality, amazing, and attention to…read moredetail.  They have expanded to a few locations in Toronto, and I've been to all of them. Sadly, 3 of their locations have closed. I have tried several of their flavours. They use natural ingredients and real fruit pieces like pineapple (for pina colada) and strawberry (for strawberry cheesecake. The strawberry cheesecake has actual cheesecake in it baked by them! Talk about quality! For a 3-month period this summer, Good Behaviour has opened a food cart on 2023-06-30, facing Harbourfront's Queen's Quay West, between Queen's Quay Terminal and Harbourfront Centre. Amazing location for foot traffic. We ordered the following: 1. Cookies & Cream (1 scoop). 2. Dragon Poop (1 scoop). I definitely had to try a flavour called Dragon Poop. It is a combination of banana, strawberry, and blue vanilla. And it tasted good! They are sharing the space with Creative Arts Collective, which sells alcoholic and some non-alcoholic drinks. There is a large outdoor patio that is roped off, presumably because of the liquor license. In the patio, there are about 4 games, like Janga and Bean Bag Toss. The ice cream freezers were working overtime in the extreme hot weather we've been getting. Many of their flavours were sold out. There is no free WiFi. The food cart is wheelchair accessible. There are no washrooms, but you can use the washrooms in the 2 large buildings to either side of them. There are paid parking lots, costing $6/30 mins or $30 max. Review 2023-218

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    Storefront
    Storefront
    Dragon Poop and Cookies & Cream ice cream
    Dragon Poop and Cookies & Cream ice cream
    Dragon Poop and Cookies & Cream ice cream

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    Sunshine Eats

    Sunshine Eats

    5.0
    (2 reviews)
    58.3 km

    A gem of an experience! My first time trying Jamaican…read morecuisine in this new locale. I ordered the fried chicken and a beef pastry. The meal was accompanied by a rice/cabbage portion which was "to die for". All I have to say is that I could not stop savouring the amazing flavours of everything. The grandmother who prepares much of the food gave me a sample of ackee, a Jamaican fruit along with some luscious mixture of cod, along with a nice portion of bread fruit! Accompanying me were friends from Nova Scotia, one being a lady friend who was born in Jamaica. She had only excellent things to say about the meal. The interior of the restaurant was minimalistic, but very tastefully decorated with some neon lights, giving it a very cozy but high-tech ambience. In the future, I would like to try the chicken in brown sauce, which is pulled chicken simmered for hours in a brown sauce, imparting a very savoury flavor. I had the opportunity to try the pulled chicken from the plate of one of my friends, and was very , highly impressed. As I said before, I really couldn't stop eating a lot of the food once I started. That doesn't always happen in many places where I dying. I definitely will be coming back to this wonderful restaurant, and enjoyed the very warm greeting and conversation that I received from the proprietors. The prices were very reasonable, and I definitely will be a regular! Don't miss this newcomer to the St Catharines restaurant scene!

    The food is great, portion size fulfilling. The food was so good I had to return the following…read moreday. The service from the staffs are warm and courteous, very pleasant . Perfect atmosphere to relax and enjoy your meal, very clean and nice.

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    Sunshine Eats
    Sunshine Eats
    Sunshine Eats

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    Front Street Foods

    Front Street Foods

    4.0
    (51 reviews)
    2.6 km
    $$

    Finally something interesting happening down at Front Street!…read more I love the set up! The Popup vendors! Just the whole idea and concept and it is well executed! Here you can get a snack, a drink, a full meals from some of Toronto's most popular business/restaurants and some of them don't even have a store front! Price might be a little more than getting from the original store but you can get everything here! Tacos from Mad Mexician, Burger from Holy Chuck and especially the over hyped Uncle Tetsu Cheesecake was served as individual portion and no line up when I arrived around 10:30 am. There is also a nice seating area with entertainment. This is better than any food trucks or any of the gimmicky events I been to that required an admission fee and it will be here till end of September! Too bad Toronto's summer is so short! Enjoy the experience while you can and hopefully this would be a constant yearly event from now on!

    You know Union station used to be the worst area for anyone traveling. By that I mean on foot, by…read moresubway and even worse, in a car. Well you can put all those things behind you (for now) because for the most part the area is all cleaned up and fully functional. On top of this, they added some real street cred by dropping a food market right smack in front of front (get it!). Front Street Foods, offers a vast selection of treats for travelers looking to grab some food in a pinch or locals just looking to try something different. Before I sound like a travel brochure, just know that most of the options prior were either McDonald's, or Mmmm Muffins. Not gunna hate, but sometimes a guy needs to treat himself knowmsayin? Anyway, I got it started with a Fried Oyster Bao from Yolo. Yes, YOLO the acronym designed and made famous by our very own Drake. You know, Drake, the type of guy who cries when cutting carrots so that the onions won't feel alone. Yeah that's the one! This place has nothing to do with him besides the horrible name of the food stand, but yeah that Fried Oyster was aight. Next up was Uncle Tetsu for dessert. Now this is where things get even better. Not only was there NO LINE UP for the cheesecake, we were also able to purchase the new Matcha Green Tea for the first time. I was great, really it was, but that's not the end of it. Uncle Tetsu, was actually there in the flesh, dancing with fans and openly taking selfies with people. What a great guy, I wish we all had an Uncle Tetsu in our family. Check out this joint, before the summer is over and it turns into a mound of snow obstructing your walk in December, YOLO. Toronto needs more of this and less of Drake. You know, the type of guy whose eyes roll back in his head when he eats chocolate.

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    Uncle Tetsu cheesecake by the slice - "shorter wait" but still a lineup!
    Uncle Tetsu cheesecake by the slice - "shorter wait" but still a lineup!
    Lobster roll from fresh off the boat
    Lobster roll from fresh off the boat
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    Saha

    Saha

    5.0
    (1 review)
    59.8 km

    I was looking for a special night out in Hamilton (something I'd never had to do in the past) and…read moremy research took me to an Airbnb experience that was this hidden gem. I'd never experienced anything like Saha in the past (the closest thing would be Urban Acorn Catering) but what Chef Khalil does with Saha is run a pop up restaurant at his own place in Hamilton that serves up a top of the line Middle Eastern Tasting Menu that he makes and plays host along with his lovely wife. We had a 5 course tasting menu, but with Chef Khalil being so fantastic, we ended up with a total of 9 wonderful courses (10 if you count the Arabic coffee to finish). Left feeling very full and just blown away at this delicious and wonderfully intimate experience. I won't go in to very detailed descriptions of the courses, but in all honesty every single one was a highlight, it was very difficult to pick a favourite, for me it was probably the Halibut, with Arabian tapenade that also had crispy chicken skin, I don't think I've ever had a fish dish topped with chicken and it was amazing! The feast for the eyes was definitely his dessert, a pomegranate mouse surrounded by cardamom meringues! Those 2 dishes looked amazing but tasted even better!! Red meat is my least favourite thing to eat, so I appreciated the rib of lamb not being massive, and appreciated it even more that it was a medium rare delight! What really made this evening special was the ambiance that Chef Khalil and his wife sets in their living room, a small intimate space perfect for a romantic night with a nice tall table candle and Arabic music to go with it. Throughout the evening chef would keep checking on us to make sure everything was going great, and talk about the dish we were about to have. He makes everything in house, which really blew me away, considering it was just for 2 of us and he makes such a large variety of dishes! It is BYOW, and I'm glad I messaged him beforehand to ask for his recommendation for what type of wine to bring along, since even my clumsy selection of wine worked out great thanks to his suggestion. While I found Saha through Airbnb I would recommend people just go to it via his regular website to get more info and make reservations too (cheaper than Airbnb).Chef Khalil hopes to open Saha as an intimate restaurant in Toronto next year, and I don't think there is anyone else doing a middle eastern tasting menu, but even compared to the tasting menus of O&B and the momofuku's in the world, Saha truly holds up, and I can't recommend this pop up version enough, especially for the price of close to $100/person (or less if you opt for fewer courses) it's truly a steal! I wish him and his wife the best moving forward!

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    Sliced black plum / plum and rosewater granita / dehydrated plum gel
    Sliced black plum / plum and rosewater granita / dehydrated plum gel
    Labneh / pomegranate burghul cracker
    Labneh / pomegranate burghul cracker
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    Lee

    Lee

    4.1
    (816 reviews)
    3.0 km
    $$$

    Lee is the one restaurant I look forward to every Summerlicious…read more One reason is that every year they create a completely new menu instead of reusing dishes from their regular menu. As an Asian fusion restaurant, I always come curious to see what new ideas the chef has come up with. The last two Summerlicious menus disappointed me a little--they felt a bit uninspired, with dishes like the vegetable curry and croquette. This year, however, the creativity is back, and I'd happily recommend Lee's Summerlicious menu again. Fried Wild Cod The crispy cod is served in an edible crispy rice basket, making it feel like sharing bread at the start of the meal. The fish is fried perfectly with a crisp exterior and moist, flaky interior. Paired with Thai sweet chili sauce, it's light, flavorful, and great for sharing. Gazpacho Picante A refreshing take on gazpacho. The avocado gives it a smoother texture, while the hint of spice adds another layer without overpowering the chilled tomato soup. Refreshing and a great appetizer. BBQ Jerk Pork Ribs Three generous ribs--almost a main course on their own. The meat is tender while still retaining a bit of bite, similar to the texture of slow-cooked jerk chicken. The jerk seasoning is excellent, coating every bite with rich, aromatic spices. Pan Roasted Salmon The salmon is beautifully cooked with a nicely caramelized exterior while remaining juicy inside. Each accompaniment brings something different: the olive tapenade is deeply savory, the parsnip purée is smooth and slightly sweet, the lima bean adds a creamy, nutty richness, and the lemon-tomato-pepper vinaigrette brightens everything with acidity and a gentle kick. Lima Bean Succotash Probably the prettiest dish on the menu--and also the most unusual. The lima beans and peas are cooked until tender without becoming mushy. The flavors are layered, but there's a subtle bitterness throughout. After asking the chef, we learned it's the natural flavor of lima beans and was intentionally preserved as part of the dish. Fried Organic Chicken The fried chicken is juicy and tender, reminding me of Japanese karaage. It comes with two fun sauces: one is rich and spicy with a hint of coconut, while the other is a sweet pineapple-lime mayo that pairs surprisingly well with the chicken. The pandan rice, however, was fairly ordinary. The desserts are still classic Lee--beautifully plated, but the flavors are more restrained. We tried the Rhubarb Almond Frangipane Tart, Lemon Mousse Panna Cotta (our favorite), and Strawberry Raspberry Monkey Bread. This year's Summerlicious reminded me why I fell in love with Lee in the first place.

    Finally visited this place after months of having it bookmarked! I heard good things about their…read moresingaporean slaw, my friends were telling me it changed their lives but I thought it's just a salad... how good could it be? After trying it I completely understood, this was the BEST salad of my life! All 26 ingredients worked together perfectly to make a delicious, tangy, crunchy salad unlike anything i've had before. I also highly recommend the wine paring they suggest having with the salad :) Everything else on the menu was done really well. The cheeseburger spring roll was quite unique, Indo think there could've been more texturally inside the actual spring roll, it was all mush in there. Very nice ambiance, service were very attentive, I had a great time and will be back to try more items :)

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    Full house with Chef Lee for Licious 2025!
    Full house with Chef Lee for Licious 2025!
    All-Time Favourites
    All-Time Favourites
    Cheeseburger Spring Rolls

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    Cheeseburger Spring Rolls

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