This place was good if not great for picking up Ethiopian Injera bread…read more I bought 5 injera for $3.00. Problem was, what started as a craving for injera and miser wot or any other injera sauce... turned into a burden. My caped crusader and I were stuck eating injera meal after meal, and we soon got to the point where we groaned to learn that there was still A LOT of injera left. (Injera is really filling, too). good: if you're having a party, $3.00 will go a long way to helping fill ppl's bellies. Or if you live in a large household. not good: if you're not sure of where you can pick up some sauce to go with the bread. I ended up at Abyssinia Bar and Restaurant - really friendly and smiley owner. Food took a while -- calling ahead is best: 647-344-2110. Daily specials. If you already bought injera, tell them you don't need any more. *For my other Injera-friendly meals, I went online and made my first Ethiopian dish. Took about an hour to prep a cabbage meal that we both tired of by the next day... (too much injera, I'm telling you!) http://www.ivu.org/recipes/african/ethiopian-index.html ~~~ Who knows, maybe all the Ethiopian restaurants get their injera from Freta's Enjera place! :)

Stopped in yesterday and purchased 2 packages (each with 5 pieces) of freshly made injera. The…read morelook, taste, and texture is exactly what I expected based on my favourite Ethiopian restaurant experiences. While I was there I bought a container of Berbere which seems to be required in about half of my Ethiopian Recipes. You can make Berbere from its composite spices (about 8 in total) but it's certainly convenient to purchase it already blended. I spent the rest of the day making a total of 6 dishes including 2 lentil based, 2 vegetable, 1 meat (tibs), and a salad with Ethiopian style dressing. Put it all together on the injera and it was amazing. Although another reviewer mentioned that they grew tired of injera before very long, I am of the opposite opinion ... now that my refrigerator is stocked with all of these wonderful Ethiopian dishes, I will be happy to enjoy them for a week. I also expect we will be back to pick up another supply of Injera before the week is out :)

Very good products sold at reasonable prices and great friendly service, thank you Istanbul Fine…read moreFoods!

If you're in the area, and enjoy Turkish and Greek cheeses (including high-quality feta from…read moreBulgaria - several varieties), gorgeous dates and figs, Turkish tomatoes, Turkish black olives, red peppers and of course baklawa and associated sweets, this is your place! They carry sojouk which is a famous Turkish sausage, not easy to find in Toronto. They also stock fresh wheels of cashkeval cheese from Bulgaria. Spotlessly clean store and excellent counter service. They have a Halal butcher section too which was closed today.

I really love Adonis! Ever since the Eglinton LRT was finished I can now travel regularly here for…read moregreat deals and delicious foods. Great shopping vibe inside and usually good service. I also enjoy discovering something when I visit. Some regular favourites include: -BBQ Halal whole chicken, -Halal raw chicken wings, -Cedar Phoenicia Wild Flower Honey Unpasteurized -100% Butter croissants -Greek style Tzatziki sauce Raw, unpasteurized honey is part of my mental health diet and brain food for burnout or depression and Adonis had a great deal on this product, Cedar Phoenicia Wild Flower Honey Unpasteurized 1kg on sale more than half price off at $6.99! I also heard they can grill your fish or meat and then you can eat it in their dining area. I really want to try this one day!

Very poor service at the Lotto center. After spending over $100 And waiting at the lotto desk to…read morebuy a ticket for3 minutes the lady served the man that was checking out his food first even though I was there first waiting. Never go there again. Racist.

Review for only the bakery section, not the grocery department…read more I gave the Adonis baked goods section a try as they had a wide selection of cookies, full sized cakes, and treats, and I love pistachio flavoured sweets, which they had lots of. Since it was right after the holidays they had small and medium gift packages of cookies, and cookies individually are priced by weight, though there was frequent lack of signage to tell what the cookies were or what they cost. I opted to try some cake slices prior to getting a whole cake of the same flavour. I got the pistachio swiss roll and pistachio cake slice, and the staff had mentioned the rectangular cake slice would taste more strongly of pistachio. I tried both at home and the swiss roll has a stronger pistachio taste, both were kind of weak tasting, but that is not the issue at hand. Both the cake and swiss roll were tough and stale, to the point where grocery store frozen cake tastes better. Even those $5 or $6 vanilla cakes at Walmart are not this hard. The cream, the sponge cake, all of it was old and rubbery. Save yourself the pain and get cake somewhere else. I felt like I was eating fake wax food instead of real cake. I'm really disappointed as their bakery section is huge and seemed to have a lot to offer, but I've been burned and am reluctant to try their other sweets.

Staff is very rude and snobby, they seem very bothered when you ask them a question and reply in a…read morecondescending tone. Cashiers, especially are very rude. Food is overpriced.

Love this place I have had fresh seafood my husband had a great steak sandwich…read more I also bought fresh seafood they had the best I have ever had I also purchased the best coffee there this place is a must

Great food, good espresso and cappuccino. Nice staff, the…read moremeat is the best i ever bought in my life.

Tropa is a shared space with FK Dulce. The former is a Filipino convenience store…read more When you walk in, you can't see a clear delineation between what is strictly Tropa versus FK Dulce. If you think of the latter as being all the yummy Filipino donuts, it may help. However, I ended up getting cantaloupe bubble tea and a grab-and-heat-up-later pinoy hot dog in a bun. I still can't tell which part of the business those items are a part of. Maybe that's the point. You aren't supposed to tell. It's supposed to be a seamless experience. There is parking behind this store. I made a right turn on Ranee Avenue, followed by a quick right turn to access the parking lot. I got there just before 5 pm on a weekday. This lot was busy. I nabbed the only spot available, which was tight. I backed into it fine and walked in. There are Filipino snacks, such as chicharron and candy bars, that made me happy. I would have bought the former, except that it was salt and vinegar. I was in a garlic mood. My other weakness snackwise is prawn crackers. This place has Oishi. I can devour a bag easily. If you want bottled drinks or Tylenol, you can get them all at this store. All fish varieties and forms are available, which isn't a shock to me, but the selection is amazing. From dried whole fish, to cans of tuna and sardines, you are completely covered. Filipino spaghetti is my favourite. I saw a package of Filipino-style spaghetti sauce, which made me smile. The sauce is more on the sweeter side. It was nice to know that when I'm ready to make my own that I can and not completely butcher it. It's your one-stop place for Filipino groceries, snacks, food, and drinks. I met Kenneth and Fatima, the owners behind this store. They were super nice and kind. Fatima offered to heat up my hot dog, but I wanted it for later. I wanted the cantaloupe bubble tea. It seemed different. I got 30% sweetness, which is not my usual drink order. I felt that I needed something sweeter this day. She made my bubble tea with came with boba. It was refreshing and yummy. It was the perfect drink driving home. I was a bit skeptical that it wouldn't be yummy when I saw it in powder form. However, it dissolved perfectly and was smooth. The boba was chewy and enjoyable. I paid with a debit card. My transaction was seamless. I had the pinoy hot dog in a bun for breakfast the following day. I heated it up and it was delicious. The bun was soft and perfect. The hot dog was plump and yummy. The cheese on top sealed the deal. There was a hint of mustard with each bite. Yummy! This place is on Ritual. Next time, I'll need to place an order through it. FK Dulce and Tropa are listed together on this app, so it's almost as if the listing should be mashed together on Yelp for these two places, too. They are that tightly knit. (154)

Tropa is a convenience and grocery store selling Filipino products. Most (90%) of the…read moresnacks/groceries are imported from the Philippines. The store is located in a mostly Filipino neighbourhood. Tropa is slang Filipino or Spanish for friend/pal. There are your typical chips, Pocky Sticks, salted peanuts, cupa-soup, refrigerated drinks, toothpaste, soap bars, and Tylenol. But then there are mamon (little sponge cakes), ensaymada, Ube Cream Cheese cake slices, sauces, Toyomansi (soy sauce with lime), Milo drink powder, etc. The staff are very cheerful and helpful. During pandemic times, staff wear masks, there are plexiglass, and there are 2 hand sanitizer bottles. You can pay by cash, credit card, or digital. You can also order via food delivery apps. Inside the store is another business called FK Dulce Bakery selling Filipino baked goods. Both businesses are owned by the same owner. Give the baked goods a try, especially the Filipino donuts! There is no free WiFi. The restaurant is wheelchair accessible but there is no door-open button. There are no customer washrooms. There is free parking in the rear in their own private parking lot. The owner, Kenneth, was there so I got to speak to him. Review 2022-054 You can also find me on Instagram @chuan_chee. Thanks.

My review is purely based on the Saturday/Sunday halva puri offering! For those of you who don't…read morewhat what halva puri is, here is a quick breakdown - it is a breakfast eaten in Pakistan and India with some variations. Here, it comes with a chickpea curry, potato curry, a semolina sweet (halva) and 3 puris. They only have it between 10 am to 1 pm on Saturdays and sundays and from what I hear, take a lot of phone in orders which may have accounted for the line up while I was there. It was without a doubt, the best halva puri I have ever had - the only thing missing was cashews from the halva to give it that crunch. The store on the other hand...... well, I would just say that it isn't one I would go into. It's quite messy, disorganized and had it not been for the AMAZING halva puri, I would have probably not even reviewed because I really don't like giving out one stars...... I will ABSOLUTELY go back for as long as they have the halva puri person!

When the restaurants are closed and you can't dine in, you just learn how to cook and I really…read morebelieve that I just found the place that the chefs start at! Trupti seems to be that secret place that isn't reviewed much but has a stream of South Indian shoppers who make the pilgrimage to this place for their spices. Trupti has a factory in the back where fresh spices are roasted and packaged before they are either brought to the front and sold in store or sent off under private label. I was told by staff that restaurants make their own blends here just for themselves. The place is a family run business with their own blends as well. As you can see from all my photos, I picked up A LOT! I waited till I opened some of these before posting a review. What I noticed right away is that the spices smell really fresh. I compared it to some McCormack spices I just got from metro and Trupti wins by a long shot. The roasted spices smell amazing. There isn't much more to say other that for the quantity, the prices are great and the quality is impressive. Go here for spices. The end!

Discovered this place while biking a few years ago. Was…read morevery impressed with their spice selection. Realized that after a few chats with the owner that it wasn't as unfamiliar as i thought. We went way back to Kensington Market in the 80s. Family run for years they have the freshest and best selection of spices around. If they don't have it on the shelf the odds are they have it in the back and will be more than happy to pack you up some. Since they supply many restaurants and pretty well a majority of the Indian markets. They also have a great selection of nuts and all kinds of flour. Very friendly staff, helpful, just good people. Check it out!