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The fried tongue sandwich at People’s Eatery in Toronto is one of the city’s best, says Toronto Life magazine. It’s served simply, on a pretzel bun with French’s mustard. The Chinatown restaurant’s Jewish-Chinese menu stretches from latkes and “deli whitefish salad” to Peking duck and spicy General Tso Fu tofu. More of the Week’s Dish:…
Sporting a sparkly tank top on a sweltering Sunday, Judy Perly steps onto a tiny platform that doubles as the stage at , her downtown Toronto restaurant. “I was in yoga class,” she tells the packed room of brunchgoers at “Bella! Did Ya Eat?”, Free Times’ hugely popular Jewish weekend buffet. “Everyone’s doing their ‘oms’….
Schmaltz Appetizing’s bagel with whitefish salad. Photographs by Caroline Aksich, Toronto Life Anthony Rose swears this was the original tagline for Schmaltz Appetizing, his new Toronto fish emporium: “We cater the beginning and the end — the bris and the shiva.” The joke is typical Rose. While the 35-year-old is dead serious about food, he…
