SummerLicious = Overrated

What’s the deal with SummerLicious? I mean every summer your yuppie friends will try to get together and plan an outing to a restaurant for SummerLicious. “Incredible value of 3-course prix fixe menus at 150 of Toronto's favourite restaurants”. I mean sure, it sounds like a GREAT bang for your buck, but have you ever truly liked the SummerLicious menu at any of these restaurants? I am talking to the point where you want to go back because you crave it? NOT ME!

It is a great experience and it’s a nice thing to do in good company but in terms of food (and you should know by now how much I LOVE food) it’s not really that great. It can also get quite costly. The restaurants lour you in with the attractive prices, but you end up spending so much money on drinks that when you average it out, you probably could have gone to a fancy restaurant of your choice and enjoyed the food MUCH more.

I also find that the more expensive the food, the more likely it’s a small portion or tastes gross? lol. That’s just my opinion :)

Although I am not a HUGE fan of SummerLicious, there are some restaurants that aren’t so bad. Of all the SummerLicious places I’ve tried, some of my personal favs are:

Dinner: Big Daddy's Bourbon Street Bistro & Oyster Bar (love the steak)

Dinner: Drake Hotel (love the Salted Butterscotch Pudding).

Bon Appétit!

 

 

I LOVE FOOD!

Yes, that's right, I LOVE food! 

Dude, I am not kidding when I say I LOVE FOOD….I wouldn’t classify myself as a ‘foodie’ per say, but I definitely LOVE to eat. I am also not the world’s healthiest eater, but I try to eat well when I can, lol. As someone who ‘loves’ to eat… I generally like going out to dinner with people who have the same love for food as I do… I mean, come on ppl, I do not want to be chowing down on some chicken wings, while you’re eating a salad next to me! Lol. I mean I do not blame you salad eaters, but then you cannot be offended if I do not want to eat with you. I won't judge you, if you don't judge me ;).

If you were to meet my close friends, you would see that we’re not very ‘large’ individuals…. Actually, I would argue that I am the most shapely of my friends… nonetheless, we’re not ‘BIG' girls but when we do go out to eat, we certainly enjoy our food. For my birthday for example, a few of my friends took me out to one of my favourite Chinese restaurants and we ordered a feast. No word of a lie, the man taking our order thought we would be joined by others. Sure enough we finished every last item we ordered, we never disappoint.

We then proceeded to a local park for a dessert picnic…. It was the perfect Birthday outing! I know this sounds lame, but I am beginning to understand… the older you get the more you appreciate ‘down-time’. We all live very busy lives, and don’t always have time to do the things we most enjoy. I think we should all take more time to do ‘nothing’ and enjoy the simpler things in life… like food for example, lol.

Enjoy Life. Eat Food. :)

Yummmmm Poutine!