The
New York Times recently profiled the Toronto culinary scene's obsession and expertise "with all things meaty." With mainstays from
Caplansky's Delicatessen and
Kensington Market's Sanagan's Meat, to newer ventures such as
Dundas West's Hoof Cafe, Toronto has become a meat lover's dining destination.
"In my first hour in Toronto, I ate these things: stewed rabbit, blueberry-buckwheat pancakes, crisp ribbons of translucent guanciale and billowy mounds of smoked ricotta. And this was all just the first dish. Brunch at Hoof Cafe -- the new offshoot of Grant van Gameren and Jen Agg's Black Hoof, across the street -- is a decidedly meat-focused affair. Stranger than this strange assemblage, which also included more blueberries and some syrup and -- why not? -- candied celery and which seemed to suggest the chefs were smoking more than cheese, was the fact that it all sort of worked. Not brilliant, but sweet and smoky and meaty and an oddly comforting way to begin the first meal of the day. The lines out the door should have tipped me off: Toronto is in the throes of a serious love affair with all things meaty."
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