toronto cooks

{ toronto cooks: 100 signature recipes from toronto's best restaurants }

When we ventured out for doughnuts on Sunday morning, as D was settling up, I browsed around the shop and noticed they were selling this awesome cookbook - Toronto Cooks: 100 Signature Recipes from the City's Best Restaurants. As a foodie loving, restaurant go-er, I'm dying to sit down with a glass of wine and drool over each and every recipe. I'm sure it's a mix of customer loved, taste tested recipes -  and whipping one up would be a fun way to make a night in at home feel extra special. The note of encouragement from the Amazon review describing the recipes as "ultimately doable for the home chef" wipes away any hesitation that the recipes might prove too difficult to re-create.

What restaurant dishes do you go back for over and over again? A big part of my love of eating out is the experience at certain restaurants but here are a few of my favorite dishes that I've returned many a time for:

Ile Flottante at Le Select Bistro

the Rueben at 416 Snack Bar

Spicy Tuna roll at Blowfish

Pierogi at The Saint Tavern

Blueberry Pancakes at Mildred's Temple Kitchen