Toronto Restaurant Tips by Bobsy

Restaurant Name: Swatow - Chinese food.

The decor is spartan, but who cares? This is Chinatown...its not a place renowned for themed restaurants with license plates on the wall. If you want that go to a Hard Rock. What Swatow does, and does well, is provide high quality Chinese food at an unbelievably low price. All stock Chinese meals are here, and I've not had a bad one from Swatow. For two people I would reccommend ordering a selection of three dishes (which will cost around C$24), but be prepared to eat the same meal the next day, beacuse I doubt you would be able to polish it off in one sitting.

It can get busy in the evening and is not a big place, so be prepared to wait.


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Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Slightly north of Dundas on Spadina.

Restaurant Name: Tim Horton's

I have eaten a dozen donuts in a sitting on two occasions. After cycling around the islands, and while waiting at Newark Airport post 9/11. I have had two sourcream glazed donuts mailed from Canada to the UK because I missed them so much. The first one was a pile of crumbs, but the second was perfectly formed.

Favorite Dish: Get a Chilli Bread Bowl meal. C$5.59 buys you a coffee, donut and delicious chilli in a hollowed out loaf. Chain food shouldn't be this good. Make the donut a cruller. Or if you want it to keep for later or the next day, a sour cream glazed.

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Theme: Coffeehouse
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Multiple Locations