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as trashy as they are, I love those won ton strips fried into crispy noodles So, Won Ton wrappers edited to add Let's get some Jewish food in here!! ← Kreplach (Jewish enough for you?) with Chicken Soup! ← Oh yeah, very Jewish, but I dont think it goes with Won Ton strips. ← It sure does. Kreplach are often made using wonton wrappers!

Definitely Chinatown (Spadina south of College) and Kensington Market (start at Spadina and Baldwin and head west). I've been to Rain and wasn't impressed. Splendido gets more raves, and consistently so. For affordable, incredibly inventive sushi (especially the chef's specialties), try a new restaurant on Eglinton Ave. West (between Bathurst and Allen Road) called Sado Sushi. It's an "offspring" of Atami Restaurant in Montreal, and is unlike anything else available in Toronto. You might also want to try Ethiopian food (especially if it's unavailable where you're from). It's delicious, cheap and fun to eat (with your hands). A real cultural experience. There's Ethiopia House on Irwin Ave. downtown, and Queen of Sheba on Bloor West, just east of Bloor West Village. Where are you from? It might help us to determine what would be interesting for your students.

as trashy as they are, I love those won ton strips fried into crispy noodles So, Won Ton wrappers edited to add Let's get some Jewish food in here!! ← Kreplach (Jewish enough for you?) with Chicken Soup!

I was at PDC for the first time last week. WOW!!! My daughter, not the most adventurous eater, had the beets with goat cheese, which was great, and the magret de canard with sauteed mushrooms, very good as well. I had (don't laugh, but I thought it was an appetizer when I ordered it, and only realized when I was leafing through the PDC book later that it's a main course!) the Plogue de Champlain, which I absolutely adored! It's a stack with, from bottom up, a buckwheat pancake, sliced potatoes, smoked bacon, melted cheese, topped with seared foie gras, with a sauce made of maple syrup and glace de canard. Truly an amazing dish (and I'm not usually fond of sweet sauces). For main course (since the Plogue was my entree!!!), I had the Duck in a Can. It was great, but oh, so rich! By this time I was kind of foie gras-ed overdosing, so I took a doggie bag and ate it for lunch the next day - COLD! For dessert we had the Pouding Chomeur and the Creme Brulee. What a wonderful, laid-back evening we had. The service was charming, and we were seated in the perfect spot - able to view the goings-on in the kitchen and at the wood oven. When Chef Picard happened by, I told him he was a genius. His response: "I'll give you my mother's phone number, and you can tell HER that!" By the way, I did buy the book ($60), and it's like no other I've ever seen. It's truly a delight to read and to browse through. The photos and the layout are fabulous.

I haven't been, but I know that Coppi Ristorante on Yonge St. has an annual truffle menu.

Mmmm. Orange sauce with Grand Marnier for barbecued duck, in Steven Raichlen's Barbecue Bible. Crispy barbecued duck...