Under-represented cuisines

[jayt90]

One of the most under represented restaurants in Toronto is a restaurant that serve quality food at reasonable prices! Or restaurants that give good value at any price.

(I will exclude most Vietnamese and some Chinese Restaurants)

I will not exclude Caribbean restaurants that tend to be quite expensive for what you get if it is any good.

If you think I am wrong Please feel free to provide examples to refute what I am saying.

I am a fan of salt cod, but I have not had it prepared well in ethnic restaurants in Toronto. My first encounter was in a Portuguese restatant, Dundas near Dufferin, with George Chuvalo. The slab of fish was so salty that it could not be eaten. Maybe the cook was inexperienced, but it was definitely under soaked.

The second was a Caribbean spot on Lawrence near Warden. I ordered salt cod with ackee (a vegetable similar to scrambled eggs), but again I was disappointed.

It was served with all bones intact, and I found it difficult to eat, if not unpleasureable. I understand that Caribbean natives, and Orientals, have no difficulty with these bones, but it is not easy for a native Canadian.

I am still looking for an authentic brandade de morue, or salt cod cakes east coast style.