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Imagine walking into a midtown Japanese food joint and coming across a wall of this! Stacks of freshly made sushi in every flavor possible, soups, seaweed salads, bento boxes, onigiris and more! You’d think you died and went to nori heaven right? Well think again, looks can be deceiving.
We’ve done a lot of investigating on Toronto’s poutine — from the delightful bowl at Pantry to the bio-degradable deep container at Poutini’s — but sometimes you gotta go right to the source. Poutine was born in the province of Quebec so while in Montreal we made sure to hit up two spots known for this signature dish. Our first stop was the hilariously named Frite Alors!
French class taught us what Zut Alors means, but find out what the heck Frite Alors is.
Tags: French, french fries, poutine
It’s that time again kids. Plato Putas and Hanne Whitfield are proud to bring you another edition of Street Food.
When you hear the term “Street Food” you normally think of hot dogs, ice cream and pretzels. But at Plato Putas we’re taking it back to the basics where street food literally means food found on the street. Hanne, a friend of the Double P’s, has come across some unusual pavement platters in New York City. From time to time, she’ll share her gems with maps to the scene of the crime.
Drunkin’ Dunkin’ Trash To-Go
September 14, 2009, Bike basket and discarded refuge
Materials: Plastic, paper, waxed paper, aluminum and foam
West Broadway between Canal Street and Grand Street
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New York-based Hanne Whitfield has been tripping over run-away vegetables for the past four years. Her Street Food column will be part of an exclusive ongoing series on Plato Putas.
Tags: hanne whitfield, street food
Making someone a birthday cake is so 1998. This millennium, it’s all about celebrating with a homemade meal, in this case, a b-day brunch. Just look at how happy Elena, the birthday girl, looks over-stuffing her deliciously thin French crepe. And the best part is, you can deliver this gift right to someone’s home. Armed with whip cream, chocolate sauce, various berries and dulce de leche, I headed over on a Saturday morning and took my first crack at making crepes.
Forget mainstream, mass-produced coffee joints that lure you in with offerings of fancy-schmancy whipped drinks. Any die-hard coffee lover will tell you that’s not real coffee. Why mask pure, roasty goodness with synthetic sugary flavors? It just baffles the mind and the tastebuds.
