Bill Byres introduced me to one of his long time favourite restaurants today. Bright, airy and spacious under high ceilings, the place looked promising and the food delivered on the promise. I had a cup of wonderful French Onion soup, a chef’s salad with feta-garlic dressing and two fresh, delicious samosas. My coffee came in a nice little French press for one. Perfect. I needed a cashew cookie to go with it. Total, $15.99 including tax. Perfect. The background music was pleasant and muted. Perfect.
Danica notes that my menu choices didn’t sound particularly Indian, aside from the samosas. True, but isn’t that great? I was especially happy to get the coffee, which was very good. Oh, and there’s a small sign behind the counter, declaring that you are in a cellphone-free zone. How civilized.
After lunch, Bill and I walked down Bathurst, window-checking some galleries and other interesting shops on Bathurst, between Dupont and Bloor. South of Bloor (next to the famous Honest Ed’s department store) we went into the cavernous Sonic-Boom record store. Marvellous place for old vinyl albums. I should have kept my old Dylan LPs. They go for around $30 now. Nice seeing the covers again.
The store had just dismantled a Christmas display which had included a lifesize Abominable Snowman. The head was sitting on a display table, so Bill stopped for a bite.
