Munching on Toronto - Turtle Jack's | Poutini | Ravi Soups

For the past few months, I have decided to do the following. Tighten my belt and wallet from Monday to Thursday by bringing lunch and cooking dinner at home. Then comes Friday, and that's when I get to eat out for lunch and sometimes eat out for dinner over the weekend.

I've tried a few new restaurants both uptown and downtown recently and I thought I'd write a little blurb on some of them.

I recently went to Turtle Jack's with a few of my girl friends and had the opportunity to sample their menu and have a few drinks. I must say, the food was nothing special. I had the french onion soup with a side of mac n' cheese. I am on mission to find the best french onion soup and so far, I have not found it yet. The mac 'n cheese was pretty heavy and when I ate it the next day, there was a whole lot of oil at the bottom.
The waiter we had seemed a bit out of it or something. He didn't come by on a regular basis, leaving us hanging here and there throughout the night. We asked for water, and he brought one glass of water. Maybe he was new so we'll cut him some slack.

French Onion Soup

Mac n' Cheese

I cannot believe how many different kinds of restaurants there are downtown. I'm not talking large chains here like Jack Astor's , The Keg etc. I'm talking boutique cafes, eateries, and famous one of a kind bistros, pubs and grills.

Poutini's House of Poutine is a great little place to get some really good poutine. The regular size was more than enough to fill me up (couldn't finish it actually) and I just love the recycled containers it comes in. We ordered the Poutini's poutine with vegetable gravy and the Poutigly, which was a traditional poutine with bacon. I really enjoyed the poutine with vegetable gravy. I did not think there was a difference in taste at all, but I'm sure there will be those out there that will beg to differ.

Poutini's poutine w/ vege gravy

The last place I want to briefly talk about in this post is Ravi Soups. I can't seem to find their website so I linked blogT.O's write up on them. I went for lunch a month ago and was definitely satisfied. A friend of mine kept telling me that the soup would fill me up. I was a bit wary because I never really just got full on soup. However, she was right. The soup was definitely a meal in itself. I enjoyed my butternut squash (one of my favourite soups) very much and am looking forward to going back and trying other gourmet soups on their menu.

I can't remember the correct name for
this soup but it had mushrooms.

The butternut squash soup.

So there you have it. Three new eateries I have tried out and nonetheless give thumbs up to (ok, I'll give Turtle Jack's another try).
Stay tuned for more 'munching on toronto'.