Toronto Eats: Butter Avenue Patisserie and Cafe

Toronto Eats: Butter Avenue Patisserie and Cafe, Kiku Corner

 Butter Avenue Patisserie and Cafe is a new cafe Ryan and I stumbled upon during Nuit Blanche in Toronto. It’s on a hip street downtown, but since I work full-time in Toronto’s west end, I now rarely stroll through this neighbourhood. What was once an underwear store is now a patisserie! What made us stop in our […]

Canadian Design: David Crighton’s Toronto Illustrations

Casa Loma, David Crighton Illustration, Kiku Corner

Annex   David Crighton is a Toronto artist and illustrator whose works are of iconic Toronto neighbourhoods and landmarks. Our parents bought the above piece of the Annex neighbourhood in Toronto. Unfortunately some of these landmarks are now gone, like Dooney’s and Book City. Others, like Honest Ed’s, are set to close in the next few years. […]

Toronto Eats: Lunch at Mom’s Korean Food

Toronto Eats: Mom`s Korean Food, Kiku Corner

On a brisk fall day, Tomiko, our mom and I tried out Mom’s Korean Food, a no-frills restaurant in the Koreatown neighbourhood of Toronto. Korean food is famously spicy, and any dolsot (stone pot) dish is also extremely hot, and seems to get hotter the longer it sits! This all makes for a cozy, warming, […]

Toronto Eats: Lunch at Paramount Fine Foods

Toronto Eats: Paramount Fine Foods, Kiku Corner

Having grown up in Saudi Arabia, we are always looking for Arab food that has that same flavour we know so well. Several years ago, some old neighbours of ours from Saudi took our parents to the Paramount restaurant in Mississauga. Only recently have they expanded downtown and up in Markham. We finally made our […]

Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Neighbourhood Festival

Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Festival, Kiku Corner

Every year the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto puts on a free outdoor art sale over the weekend. To make the event even better, many of the neighbourhood residents take advantage of the increased pedestrian traffic to put on yard sales. It seems like there are five or more yard sales on each block. The Cabbagetown […]