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Philippine Consulate General in Toronto Discovers the Wonders of Kanto’s Innovative Take on Filipino Dishes during the FRM 2022
2022-04-22
PR-2022-23
Toronto, 16 April – Philippine Consul General Orontes V. Castro travelled the historic arterial Dundas road of Toronto to Dundas West or The Junction, one of the trendy neighbourhoods in Toronto, a destination for vintage fashion and thriving night scene, with bars and restaurants that have garnered a lot of popularity in years prior to the pandemic. In that neighbourhood, Consul General Orontes Castro visited, together with the media’s OMNI and The Philippine Reporter, the Kanto by Tita Flips restaurant, a Filipino cuisine destination for foodies of Filipino, Canadian and other international descent.
Kanto by Tita Flips is a participant of the Filipino Restaurant Month 2022, and is also among the first Filipino restaurants in Toronto that garnered mainstream attention and patronage when Filipino cuisine started to become a trend in the early 2010’s. Its specialty is Filipino street food, and its secret to good food as shared by its Chef-Owner Ms. Diona Joyce is fresh ingredients, thoughtfully prepared and cooked from scratch. Mainstream Canadian media have singled-out and featured Kanto by Tita Flips’ Ukoy and Sisig-fries, a Filipino-Canadian fusion dish served like poutine. These are must-try dishes when visiting their restaurant, as well as the bringing home of their home-made Filipino snacks and condiments. They also have choices for those looking for vegan and gluten-free Filipino food.
Luckily, Kanto by Tita Flips’ prix fixe menu for FRM 2022 includes its well-loved Ukoy, made of crispy squash or pumpkin and shrimps as a choice for starters, the other being fresh lumpia with peanut sauce. The main dishes for the prix fixe provides a wide choice of the Filipino comfort food Beef Kare-Kare or Lechon Kawali, a vegan option of Laing, and the Piyanggang Chicken, a dish that is familiar to Filipinos from Southern Philippines but would be a new food experience for Filipinos from the provinces of Luzon. The choice of prix fixe desserts should not be missed, as Kanto by Tita Flips’ rich-tasting leche flan and turon with ube ice-cream will linger in your memory and taste buds, making you want to come back for more. END—
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https://globalnation.inquirer.net/83965/balut-sells-in-toronto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orzw4tMHSTQ