In Toronto, we’re fortunate to have a very diverse, multicultural, melting pot of a community.  With that comes many great , authentic ethnic foods.  Recently, my wife’s been sampling macarons at the many French patisserie’s in our area.  This weekend, she took me to La Bamboche.  This place is known for their macarons and is the top on her list.  They cost the most at $2.60 per macaron, but they are about 1/3 bigger than the competition.  Their flavours are very natural with no artificial coloring, concentrated and intense and you can taste the high quality ingredients.

She then took me to Nadege which I wrote about earlier here.  The macarons there cost $2.10.  They have an array of various flavours.  We tried the pistachio flavour.  It was good but nothing to rave about.  For $0.50 more, I would rather go to La Bamboche.

I didn’t take any pictures of the other samplers, but I should mention that of all the other places my wife tried, the first runner up is Rahier.  They have the best price, about $1.60 per macaron (they charge by the weight).  However, they don’t have many flavours and are smaller than La Bamboche, but the macarons are made well and the price is great.

Continuing with the French theme, we headed out to my favorite local brunch/lunch hangout again, Le Select Bistro.  For the quality of what you get and the atmosphere, it’s hard to beat the price.

Finally, ended off the week with a home cooked Chinese meal at my folks’.  My mom recently took her newly renovated kitchen for a test drive and this is what she cranked out.  You’re looking at “Lion Head” (a sort of meatball with cabbage), tofu, salted chicken and some vegetarian bean curd item.  So good!