One food junkie sharing the tables she loves.
A personal food diary from Canada
I'm Zoe — a self-confessed food junkie. I hunt down the hidden, the strange and the delicious across Canada, then bring my friends. Now I'm bringing you.
“Some of these restaurants don't even have a sign outside — and that's exactly why I go.”
6 stories from the table 3 big Food Talk guides 6+ cities eaten through 100% personal & hand-picked
Food Talk
My biggest adventures, written up in full — the cheap, the best and the downright strange. Served here as a three-course tasting.
01 Cheap & cheerful
Eating empanadas is very common in certain latitudes of the world, especially down South — but it's not a regular thing over here. I was hunting for something cheap and tasty to eat on the go: I had almost no money in my pockets and very little time. And since the filling can be so diverse, eating one kind or the other really makes a difference.
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02 The countdown
Having dinner 150 feet in the air is what I call a unique experience by all means. A cloudless sky lets you experience the city in its entire splendor — lifting your eyes from your plate to see the whole city lit like a Christmas tree is an uncanny thing. And that's only number one of ten.
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03 The weird & wonderful
Dining in the pitch dark, drinking a cloud, eating steak mid-murder-mystery… The best part is for extroverts: we get to go on stage and have fun with the actors — and if you solve the mystery, you can play for a cool prize.
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Every story is a place I actually ate at, loved, and dragged my friends back to.
Personal Picks
Have you ever thought about going to a restaurant specialized in soups? Neither had I — until I walked into The Burnt Tongue completely by accident.
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Vegetarian
Do you know the difference between a vegetarian place and a vegan place? I learnt about it just recently — and ate very well in the process.
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Personal Picks
Advertising decides where most of us eat. But good old word of mouth is still alive and kicking — and it led me to these lesser-known gems.
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Personal Picks
Having breakfast out is something I completely love doing — it's like starting the day on the right foot. These are my Victoria favourites.
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Mexican
A Mexican-food place on Quadra Street in Victoria, painted in the colors of the Mexican flag — and run by a family that will win your heart.
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Personal Picks
It doesn't matter if you are into falafel or not — you have to try it in this amazing and strange little restaurant. You'll fall in love.
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About me
Every day there's a new fantastic plan: the phone rings, another friend, another restaurant, another amazing experience. I feel most alive when I'm out with my friends in my favourite places — or the new ones about to become favourites.
To me, that's the whole point: to smile, to share, and to be grateful for living in a country with so many options and the chance to enjoy them all.
My full storyGood to know
My restaurant write-ups are never paid placements — those are all mine: places I found, paid for, and loved enough to share. The ‘Featured partners’ shelf below is separate and clearly marked as sponsored; those partners help keep the diary going and never influence what I write.
The full range: soup restaurants, veggie falafel spots, molecular kitchens, ice bars and even a dinner suspended 150 feet from the ground — all without leaving Canada. Some of my favourites don't even have a sign outside or a Facebook page.
Quite the opposite. Some of my best meals cost under $10 — like the empanadas I found in Toronto's Chinatown. Great food has nothing to do with a big bill.
Please do! I'm always searching for a new adventure and new food to try. A brand-new tip I haven't heard about yet would make this gal a very happy one — just use the contact page.
The eating map
My appetite gets around — from Vancouver Island breakfasts to Quebec empanadas.
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I'm always searching for a new adventure and new food to try. Help me build this huge family of food lovers, so we can all learn from each other's experience.
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A hand-picked shelf of partners who share my appetite for good things.
