Eat, Play, Love.

"Dine, v: to eat a good dinner in good company, and eat it slow. In dining, as distinguished from mere feeding, the palate and stomach never asks the hand, 'What are you giving us?'" -Ambrose Bierce


The one thing I love most about my girls and I is that we're always wanting to try new things; whether it be in traveling, going out to different venues downtown or dining. Lina is working at a newly built restaurant downtown Toronto called South Of Temperance, located at Adelaide & Bay - south of Temperance (understand the name now?), and they were holding a free lunch for family and friends over the weekend to try their dishes - so you know damn well Paula and I went to eat!


Walking up to the restaurant and seeing the sheer size of the patio already had me excited for the experience. We walked in to see that the dining area was well put together, waitresses were coordinately dressed (which I liked) and the entire team of staff was extremely pleasant. They had selected three pieces of paper, which had random meals printed on them, seated us and took our orders as we read what was on our sheets. We had their Caesar Salad, Crispy Calamari & Shrimp and a cold cantaloupe/melon soup for appetizers; Curry Chicken with Rice and Naan Bread, Spice Rubbed Beef Spare Ribs with Asparagus & Quinoa, and a sort of Naan Bread Pizza for Entrées; and the Flourless Swiss Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie for dessert. Believe me when I say this; everything was delicious. We recommend their spare ribs dish, it was amazing! Even their soft drinks tasted better hahaha. They have a bar in the middle of the area with two big screen TVs on both sides (perfect for soccer/basketball games), large patio and booth areas for nights to just lounge, and the prices for meals are reasonable.


Anyways, it was a great experience that I had to blog about it. Great environment, great people, great food - there's nothing more that I would expect from a new restaurant. You need to go and try it out!! And if you get Lina as your server, you better tip her ass well, she's the one who introduced us to it!!


Here are some sneak peeks for your curiousity!




Check out their website at South Of Temperance.


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We also dined at The Hot House this weekend, the dinner plates were yummy and the patio was very mellow. Just wanted to share these pics as well.. :)







Man, I really need to invest in a DSLR Camera.

Now GO EAT AND GAIN MEAT, no one likes to cuddle with a man/woman that feels like a wooden board.. :)