This weekend, after a delicious brunch at our old neighbourhood fave The Old York (I had Eggs Britney – essentially Eggs Benedict but with a red pepper salsa as well as the Hollandaise...) some girlfriends and I attended Toronto's Gourmet Food & Wine Expo at the Metro Convention Centre. Having never been before I was really excited to see what was in store.
Upon entering, we knew we were in for a good time, the tagline "The city's best cocktail party" was definitely accurate. Essentially they transformed a large conference room into a marketplace of delicious food and flowing booze. The room was more or less divided into Wine, Beer, and Food.
We (obviously) hit the wine section first, spending our sample tickets on Californian, Chilean, and Spanish wines. We later strolled over to the food section where my compadres wisely got a chorizo on a bun and a panini respectively, for some reason I thought it would be wise to opt not to eat...not so wise it turns out...
We ended the afternoon in the beer section, sampling delicious local craft brews (Mill St, still one of my favourite local micro-breweries, the Coffee Porter is deliciously strong and smooth and sweet) and specialty imports (Innis & Gunn is a fave of the bf, they age their brews in whisky and scotch barrels making a fragrant and flavourful brew that definitely packs a punch).
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