Product: Nutella Snack & Drink

Lately, I've been snacking on Nutella on marble rye toast, which is positively better than Nutella on crepes, but which also reminded me of this product that Lurgs brought in to work one day; her sister bought it in Italy:

If there's anything that sounds better than this, please let me know, 'cause the words Nutella and Snack go hand in hand...and whilst the drink is iced tea, it's still a good package.

Compact. Cute. NUTELLA! Portable. Fits in your purse. NUTELLA!

Okay so the biscuity bits were a bit strange but what a great idea for kids and real kids!

Love.

Grazie Ristorante

Location:

2373 Yonge Street, Toronto

www.grazie.ca

Went to Grazie recently for a friend's birthday dinner. The place was packed and as is the case with a lot of restaurants in the city, they don't seat you unless your whole party has arrived, and they don't take reservations.

We ended up waiting I think a little over a half hour but let me tell you, it was fully worth it. And, I'm not even going to try to remember each dish....they were all too good to be true, so instead, here are the pictures...

The food is incredible! Large portions and such intriguing flavour combinations. I'm so glad I was with a bunch of dear ones who like to share 'cause it was really nice to try everything.

Thank you, indeed!

Fusaro's Kitchen

Location:

147 Spadina Avenue, Toronto

Cost: $10-15 for lunch

www.fusaros.com

This is a long overdue post; I guess because it's such a frequented lunch spot for me that I simply thought I was having a home-cooked meal at times!

If you don't get there by 11:45am at the latest, be prepared to wait in a long line up that runs out the door!

The pre-made pizzas, sandwiches, quiches etc are all very good - a pizza slice will only set you back a few dollars and is way better than Mama's Pizza. I really like the croissant with chicken, olives and feta (a bit o' cheese never hurt anyone)...although it's a tad salty.

The panini's and pastas are made to order and add $2 for a side salad...

Their daily specials are listed on the fairly new blackboard on the side (Fusaro's has undergone some interior design changes in the last couple of years - going from orange walls with black and white photography to plain blue walls with the menus on blackboards - for a more minimalist look or realistically, more spatially accommodating for the sheer volume of the lunchtime crowd.

I've had many a pasta dish here and I have never had a bad experience.

I have heard from my yoga instructor however, that she gained weight eating the salads here (So, note to self, and to you reader). It's all that dressing - which they actually do put a bit too much of .

I even hosted a birthday brunch here a few years ago (the Evite was aptly titled: "Let's get some f*****ckiin freeeeeench toast" a la 40 year old Virgin).

Someone else got the calabrese, like so:

Salmon & eggs:

Eggs florentin:

Not a lot of people know about the brunch on Saturday, but it's lovely and not at all like the cafeteria-style-lunch-time atmosphere. The food, on the other hand, is just as good :)