I booked into this Summerlicious event before I went to Vancouver, an inaugural visit to Starfish at 100 Adelaide Street for their $35 prix fixe dinner menu. It’s a good thing I did, too, since I started my seafood kick in Vancouver and I was still craving it after I arrived home. There’s something very summer about seafood.
During Summerlicious, more than 130 of Toronto’s top restaurants offer residents and tourists alike the opportunity to sample a wide variety of diverse and innovative cuisine through prix fixe menus. Foodies can dine for a lot less on the specially created lunches and dinners that come complete with promotional prices.
Now in its sixth year, Summerlicious features three-course prix fixe menus priced at $15 or $20 for lunch and $25 or $35 for dinner. Restaurants will begin taking Summerlicious reservations on June 19 and American Express Cardmembers can book early reservations on June 17 and 18.
Vincor Canada returns as a sponsor of the event, featuring wine selections by Niagara’s Inniskillin and Jackson Triggs wineries paired with select menus at participating restaurants.
Six of us from Toronto Linkup reserved the 7pm seating and pored over the menu, studiously examining each listed ingredient in order to make a decision. It wasn’t easy, not even for appetisers! Half a dozen oysters or Manhattan chowder? House cured lake trout escabeche with lemon and tomato relish or grilled Portuguese sardines with homemade sourdough panzanella, green olives, and fennel oil? It all sounded so good!