Foodie Friday- Sweet Jesus

Happy Friday and you know what that means now... #FoodieFriday.

Today I thought I talk about something that everyone loves...Ice cream. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like ice cream and if you don't like it...don't admit it, it's weird! Haha. The place I am going to talk about it called Sweet Jesus and I wanted to go there for awhile as I had heard so much about it. We actually went a few months back when the weather was still cold and the minute we came outside it started snowing. I would like to try it again when I can sit in the sunshine instead of taking off my gloves to hold an ice cream.

Sweet Jesus is attached to an amazing Mexican restaurant, La Carnita that I may do a FoodieFriday on sometime as that is worth the visit too. The restaurant and ice cream shop is located on John St but I know Sweet Jesus has other locations in Toronto also.

The downside of this ice cream shop is the line up. Some people can be waiting 45 minutes to an hour to get their treat, yes I know! Luckily we didn't wait too long, but then again it was snowing outside!

The exciting thing about this place is that you can get the oddest toppings on your ice cream from rocky road to candy floss. If it wasn't so busy all the time it would be nice to take in the surroundings of the industrial style interior with marble counter tops and the gorgeous turquoise lights.

Sweet Jesus is also a very popular espresso bar and besides there most famous item being the soft serve cones they also have Mexican popsicles and sugar coated churros.

The ice cream cones are huge and very tasty! It is well worth a visit even just to get a picture for Instagram!lol

 Have a great weekend!

Talk soon xx

Zita J

Foodie Friday- Porchetta & Co

Happy Friday!!

Finally it's here, don't know about you but I have had the longest week ever.( I will fill you in next week). For now its #FoddieFriday and the second post featuring all things food. Last week I wrote about RibFest and this week I am going to fill you in on a place I have wanted to go to for awhile and finally got the chance to last week.


Porchetta & Co.

If some of you don't know already, I am obsessed with rashers! Like its a proper serious thing haha. My parents used to call me " Rasher Kid" when I was smaller and nothing has changed really. Naturally then its only right that I had to go to a place that has a pig as its logo. Porchetta & Co has two locations and for anyone who may visit or is living in Toronto, I went to the one on King St West.

The signature of this sandwich shop is slow cooked porchetta. But it simply does not end there. The menu has a few amazing mouth watering options and of course myself and Parker got two different options so we could try both. Well that was the plan anyway.

I got the Porchetta plate and added poutine, just to be extra fat! For those who don't know, poutine is a Canadian dish, very similar to our gravy chips that you'd get in the chipper. This dish however had an extra special twist that I (being a pig lover) really enjoyed.....Crackling! Ugh, I can't cope thinking about it I just want to eat it again. The pork was so soft and the fries( yes I said fries instead of chips) were crispy and just the way I like them.

Parker got the fried chicken sandwich which is suppose to be one of their most popular sandwiches, oddly enough but I understand why. I of course had serious food envy! It always happens me that I want what he gets and he has to share with me then. I think every girlfriend is like that right? We did agree we would do that when ordering though to be fair haha. The buttermilk fried chicken is placed between two crispy yet soft buns with lettuce, pickles, hot sauce and creamy herb sauce. The hot sauce does have a good kick to it if like a bit of spice in your life.

You can enjoy a cosy (by cosy I mean its very small) sit down on their gorgeous red stools inside the industrial style interior or you can take it away and have some time alone with your amazing sandwich! Be warned though you might need a nap afterwards...It's that good!

I want to go again now after writing this!

Talk soon xx

Zita J

Toronto Ribfest

Happy Friday!

Hope you all had a good week and looking forward to the weekend. I have decided to do a new feature on my blog as I have been kinda neglecting it lately and I really enjoying doing it. Since moving to Toronto I have found a new appreciation for food. Everywhere you go in this city there is amazing restaurants, takeaways, markets etc so I thought I would share them with you and do what I am calling #FoodieFriday. I will feature either food events I have went to, restaurants I love and maybe even recipes from food I cook myself(or Parker cooks I should say as he does most of it).

So to start it off why not fill you guys in on my trip to Ribfest on Canada Day weekend. Myself, Parker and two of our friends headed there on Canada Day as we had no work. The weather forecast was not suppose to be great for that day with thunder storms due. Luckily, while on the bus to the event the days only downpour occurred and the rest of the day was dry for us.

                         

                       

I was super excited about this. I love food festivals and food in general so I couldn't wait. It was $2 to get in which was great. There was lots of vendors, mainly bbq vendors obviously but there was also people selling the very popular blooming onion, which had one of the biggest line ups.

                            

There was so many stalls to choose from. They all displayed the awards they had won in previous events and it was almost impossible to know which one would be the nicest. We picked a place that had a long queue as we felt people might be more experienced at this whole Ribfest thing than we would be.The first stall we went to myself and Parker shared half a rack of ribs just to get a taste of what we were in for. 

                            

After that we decided to be big kids and go to the fun fair. It was so much fun. As I have gotten older however I am the biggest scaredy cat and was made go on a ride, just after watching a woman get sick from another ride may I add. I won't say I thoroughly enjoyed the upside down spinning wall ride thing that I screamed for the duration of, but I was proud I did it.

                            

Overall, it was a great day! After the fun fair we went back to get more food and of course I had to try this.....ONE OF EVERYTHING! (Ribs, chicken, sausage, pulled pork, beans and coleslaw). My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

This website shows other Ribfests in Ontario for anyone visiting that may be interested.

Have a great weekend!

Talk soon xx

Zita J