Showing posts with label cheese board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheese board. Show all posts

RH Courtyard Restaurant for Brunch (Toronto)


RH Courtyard is probably one of the lesser-known restaurants at Yorkdale Mall. Yet, it’s a beauty. A man-made garden patio tucked into Restoration Hardware so that a trip to the toilet will have you distracted with furniture envy.

Crème fraiche was added into the RH scramble ($22), but it’s still a simple dish of scrambled eggs with chives. I’m glad our waitress warned us the eggs are cooked to a soft runniness - I increased the doneness to “medium well” and they arrived creamy and tender without any of the gross liquid yolk.

If only the menu stated the scramble comes with grilled sourdough we would have foregone the artisanal prosciutto ($25). While there was nothing wrong with the board, it was also not exciting. A bit boring in presentation, it incorporated slices of prosciutto, chunks of parmigiano Reggiano, and “seasonal fruit” that was really a bunch of grapes. At least the baguette was warm and crispy, even though there weren’t any spreads, not even a plate of olive oil for dipping.

While the price of the side green salad ($10) was a bit steep, the citrus vinaigrette really helped cut through the heaviness of the meat, cheese, and eggs. Plus, it ended up being a great complement to finish the generous half avocado that accompanies the eggs.

You’re able to customize the matcha latte ($7) to be hot or cold. The cooler version was refreshing for the spring and had a lovely deep green tea flavour.

Do yourself a favour and skip the chains when you’re at Yorkdale. Dine at a place that doesn’t feel like you’re in a mall; more like you’re in the gardens of an aristocrat’s mansion. 

In a nutshell... 
  • Must order: RH scramble
  • Just skip: artisanal prosciutto

Overall mark - 7 out of 10


How To Find Them
 Location: Toronto, Canada
 Address: 3401 Dufferin Street (Yorkdale Mall)


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  • 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
  • 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
  • 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
  • 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
  • 10 - absolute perfection!


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Corks (Toronto)

Location: Toronto, Canada
Address: 15 York Street (inside Longos)
Type of Meal: Dinner




Unless you live around Maple Leaf Square (or know someone), you probably haven’t heard about Corks. When my friend suggested going there before heading to a show at ACC, I was intrigued – there’s a sit down restaurant inside Longos? Indeed there is! Once you get off the escalators, go left past the cash registers, look for a Starbucks and to the right of that you’ll find Corks.

If you’re looking for an affordable meal, fast food isn’t the only answer. At Corks there are plenty of tables available - just find a seat and someone comes over to you shortly. You will find a variety of pizzas, sandwiches and other shareable eats for $10 or less. They also have daily specials – on Thursday it was half a dozen oysters and a beer for $10.

We opted to share glasses of wine ($7-$12 for a 6 oz glass), a cheese board and two pizzas amongst the four of us. The “Sinfully Soft” cheese board ($10), contained:
  • A creamy and buttery la sauvagine from Quebec;
  • The Devil’s Rock from Thornloe. It was creamy with the sharp tang that’s synonymous with blue cheese;
  • A lovely Saint-Andre triple cream cow’s milk cheese from France; and  
  • On the side a plate containing plenty of crostini, sweet fig compote, dried apricots and almonds.


The 10” stone oven pizzas ($8) won’t beat the ones you’ll find at Mangia and Bevi, but are still tasty and filling. The meat lover’s had big chunks of pepperoni, Italian sausage, bacon and chicken breast. With plenty of cheese, I was glad it wasn’t overly oily despite the sheer amount of meat.


The pesto primavera pizza ($8) was more up my alley with mushrooms, tons of artichokes and blanched rapini mixed with cheese and a flavourful pesto paste. The crust is a fair thinness, chewy and a toasted well on top but could use a bit more time on the bottom.



Service is friendly and efficient at Corks. As the food arrives, we were offered a variety of toppings (olive oil, sriracha and chili flakes) for the pizza. Of course, there’s no beautiful bottles of chili soaked olive oil here, but with such great prices that can be overlooked.


Overall mark - 7 out of 10

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Gastro World's Grading System

  • Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
  • - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
  • 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
  • 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
  • 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
  • 10 - absolute perfection!