Taste matching
Tell me how you cook, how far you will walk for good coffee, and what a perfect Saturday looks like. I will tell you which neighbourhoods fit and, just as usefully, which ones you should stop looking at.
How it works →Neighbourhood Advisor · Toronto & the GTA
I moved here for the food. I stayed for the city.
I've eaten my way through nine cities on four continents and the best food I've found anywhere is here. Tell me how you eat and how you live, and I'll tell you which part of this city you'd actually be happy in.
Nine cities, one verdict
I grew up in Berlin and spent my twenties eating my way across four continents. I came to Toronto in 2021 expecting a stopover. The food is why I never left.
- Berlin
- Tokyo
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Hong Kong
- Marrakech
- Barcelona
- Madrid
- New York
- Mexico City
Nothing on that list eats better than the Greater Toronto Area. I will happily argue about it over dinner.
How I help
No pressure, no pitch — just an honest read on where in this city you would actually be happy.
Newcomer orientation
I arrived here knowing nobody and nothing. If you are moving to Toronto from another city or another country, I can save you the year of expensive guessing I went through.
For newcomers →City education
How the neighbourhoods actually differ — housing, transit, cost, character — explained in plain language by someone who walks them constantly and has no stake in where you land.
Learn more →Five neighbourhoods worth eating your way through
Downtown to Scarborough. These are the guides I have written first, because these are the streets I know best and eat on most.
Chinatown
A bowl of hand-pulled noodles at 11pm, eaten standing up
Read the guide →The Danforth
Grilled octopus on a patio in August, then a walk to Withrow Park
Read the guide →Little India
Chaat from a counter, then kulfi eaten walking east along Gerrard
Read the guide →Agincourt
Dim sum at a plaza restaurant with a two-hour weekend wait, and worth it
Read the guide →Little Portugal
A pastel de nata standing at the counter, then charcoal chicken to take home
Read the guide →What people say
Sample reviews — placeholder copy. This practice is new and these are illustrative examples, not real client reviews. They will be replaced with genuine ones as they are collected.
Not sure where you belong in this city?
That is the question I most like being asked. No obligation, no mailing list, no pitch.