I have a feeling a LOT of people wisely stayed home on Monday Oct 29th. I knew when I got in from work last nite that I was going NOWHERE and that I had lots of time to create a “comfort-food” type of meal for myself.

This was my idea of the perfect meal on a wet and windy misterable night:

What’s On my Plate:

-vegetable soup (home made – of course) from my freezer (of course)

-a toasted Oakrun Family Bakery Savory English Muffin with roasted grape tomoatos and roasted organic garlic. Sprinkled with dried thyme for additional flavor.

It was the perfect meal and exactly what I was craving, despite the fact that I’m on a no-carb diet (I can cheat every once in a while right?).

The Oakrun Family Bakery has introduced 3 different types of savoury english muffins: Jalapeno & Salsa, Sundried Tomato and Basil and Toasted Onion & Smoked Black Pepper. I have nibbled all three and love of all them. I’m all over anything that is flavoruful.

Please look at for these Savoury English Muffins at Metro, Highland Farms, Longos, Loblaws, Loblaws Superstores, Zehrs, Food Basics, Fortinos and ValuMart.

As the saying goes “try it – you will like it”!!

PS. what did you have last nite for dinner? do you crave comfort food when the weather is miserable too?

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It’s that time of year when I return to my favorite restaurants so I can enjoy some comfort food.  I generally want soup but sometimes I want a different type of soup like the one I order at: Buk Chang Soon Tofu.

I use to pass this restaurant all the time on Yonge (just south of Finch on the east side). It took me years to actually check it out as I could see thru the window that it was always packed. One day I finally made it and I was blown over!!  a) it’s cheap and cheerful (my fav type of restaurant) and b) it’s pure comfort food without a ton of calories.

I also found out why it’s packed. You simply can’t make this at home.

So what do I order?

I order the Vegetable Soon Tofu. (#6) It’s basically a bowl of flavourful broth that is served in this piping-hot stone pot (in Korean, this is called dolsot) and is packed with vegetables and soft, fresh tofu.

#6

It arrives with 4 different types of appetizers (soybean, kimchi, radish, and a bean sprout dish) and an egg for you to throw into your stone pot. All of this for $8.50 WITH TAX. Could life get any better?

Now if you want a meat soup – there’s a few options:

Sadly there is no website, no facebook page and no twitter presence. However you can find lots of great reviews on Urbanspoon, BlogTO, and Yelp.

For more info:

Buk Chang Soon Dong Tofu (north) 5445 Yonge Street (416) 430 7458

Buk Chang Soon Dong Tofu (south) 691 Bloor St. West (416) 537 0972

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