For Shut-in Foodies
Skip the valet parking, overpriced wine and preening wait staff. Three ready-prepped, take-home gourmet alternatives to an expensive night out
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Marcket Fine Foods, 672A St. Clair Ave. W., 416-849-3425
To start: Puréed sweet potato and apple soup with a hit of chipotle
($10 per litre).
The main course: Beef and button mushroom pot pies bathed in
Guinness gravy, with
a buttery, short crust
top ($8 each).
To finish: Sticky toffee pudding glazed with a rum-spiked caramel sauce ($5 each).
Sushi Marché, 1105 Queen St. E., 416-463‑0114
To start: Miso soup or iceberg lettuce salad (included with main).
The main course: A sushi dinner ($18) includes five pieces
of nigiri and a choice
of a California roll or
the unique Kamikaze (a
cylinder of spicy salmon or tuna, tobiko and crunchy tempura bits).
To finish: Chocolate Pocky ($2 for a large box).
Pantry, 974 College St., 416-364-2495
To start: Beet salad with
a Scandinavian splash
of dill cream ($2.59 per 100 grams).
The main course: Pan-fried Cumbrae chicken breasts crusted in panko and parmigiano ($3.49 per 100 grams), with a side of leek and goat cheese bread pudding ($3.49 per serving).
To finish: Apple pie with a flaky cheddar-spiked crust ($6).
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