I became a Mom recently... I know it was recently ... it feels just like yesterday ....only he's almost 18 years old.
We have been going out for lunch or dinner, on Fridays, for as long as I can remember.
At a very early age, he didn't like fast food. He wanted to sit down with the 'big people' and learn how to use the knife and fork properly (or the chop sticks, in this case).
I remember when he was 4 or 5 years old, and I'd take him for Sushi, how all the adults in the place would point and look at him eat the raw fish and just love it. (Champagne tastes, he always had, on my beer wages.)
Somewhere along the line my sister introduced him to dim sum, and now it's his favourite place to go, whenever Mom has time (but we still try to have our Mom and Son 'linner' -- late lunch, early dinner), at least once or twice a month.
We went to our favourite dim sum place again on August 12th (I will be busy on Friday) :)
- Rol San Restaurant, in one of Toronto's Chinatowns (Spadina & Dundas).
After we had more than our share of har gow, siu mai, char siu, bean curd, egg plant in black bean sauce, curried squid, stir fried gai lan in garlic sauce (Chinese Broccoli);
....... we went off to take some photos of neighbourhoods for Localism.
If you're ever near Downtown Toronto and want to visit the two best (most affordable) places for Dim Sum, right across the street from each other, take a walk along Spadina and stop just south of Baldwin Street (at St. Andrew) - and take your pick - Rol San on the East Side (you order your favourites right off the menu) .... and Bright Pearl on the West Side (traditional dim sum carts come by and you take what you like).
I don't know how much longer he will want to go out for lunch with his Mom, but I enjoy it as much now, as I did when he was 5... maybe even a little more (only now he doesn't tell me as much... and I want to know everything). :)
I don't know anything about teenagers - I have nothing to compare this experience to - but it's not so bad - but if you want to know about some great places to eat in Toronto, just ask - I'll ask my son, and let you know. :)
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