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The Full Monty - a British Breakfast @Burgundy Lion in Montreal, Canada [OS] [OC] [1280 x 848] Check this blog!

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The Jefferson Burger @Queue de Cheval in Montreal, Canada [OS] [OC] [1280 x 840] Check this blog!

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August Update: A Twitterific Summer(licious)

Hello wonderful people of the Interwebs! Another eventful month has come and gone, and July sure was a whirlwind of exciting food adventures for the Meandering Spork. The theme of the month was, of course, Summerlicious, as we went on a 6 restaurant grand tour and sampled some of the best restaurants Toronto has to offer. (Dan: Wait, we have monthly themes? XD)

If you have been following us this past month either on our blog or on our social media sites, you'll notice that our photo of the sea bream main course from Jump was selected as a top 10 best photos of Summerlicious by BlogTO. And they put on on their site as lead photo! *Cue cheering and general excitement*

But best of all, we were voted into the top 3 favourite photos by BlogTO readers and you guys. In fact, we were voted the winner of the photo contest! A huge thank you goes out to everyone who voted for us, we really appreciate all the support. And it's true, we got that warm fuzzy feeling inside when we found out.

In other news, The Meandering Spork has again made it to National Post's Gastropost, this time for their East, West & Fusion mission. Our beef vindaloo photo (again from Jump...noticing a pattern here?) was chosen for Team East in the battle for gastro-supremacy. 

And last but not least, an explanation for our update's title. Some of you may have noticed that despite being a food blog that is fairly socially minded (you can follow us on Instagram, Foodspotting, and Flickr if you weren't aware!), up until this month we did not have a Twitter account.

Well, fear not, for now you can also find us on Twitter at @meanderingspork. It's our first point of contact for any new updates, including behind the scenes stuff that you don't get to see on the blog, and we update you on foodie news in Toronto. We're on Twitter quite often so feel free to tweet us your restaurant suggestions, your questions, or whatever your little foodie hearts desire.

Oh, and also, Oliver & Bonacini replied to us on Twitter, so like we're basically best friends now. That's how this thing works, right? XD

What's coming up in the month of August? Well we're wrapping up Summerlicious with our first ever Sporkies Awards, where we tell you what we thought were the best of Summerlicious. Also, we went to some really cool foodie events at the end of July, like Taste of Toronto and the Waterfront Night Market. (See this is why you follow us on Twitter, y'all. XD), so we have some recaps coming your way. And of course, be on the lookout for more restaurant reviews.

Thanks for reading, you lovely people. Until next time, this is Anna and Dan signing off. Chows! :)

- Anna and Dan

P.S. Follow us on Twitter and come say hi!

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July Update: Putting the "Blog" Back in Food Blog

Hello hello!

Thank you to all you wonderful peoples who are following along with our attempt at a food blog. It's been a fun ride so far and we're hoping to keep the momentum going strong. Here's a quick update at what we've been up to this last month! First up, we got featured on the National Post's Gastropost feature from June 7, 2014 for their seafood challenge with our mahi mahi shot from Tappo Wine Bar. It just goes to show, when it comes to food, presentation is every bit as important as how the food actually tastes. :P

Second, in case you haven't noticed, we're doing a small Niagara Getaway series to give you guys a taste (Dan: Haha get it? XD) of what we did for Anna's birthday. Dan planned out a day out on the town at Niagara-on-the-Lake and we got to try some pretty incredible food, so feel free to take a look at our post on Butterball's Restaurant and the sublime Il Gelato di Carlotta. Stay tuned for our post on the Charles Inn and Restaurant this week! While we're at it, we want to give a shoutout to Taste the Town Tours, the food tour we participated in to sample some of the best that NOTL has to offer. Bill was an absolutely fantastic guide who filled us with some great tidbits of history, architecture, and delicious noms. The prices for the food tour are very reasonable given the sheer amount of food you get to sample and it was really a very enjoyable experience for the both of us.

What else is coming up? Well, stay tuned over the next couple weeks for our Summerlicious reviews. We'll do our best to get them up fast and furious so you guys can go yourself. :) Ah, one last thing. Thanks for making us the #173 blog in Toronto on Urbanspoon despite the fact that we have only been blogging for about two months. ^^ It's been really fun so far and we look forward to bringing more delicious food pics and noms suggestions your way. Please do send any comments and suggestions our way. We'd love know what we can do better or try out a restaurant so you can see what we think. :)

-Anna & Dan