Favourite things at Annapurna Vegetarian Restaurant

it is the only place I know that's close to my mom's cooking

The oldest vegetarian restaurant in the city (some say Canada), Annapurna serves up a tried and true assortment of wholesome North American grain-and-veg classics, along with a widely recommended roster of Indian dishes, fresh baked goods, homemade soups, juices and delicious chai. I love the cheery storybook wall murals of lotus flowers and figures in yogic repose. And the sweet-faced sari-ed women who tend to the customers and fill the place with good vibrations.

South Indian cuisine, culinary category of the dosa, is not always easy to find in Toronto amid the abundance of northern-style curry shops, but I had some luck at Annapurna this weekend. They serve up a perfectly crispy and perfectly portioned lentil crepe, generously filled with potato masala, made even tastier with the additon of sambal and coconut chutney.

nice lasses, spacey friendly people...some grounded ones too