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Toronto's best kept Pinoy secret

Published Apr 29, 2022 03:00 pm

Philippine Consulate General discovers the wonders of Kanto during Filipino Restaurant Month 2022

PINOY PLEASURE Kanto by Tita Flips’ prix fixe menus include a main dish of Piyanggang chicken, vegan laing, lechon kawali or beef kare-kare served with rice, paired with a choice of its famous ukoy or lumpiang sariwa for appetizer, and a choice of leche flan or ube ice cream and turon for dessert

Philippine Consul General Orontes V. Castro traveled the historic arterial Dundas road of Toronto to Dundas West or The Junction, one of the trendy neighborhoods in Toronto, a destination for vintage fashion and thriving night scene, with bars and restaurants and discovered the wonders of Kanto by Tita Flips restaurant, a Filipino cuisine destination for foodies of Filipino, Canadian, and other international descent.

Kanto by Tita Flips is a participant in Filipino Restaurant Month 2022. It is also among the first Filipino restaurants in Toronto that garnered mainstream attention and patronage when Filipino cuisine started to become a trend in the early 2010s.

Kanto by Tita Flips is a participant in Filipino Restaurant Month 2022. It is also among the first Filipino restaurants in Toronto that garnered mainstream attention and patronage when Filipino cuisine started to become a trend in the early 2010s. Its specialty is Filipino street food, and its secret to good food as shared by its chef-owner Diona Joyce is fresh ingredients, thoughtfully prepared and cooked from scratch. 

MEDIA DARLING Michelle Ramos of the Philippine Reporter and James Ma of OMNI with Consul General Orontes Castro and Kanto by Tita Flips chef-owner Diona Joyce

Mainstream Canadian media have singled-out and featured Kanto by Tita Flips’ ukoy and sisig fries, a Filipino-Canadian fusion dish served like poutine. These are must-try dishes when visiting their restaurant, as well as its homemade Filipino snacks and condiments that are perfect to bring home.  It also has a wide selection for those looking for vegan and gluten-free Filipino food. 

Kanto by Tita Flips’ prix fixe menu for Filipino Restaurant Month 2022 includes its well-loved ukoy, made of crispy squash or pumpkin and shrimps as a choice for starters and fresh lumpia with peanut sauce.  The main dishes for the prix fixe provides a wide choice of the Filipino comfort food like beef kare-kare or lechon kawali, a vegan version of laing, and the Piyanggang Chicken, a dish that is familiar to Filipinos from Southern Philippines but would be a new food experience for Filipinos from the provinces of Luzon.  The choice of prix fixe desserts should not be missed, as Kanto by Tita Flips’ rich-tasting leche flan and turon with ube ice-cream will linger in your memory and taste buds, making you want to come back for more. 

philcongen-toronto.com

Photos from Toronto PCG

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