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On Saturday, i had a ton of time to kill before the movie, so i wandered around a bit on Queen West, shopped a bit, took some photos and had dinner.


This is quite high up...


I had dinner at Peter Pan, which was part of Winterlicious. First up was roasted butternut squash. Good! Oh, and a glass of Hardy's red wine (shiraz?). Also good.


Then it was braised lamb shank, with baked herbed polenta, and crispy leek "hay". Hay? It was good, but the lamb tasted like beef stew, rather than, say, pork.


Dessert was caramel upside down cake. Mmm...


Okay, i went to Chapters for a while, and still had a ton of time - two hours before the movie. Ugh! So, i went to the Queen Mother Cafe, planning to read and maybe a small bite or a drink. Except i was feeling kind of off, and it was really dark (so no reading). I ended up being a real pig, and ordered another supper. This is grilled striploin steak with cashew, blue cheese and horseradish butter (very good), sauteed green beans, onions & bacon, and smoky paprika roasted blue potatoes. Yeah, the potatoes were blue. It was very difficult to pull a photo out of the very low lighting.

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