Delicious wide assortment dine, for summerlicious number 9

Delicious wide assortment dine, for summerlicious number 9

By William Doyle-Marshall
Until July 24 Torontonians and their friends can feast on a literal international range of culinary offering during the ninth annual Summerlicious Culinary Festival at 150 of the city’s top restaurants.
Michael Thompson, Chair of Economic Development and Culture for the City of Toronto launched the event last Friday hosted by Luma Restaurant and its executive chef Jason Bangerter in the heart of the entertainment district - the home of Bell Lightbox, 330 King Street West.
The variety and diversified dining options include Indian, Italian, European style bistro, French; flavours of Greece and Southern Italy, Middle Eastern Moroccan, Mediterranean, Japanese, Canadian, Continental, Cajun/Creole, Seafood, Brazilian, Contemporary, European Contemporary, Spanish, Chinese, Tapas, Portuguese, Asian and Peruvian.
Bangerter said his colleagues at Luma regard Summerlicious as a great opportunity to reach out and touch many guests at this location. Luma is one of 15 new restaurants to join the 2011 culinary line up. This is an incentive for Bangerter and his staff to be creative in a manner that would entice taste buds of customers. For this reason he has come up with things like the chicken liver pate, a cucumber soup and a summer berry pudding. Enough of the sneak peek. Go and see for yourself.
Leslie Tan, Senior Marketing Manager, Platform Programmes of American Express has promised to check out many of the participating restaurants. Users of American Express are also in for some treats. Just ask your waiter and they will be only too happy to spill the beans.
Councillor Thompson praised Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini – owners of Oliver and Bonacini Restaurant chain, whom he termed Culinary stars with respect to the great things that they do in the city with their business. They are strong supporters of Summerlicious and Winterlicious and have been there from the start. Councillor Thompson thanked them for being believers and being there from the ground floor of both festivals, which began in 2003.
From July 8, 150 restaurants in the city are at top of mind once again as Summerlicious takes over this world class city. Naturally, Councillor Thompson is thrilled that 150 top restaurants of Toronto are participating in this year’s Summerlicious.
“The licious programme was created to support Toronto’s renowned restaurants, food service industry by boosting sales during the typically slow period. The programmes have become strong economic drivers for our restaurant industry,” the councillor acknowledged. Today Toronto’s broader food industry employs over 84,000 people representing 6.2% of the total employment in the City of Toronto. 35,000 of these people work in 3,000 fully service restaurants across the City of Toronto
“Toronto is Canada’s largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.6 million people. Toronto’s government is dedicated to delivering customer service excellence, creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost of government and building a transportation city.
Restaurant details and menus for this popular prix fixe dining promotion can be found at http:www.toronto.ca/summerlicious