La Rose!
It was a Pizza Loving neighbour's official day of birth and she was entitled and honoured to receive a fresh home-baked pie from one of the world's best pizza artisans - but first I needed to get some quality ingredients on a fast pick-up enroute home. I was travelling with a fellow west-end gourmond also requiring sundries so I turned to an old friend, La Rose Bakery at La Rose Plaza on La Rose ave. (between Scarlett rd. & Royal York rd. just North of Eglinton). The well known Zia figure, 'Seignora' is gone but her hot table surrounded by fantastic breads and deliciousness remains.
I practically grew up on La Rose chow; chicken fingers, panzarottos and sangweech were staples for meals on the move.
Our house always had at least one loaf of Italian bread on the go, usually many. One of my wacky woggy uncles from the west coast used to come stay with us just so he could go there every morning, pick out savoury snacks and bags of fresh baked bread to inhale the aroma all day - I like his style. No trip to Plant World is truly complete without at least a slice from LRB for the ride home. Their pizza dough was of excellent consistency for my preferences - fresh bufalo mozzarella, pancetta and marinated mushrooms & olives gathered with my famous San Marz B tomato sauce - so many good vibes were happening in the oven that my pizza stone actually cracked. That's OK, I'm due for a new one , and a few more trips to the old neighbourhood. Coffees and Gelatos are also available, of course.
Price: Good
Rating: A
140 La Rose Ave, Toronto
416-248-9828
I practically grew up on La Rose chow; chicken fingers, panzarottos and sangweech were staples for meals on the move. Our house always had at least one loaf of Italian bread on the go, usually many. One of my wacky woggy uncles from the west coast used to come stay with us just so he could go there every morning, pick out savoury snacks and bags of fresh baked bread to inhale the aroma all day - I like his style. No trip to Plant World is truly complete without at least a slice from LRB for the ride home. Their pizza dough was of excellent consistency for my preferences - fresh bufalo mozzarella, pancetta and marinated mushrooms & olives gathered with my famous San Marz B tomato sauce - so many good vibes were happening in the oven that my pizza stone actually cracked. That's OK, I'm due for a new one , and a few more trips to the old neighbourhood. Coffees and Gelatos are also available, of course.
Price: Good
Rating: A
140 La Rose Ave, Toronto
416-248-9828
1 comments:
Ah... La Rose... I may have to pay homage this summer... That bread, those buns, the little blue-wrapped chocolates that the grandfathers used to give me (with weird liqueurs in them) when they pinched my cheeks cold form walking through the snow to get there... I can see/smell/taste it now... thanks for evoking the foody memories, Rob...
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