Date: January 18, 2013
Location: 322 Adelaide St W (east of Spadina), Downtown Toronto
Website: http://ravisoup.com/
Cuisine: fusion
Meal: dinner
My thoughts:
Let me start by talking not about Ravi Soups, but another establishment called Khao San Road, which is located next door Ravi Soups. My friends - MM, AE and AB - had been raving for ages how amazing Khao San Road is and we (minus MM) finally made the trip here for their famous Pad Thai.
We arrived at 7pm, and were told that the wait was 1.5 hours. We were starved decided to instead come here. (This was actually how my friends had first discovered this place.) My friends told me to not be disappointed, because this place is great.
I opted to get the soup and wrap combo ($10.99), which is really a fantastic deal, seeing as how most soups and wraps are in the $7-9 range. I got the PORCINI MUSHROOM WILD RICE BISQUE and FLANK STEAK WRAP. Both were very good. Apparently, this is an organic restaurant. I'm no avid organic foods person, but this was good to know. There was just the right amount of food. The food itself was very fresh and tasted quite 'gourmet,' even though the decor and signage would've made one guess otherwise.
The style of this restaurant is you place your order and grab a seat at either a long wooden communal table or small side tables. The communal table was rather unusual, with an large hole at one end. The interesting thing was the table was intentionally made this way.
This place can be easily missed as the signage is very inconspicuous, so keep your eye for it. When in that area, just look for a place with a large crowd of people inside and on the street; this is Khao San Road. Ravi Soups is right next to Khao San, east of it. Check this one out!
We arrived at 7pm, and were told that the wait was 1.5 hours. We were starved decided to instead come here. (This was actually how my friends had first discovered this place.) My friends told me to not be disappointed, because this place is great.
I opted to get the soup and wrap combo ($10.99), which is really a fantastic deal, seeing as how most soups and wraps are in the $7-9 range. I got the PORCINI MUSHROOM WILD RICE BISQUE and FLANK STEAK WRAP. Both were very good. Apparently, this is an organic restaurant. I'm no avid organic foods person, but this was good to know. There was just the right amount of food. The food itself was very fresh and tasted quite 'gourmet,' even though the decor and signage would've made one guess otherwise.
The style of this restaurant is you place your order and grab a seat at either a long wooden communal table or small side tables. The communal table was rather unusual, with an large hole at one end. The interesting thing was the table was intentionally made this way.
This place can be easily missed as the signage is very inconspicuous, so keep your eye for it. When in that area, just look for a place with a large crowd of people inside and on the street; this is Khao San Road. Ravi Soups is right next to Khao San, east of it. Check this one out!
