Toronto, Canada
Top food to try in Toronto
6 dishes to eat in Toronto, what is in them, and where they belong.
Last updated 2026-08-08
1. Peameal bacon sandwich
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Wet-cured, cornmeal-rolled pork loin on a bun. The city's own sandwich, best at the market.
2. Butter tart
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Pastry shell with a runny butter, sugar and egg filling. Whether raisins belong is a national dispute.
3. Poutine
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Chips, cheese curds and gravy. Quebec's dish, but ubiquitous here and best where curds squeak.
4. Roti and jerk on Eglinton West
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Trinidadian and Jamaican cooking in Little Jamaica, a long-established Caribbean corridor.
5. Dim sum and Chinese food across the suburbs
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Markham and Scarborough have arguably the strongest Chinese food in North America.
6. Nanaimo bar
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A no-bake three-layer bar of crumb base, custard buttercream and chocolate, from British Columbia.
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