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Originally Posted by niwell
Guelph was disappointing IMO, but KW has some decent places. Kingston has pretty good food offerings as well. Ditto Peterborough. And of course PEC, though that is more in the GTAs orbit these days - including the chefs. But yes, even the latter is a bit of a step down from the GTA aside from a few places.
But In general I've found a lot of Ontario food to be best when it isn't trying to emulate good Toronto restaurants. Echoing kw this is actually a good topic for another thread
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Maybe I've tried the wrong restos and got the wrong recommendations, but I honestly don't get the hype about PEC. I've had much better culinary experiences in Oakanagan and Vancouver Island, as well as way more memorable restaurants I would want to return to in Gaspésie, Charlevoix and Eastern Townships.
Kingston is probably the best of the lot, but honestly if I had to choose I would rather go back to Halifax and New Brunswick, where I had arguably better food offerings.
I always thought the steep drop-off in culinary experience from GTA to the rest of Ontario was strange in a Canadian context. IMO, it reinforces the idea that Toronto is its own city-state and functions as its own island.