Veg food in Toronto

A quick Google of Toronto revealed plenty of veg food places, which boded well for it being a cool city.  It was, and we visited a good few of the veg places.  We stayed at a vegetarian b+b the first night - arrived late so went to Commensal for a quick dinner as it was 10 min walk away.  It was OK - a fill your plate with anything, cafeteria style place that hit the spot at the time.  Breakfast courtesy of Paul-Antoine the next morning was very nice, although not very vegan (I lapse into vegetarian when vegan is too awkward) - crepes prepared by a real Frenchman, plenty of fruit and bread+jam and cakes.  We also checked out Fressen one evening, which seemed to be the poshest veg*n option in town, and was nice in terms of atmosphere, although most of the food was not super exciting (pleasant enough).  A good find was a veg and non-veg desi soup place (Ravi Soups, on Queen St West), which we stumbled upon during Nuit Blanche and really hit the spot - I had a super tasty butternut squash soup with chopped asian pear and browned onion on top.

The real excitement was Jamaican - One Love Vegetarian.  We were lucky to get there during our stay, as it is closed Sundays and only open 11-6 on Saturdays.  So glad we made it though.  Was close to our second b+b - nr Koreatown (854 Bathurst St).  It seemed to be entirely vegan, even though the sign outside only said it was vegetarian.

We had a pumpkin roti, the soybean curd and lima bean curry (which came with rice+lentils, salad incl avocado and sunflower sprouts, and fried plantains), and a ginger beer each.  The ginger beer arrived first, and was the best I've ever had - soooo good (and pretty fiery).  Fiery hot sauce came on the side too.  It was all incredibly yummy.

And we only got to try a few things on a menu where we could have had anything!  We'd asked for the Callaloo first, they didn't have it that day - am interested in the green bananas.  The staff were really friendly (not OTT, just helpful and nice), and the whole place was just awesome.

ginger beer, pumpkin roti, soybean curd and lima bean curry with trimmings