Category: Food and Drinks

Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: 5th ElementT Restaurant: $39 for a Three-Course Upscale Indian Dinner for Two or $59 for a Three-Course Dinner for Two with Bottle of Wine (Save 51% Off)

Buy now from only $39
Value $79
Discount 51%
You Save $40

This is a limited 1-day only sale that will expire tonight at midnight (Monday, January 9, 2012). Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Chef Johnee S. weaves traditional Indian ingredients into contemporary gourmet fare alongside extensive & eclectic wine list

The Fine Print
Expires Jun 13, 2012
Limit 3 per person. Limit 3 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. Dine-in only. Not valid on Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.

5th ElementT Restaurant
http://www.5thelementt.com/
506 Queen St. W, Toronto, Ontario
(416) 504-3213

Today’s Groupon to 5th ElementT Restaurant. Choose between the following options:

• For $39, you get a three-course upscale Indian dinner for two (a $79.75 total value). The dinner includes:

1. Two appetizers (up to an $11.95 value each)
2. Two entrees (up to a $24.95 value each)
3. One dessert (up to a $5.95 value)

• For $59, you get a three-course upscale Indian dinner and wine for two (up to a $119.75 total value). The dinner includes:

1. Two appetizers (up to an $11.95 value each)
2. Two entrees (up to a $24.95 value each)
3. One dessert (up to a $5.95 value)
4. One bottle of wine (up to a $40 value)

At 5th ElementT Restaurant, a repeat winner of Wine Country Ontario’s VQA Restaurant Award of Excellence, executive chef Johnee S. weaves traditional Indian ingredients into the contemporary gourmet fare of his eclectic menu. To open the dinner, appetizers such as the lamb kebab and vegetable samosa chaat joust for the affections of diners’ palates. Guests can break from noshing to admire 5th ElementT’s saffron-hued interior before delving into entrees such braised lamb shank in garam-masala-infused tomato sauce. The grilled Atlantic salmon surfs toward tables on waves of bengali curry sauce, and the savoury saag paneer sates vegetarian appetites. Dessert inaugurates the sugary reign of classic Indian sweets such as pistachio kulfi. Additionally, diners can choose from a selection of wines that spans the globe like a bear hug from the moon.

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: The Wine Butler – $69 for Winemaking Experience (Save $130 or 65% Off)

Buy now for only $69
Value $199
Discount 65%
You Save $130

This is a limited 4-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, January 9, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
At award-winning craft winery, visiting vintners concoct 28 bottles of cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay & varietals from around the world

The Fine Print
Expires Jan 16, 2013
Limit 1 per household. Limit 1 per visit. New clients or households only. Online reservation required. Must be 19 or older with valid ID. Valid only for 1 type of wine. Bottles not included but may be purchased on-site. Classes are non-transferable.

The Wine Butler
http://www.winebutler.ca/
100 Bridgeland Ave., Unit G, Toronto, Ontario

Today’s Groupon: for $69, you get a winemaking experience at The Wine Butler (a $199 value).

At The Wine Butler, an award-winning craft winery where grape pulverizers churn out 200,000 bottles of wine each year, visiting vintners craft 22–23 litres of wine over the course of two visits. Guests can choose from a selection of international wines that includes cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, chardonnay, and varietals harvested from Australia, Chile, South Africa, and the United States. During their inaugural visit, patrons select their wine and start their batch within the winery’s humidity-controlled habitat. Concoctions ferment for 6–10 weeks, giving clients ample time to construct a nursery out of cheese and crackers in anticipation of their wine’s arrival. On the second visit, vintners bottle and package their elixirs into approximately 28 750-millilitre bottles. The Wine Butler supplies labels, foils, and corks, and winemakers can opt to evict miniature boats from their own bottles or purchase bottles from the winery ($1 each).

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: The Wine Bar: $20 for $40 worth of Tapas and Drinks Thursday–Saturday, or $20 for $45 worth on Sunday–Wednesday (50% Off)

Buy now for only $20
Value $40
Discount 50%
You Save $20

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Open kitchen uses local & sustainable items to craft rotating tapas selections such as braised beef poutine, paired with more than 200 wines

The Fine Print
Expires Jul 11, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Must purchase 1 food item. Dine-in only. Not valid on 12/31, 2/14, or Winterlicious. Not valid towards corkage fees on Monday.

The Wine Bar
http://www.9church.com/
9 Church St. Toronto, Ontario
(416) 504-9463

Today’s Groupon to The Wine Bar. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get $40 worth of tapas and wine Thursday–Saturday.
• For $20, you get $45 worth of tapas and wine Sunday–Wednesday.

Visitors enter The Wine Bar to sip from more than 200 hand selected wines and explore an ever-changing menu of tapas crafted by executive chef Bryan Burke with local and naturally grown ingredients. Gazes turn to the open kitchen, in which culinary artisans whip up signature small plates intended for sharing and mid-meal juggling such as Yukon gold fries ($5) that beckon dipping into the eatery’s homemade ketchup. Ontario cheese curds cap a small plate of braised beef cheek poutine ($9), and five-year-old cheddar entices dining crews to split an artisan cheese platter ($16). For dessert, the kitchen enlightens taste buds to the simultaneously soft and crunchy crème brulee’s caramelized shell and candied walnuts ($7). For wine pairings, patrons consult a list of potables packed with more international flavours than the United Nation’s weekly bake swaps, including a white 2009 Borgo Boschetto Pinot Grigio from Italy ($6.25/3 ounces).

Chandeliers paint light across the dining area, illuminating exposed brick walls as well as a towering wine rack. In the kitchen, technicolour displays of jars adorn shelves and hold the organic, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients that infuse all of The Wine Bar’s cuisine and it’s end-of-night confetti.

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: Vin Bon: $59 for a Winemaking Experience (Save $71 or 55% Off)

Buy now from only $59
Value $130
Discount 55%
You Save $71

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Friday, December 23, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Expert winemakers employ 30+ years experience as they blend wines from customer-chosen imported juices & bottle with corks & labels included

The Fine Print
Expires Jun 27, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy multiple as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only at location purchased. In-store only. Reservation required. Not valid 12/24-12/25, 12/31, or 1/1. Must be 19 or older. Bottles not included- $1 each or customers may bring their own.

Vin Bon
http://www.vinbon.ca/
1765 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario
(416) 651-7626

121 Athol St. Whitby, Ontario
(905) 668-4447

2354 Major Mackenzie Dr. Maple, Ontario
(905) 303-9946

Today’s Groupon: for $59, you get a fresh-juice winemaking experience at Vin Bon (a $130 value). Choose from the following locations: Brampton, Maple, Mississauga, Newmarket, North York, Scarborough, and Toronto, and Whitby. The winemaking experience includes:

• Fresh cabernet franc/petit verdot red blend or sauvignon blanc/chardonnay white blend juice for 24–26 bottles of wine
• Corks
• Shrinks and labels

Although bottles are not included in this deal, customers may bring their own or purchase at an additional cost ($1).

Vin Bon’s winemakers guide customers through the art of creating vintages within an on-site winemaking facility. Upon arrival, guests choose from imported juices hailing from grapes such as cabernet franc or chardonnay based on flavour and ability to coexist with glass. Participants hand over their desired juice to winemakers for the vinting process. Vintners closely monitor each juice batch on its five-to-six-week journey to fermentation by blending ingredients in fermenters and housing the mixture until it is ready for bottling. Each batch fills 24–26 bottles of wine, which customers can assemble into sculptures of Dionysus’s favourite decanter and decorate with labels. Each newborn batch is also bolstered by Vin Bon’s guarantee.

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Today’s Groupon Toronto Daily Deal of the Day: Aravind Restaurant – Seven-Course Tasting Menu for Two or $20 for $40 Worth of Gourmet Indian Fare

Buy now from only $20
Value $40
Discount 50%
You Save $20

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Thursday, December 22, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Chefs craft multiple courses of traditional South Indian cuisine with all dishes made in-house using local, sustainable seafood & vegetables

The Fine Print
Expires Dec 26, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Dine-in only. Not valid on 12/24/11, 12/31/11. 2/14/12, 5/13/12, or 6/17/12.

Aravind Restaurant
http://www.letseat.at/Aravind
596 Danforth Ave. Toronto , Ontario
(647) 346-2766

Today’s Groupon to Aravind Restaurant.

The Deal

$59 for a seven-course gourmet Indian tasting menu for two (a $140 value)

• The tasting menu includes:

1. Poached quail egg in kokum masala over a coconut-milk wafer
2. Mulligatawny soup
3. Atlantic Canada rock crab cakes in tamarind reduction
4. Lake Huron pickerel with green mango sauce over basmati rice
5. Mixed melons in honey-lemon-ginger sauce
6. Yogourt-marinated Ontario lamb in ginger-garlic-fennel masala or dungeness crab biryani
7. Choice of regular daily dessert

$20 for $40 worth of anything on the menu

• Entrees range from $12 to $24
• Modern South Indian and Keralan cuisine
• Organic ingredients sourced from local farmers’ markets
• Uses Canadian seafood
• Everything made in-house
• Can make vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free substitutions

Aravind Restaurant

Aravind Restaurant’s head gourmet chef graces palates with modern South Indian cuisine, built from Keralan recipes and sustainable local fare such as Great Lakes seafood and seasonal vegetables. Chefs populate their rotating menu with Lake Huron pickerel and Ontario trout, and also wet-stone-grind their own rice flour in-house rather than cutting corners by leaving it in the street to let local skateboarders run over it. In addition to modern ingredients and fusions with Western recipes, Aravind eschews traditional Indian family-style dining for plated courses. Aravind also employs in-house sommeliers to elegantly present a roster of VQA wines. Critic Joanne Kates has sung the restaurant’s praises in both Post City Magazines_’ Top 100 Restaurants of 2011 and the _Globe and Mail, where she asserts that as “a land of readers and writers, Kerala is also a land of grand cuisine, something that’s definitely on the books at Aravind.”

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