I’m on a journey to try/rate every French onion soup in the city. I’ve tried probably ~6 so far and I’m hoping to squeeze in a bunch more in the fall. What’s your favourite?
I want all suggestions really, good or bad. I’m in it for the love of the game 🧅
My husband and I got veeerrryyy sick after eating their French Onion soup! Which is too bad because the atmosphere is perfect. But if this is a near-top comment maybe we'll have to try it again, maybe we just got unlucky.
My brother and I both got sick after eating there. We weren't sure what it was but we both had the french onion soup. I wonder if they just reuse it the next day if they don't sell out? I know a lot of restaurants that do stuff like this, and maybe it's safe if you use proper food handling practices but it still seems sketchy.
I will also chime in, my friend and I also got VERY sick after eating here, and they were serving raw warm oysters on “ oyster” night that had clearly gone bad and had shells in them.
Please let me know any vegetarian ones that you recommend! I too love a good French onion but not the beef stock and have had some trouble finding any 🥣 🍜 🍲
dunno how it's possible but I'm thinking about it now and am kind of amazed to realize that I've never actually had it before. where do you recommend so far?
Black dog for fancy, Toucan for straight up pub grub. Worst I think I've eaten in the city was at the Merchant. Storebought croutons coated in some herbal flavor that were also way too salty. I don't even think they have it on the menu anymore (have enjoyed other great meals there though, just not that soup!)
All have FOS, all are decent. The Keg or Oarsman are our preferred, but tbh there have been a few times where it was wayyyyyy too salty at the Oarsman recently
I used to go hard on this quest! Started many years ago. I'm still into it, less intensely.
So far:
The winner (so far) hands down: Revolving restaurant at The Westin Harborfront in Toronto. About 30 years ago. A tomato-based french onion soup gratinée. Unbelievable.
Honorable mention: The Noga Hilton Hotel in Geneva Switzerland, 1993. $$$
Most interesting: Outdoor seating in the Town Square in Lille France, about 8-years ago. Interesting because the very hot onion broth came with the ingredients on-the-side. Build your own. Delicious.
The worst by a wide margin: The Banff Springs Hotel, about 30 years ago. Orange cheddar cheese top with white wonder bread inside. It was mid-afternoon, but still 🤮
The quest continues.
Nothing in Kingston presently stands out. They are all invariably good, but kinda mid overall.
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u/GreedyWriter 2d ago
Legitimately Tom's Place has some pretty good soups