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• Jean Genie

At the risk of questioning the judgement of those far more used to eating vegetarian food in Toronto than I, who was there for only a brief visit, this place serves some of the best vegetarian food in Toronto. I say this not so much because of the complex tofu-based dish we chose (which was very good in any case) but because of the simple dish of greens that accompanied it. This was perfect - texture, seasoning, quality of ingredients, the whole (as it were) enchilada. Very often, or so it seems to me, vegetarian and omnivorous restaurants alike have no idea how to cook ordinary vegetables so as to bring out the best in them, but what the people at Jean's don't know about that isn't knowledge. The Buddha-like gentleman who served us moved about as slowly as one imagines the Buddha would have done, but he moved as efficiently as one imagines the Buddha would have done also. The place is pretty close to Greenwood metro station - go there if you can.