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Contents • June 2019 PRESIDENT JAMES BAKER e: james@thnmedia.com
ADVERTISING SALES MARIANNE KENNEDY e: marianne@thnmedia.com
CREATIVE DIRECTOR JASON STACEY e: jason@thnmedia.com
PHOTOGRAPHY SABOOH UN NAZ e: suncreationsinc1@gmail.com
CREATIVE PRODUCTION DERECK ADDIE e: dereck@thnmedia.com CASEY ELOGIO e: casey@thnmedia.com TIM FRANKIW e: tim@thnmedia.com
WEB DESIGN VAUGHN JOSEPH e: vaughn@thnmedia.com
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Spotlight • Q&A
Q: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO OPEN CHIANG MAI? Food is my passion. I’ve been working and managing restaurants for the last 12 years. I wanted to try something unique and bigger. Thai food is the fastest growing segment of the restaurant market in Toronto. When people seek out Thai Cuisine, one of the hallmarks they’re looking for is an authentic dish that reflects the culture of the region from which it comes. I am trying to get a little more specific to Northern Thai food, more to the region of Chiang Mai. I decided to name it Chiang Mai so it can offer many selections of palatable dishes for Thai food lovers of Toronto.
Q: WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR SIGNATURE DISHES? Our signature dishes include Chiang Mai’s own Khao Soi, our famous Royal Pad Thai, Holy Basil and our Curries.
Q: WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS ON YOUR MENU THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF? That would be our Pad See Ew with rich Thai spices and herbs. It’s delicious.
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Thai Kitchen & Bar Once you’ve tasted authentic Thai food, there’s no going back. Sujeevan Moorthy, owner of Chiang Mai Thai Kitchen & Bar, located in the Humber Bay Shores area, knew this and opened this stylish Thai restaurant which has gained a reputation for serving up delicious modern renditions of traditional Thai dishes. We sat down with Sujeevan to discuss his love for food and what’s next for Chiang Mai.
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Q: HOW SIMILAR ARE YOUR DISHES TO WHAT YOU’D FIND IN THAILAND? Our kitchen is operated by a crew of passionate Thailand chefs and cooks who have cooking skills that were cultivated in Thailand. This is where our food authenticity is coming from. The food preparation is closely followed to be Thailand home cooked dishes.
Q: WHY IS THERE SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR DISHES? Eating is a sensuous experience. Food presentation is just as essential to the success of a dish, as the taste and flavour. The way the food looks on the plate is what tempts our eyes and makes you want to taste it. Before our mouths have tasted anything, our eyes have already judged it. I believe that our passion and innovation in creating great food presentation delights our guests in every way.
Q: HAVING A RESTAURANT IN TORONTO IS CHALLENGING CONSIDERING THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP SEPARATE YOU FROM OTHER FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS? It’s our passionate and innovative menu engineering mixed with sticking to the basics. We strive daily to satisfy our diners, serving only the freshest ingredients and preparing our food right. Competition also sharpens our passion and desire to succeed and get better day by day.
Q: I’VE READ MANY OF YOUR REVIEWS AND PEOPLE WHO’VE TRIED YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE FOOD AND THE ATMOSPHERE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? This means a lot to Chiang Mai. Our guests’ feedback helps us to measure our success through customer satisfaction. Feedback and reviews help us reevaluate our service and quality to ensure we are providing only the best for our loyal customers. By doing this all, we are able to build a healthy relationship with our clients.
Q: WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO BEING A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT IN THE HUMBER BAY COMMUNITY? It’s all about offering the community a healthy, safe and pleasant dining experience. It’s about being a good partner for the community.
Q: TELL US ABOUT THE CHEF’S MENU? It is purely the creation of our chef. It’s made from fresh ingredients with his own unique recipes.
Q: WHERE DO YOU HOPE TO SEE THE CHIANG MAI BRAND IN 5 YEARS? I hope to continue building a solid and satisfied client list and to open up more Chiang Mai locations throughout the GTA. I want to continue to offer diners Thai food with authenticity and a great dining experience. ■
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Editorial • Community
THE HUMBER BAY
ARCH BRIDGE You’ve seen it, you’ve walked on it, maybe even rode your bike on it. It’s as iconic to Humber Bay Shores as the Golden Gate Bridge is to San Fransisco (maybe that’s pushing it, but you get the point). 06 08
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It’s one of those subjects that’s captivated onlookers and photographers since its completion in the mid 1990s. It’s an Instagram playground with it’s unique structure made up of two 1,200 millimetres (47 in) diameter high-strength steel pipes, bent into twin arches that rise 21.3 metres (70 ft) above grade, and suspend the deck by way of 44 stainless-steel hangers, each 50 millimetres (2 in) in diameter. It’s not often where you won’t find a wedding or engagement photoshoot or someone with a selfie stick taking advantage of the famous bridge. Designed in 1994 by Montgomery Sisam Architects of Toronto and bridge engineers, Delcan Corporation, it was constructed by Sonterlan Construction, and is the recipient of numerous local architectural, design and engineering awards. The bridge is situated at the mouth of the Humber River, the start of the “Toronto Carrying Place” trail, an ancient aboriginal trading route leading north, and thus features design elements and decorations such as carved turtles and canoes including the thunderbird, an important symbol to the First Nations people, found along the top of the bridge. So, if you’re looking to snap a great shot, enjoy a lakeside walk or ride, or just want to people watch, this spot has what you’re looking for. Happy trails! ×
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Top: As seen from Plains Road. Above: Amanda Leroux welcomes guests at the door. Bottom: Warm cozy decor.
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Editorial • Outdoor
FALL & WINTER In fall and winter, the sailing school shifts to our waterfront classroom and offers a range of Club Seminars, Seminar Series and Theory Courses including diesel maintenance, Basic and Intermediate Coastal Navigation, marine weather, and sail trim theory.
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The Boat Share Club offers members unlimited sailing from May through September on a variety of club-owned keelboats ranging in size from 24 to 34 feet. There are racing nights so members can continue to develop sail trimming skills in a friendly and competitive environment. Socially, the club offers dinner cruises and weekend flotillas to neighbouring yacht clubs on Lake Ontario. The club also has frequent social events over the course of the summer. Members are encouraged to make use of the deck and the BBQ and enjoy summer evenings on our private shoreline.
WITH HUMBER BAY SAILING CENTRE
Humber Bay Sailing Centre is a keelboat sailing school and a boat sharing club for adults, within walking distance of the HBSCA community. This is an ideal place for people who want to learn to sail but who don’t have a boat. BEGINNERS The sailing school offers the Basic Keelboat Cruising course, taught over a five day, weeklong period or over two consecutive weekends. The popular Starter Package includes the Basic Keelboat course plus VHF Radio and Toronto Harbour Licence courses, plus a one month pass to the HBSC Boat Share Club where graduates can continue to develop their skills while being coached and mentored by more experienced sailors.
Mentoring programs include sail trim, spinnaker handling, anchoring, docking and undocking as well as continuing development of the skills necessary to become a competent and safe skipper. The sailing school operates year round with on water courses offered during the sailing season such as Basic and Intermediate Cruising and the International Certificate of Competency (ICC) for those wishing to charter overseas.
Humber Bay Sailing Centre is located at 100 Humber Bay Park Road West in Etobicoke, at the base of Mimico Harbour. × For more information, visit our website at www.hbsailing.com. For course information and availability email - education@hbsailing.com. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @HBSailingCentre
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Community Events
Top: Getting ready to walk the runway. Left: Sabina, the fashion illustrator & program coordinator, Jennifer Dawson.
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The Fashion Arts and Business program of Humber College presented the annual Walk it Out fashion show by Elements of Humber on April 9th. Proceeds from the show benefited Youth Without Shelter, a charity that helps provide shelter and support programs for homeless youth between the age of 16-24. The student-run fashion show had a huge gathering of designers, college faculty and student’s families and friends to enjoy the creative designs and effort that went into producing the show. The graduating students worked with 10 well known Canadian designers and showcased their work on the runway. Supported by their professors, they were in control and in charge of every aspect of the production.
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Events Calendar
JUNE
EVENTS EVERY SATURDAY
JUNE 8
HUMBER BAY SHORES FARMER’S MARKET
GRILLED CHEESE CHALLENGE
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JUNE 8
FIGHT TO END CANCER ANNUAL GALA
RONCY ROCKS
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JUNE 14 TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL 2019
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JUNE 21-30
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TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL
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JUNE 23 BIRKDALE ART IN THE PARK
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It doesn’t matter if that’s tomorrow or next year and there’s less need to compromise. But what happens if you can’t sell? You need to either carry two properties, rent one or sell at a reduced price.
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Buy First OR Sell First? By Alex Porritt, Red Square Team Sales Representative
It’s not quite the chicken and egg (the chicken came first, don’t @ us), but in real estate, it is one of the age old questions. When you are looking to move, are you better to secure your dream home first and then sell your existing residence or should you sell first and know what you have in the bank before you go shopping?
power you have before you go looking. You alleviate the stress of needing to sell for a certain price or within a certain timeframe. But what if you can’t find anywhere you like? It would be a stretch to say that you are homeless at this point, but if you can’t find your dream home, you are forced into either renting, overpaying or settling for second best.
Sell First
Buy First
The advantage of selling first is that you know exactly how much spending
If you buy first, you only buy when the perfect home comes up at the right price.
In this market, our advice is to buy first. The levels of inventory remain very low in most markets in Toronto. For the most part, demand still outstrips supply, which means that it’s easier to sell than it is to buy. So long as you are conservative with the valuation of your existing home, you can be confident that it will sell. In these situations we will always give clients a price range that includes a worst case. Use this as your base and go looking for your dream home! Red Square Team are West Toronto neighbourhood experts! We focus on providing you with an ultimate service model to get you the best possible results. Are you thinking of moving? Interview us to see how we compare. You won’t be disappointed!
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