Dining Out: Aztec Tacos in Vanier wows with cheap, tasty food — especially on...
At this no-frills eatery, the Mexican food was strikingly authentic, very reasonably priced and, more often than not, wonderfully seasoned
View ArticleOttawa has eight of Canada’s best restaurants — and the Citizen’s restaurant...
Read all Peter Hum's reviews of Ottawa's top-ranked places do eat, according to the 2023 annual list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants.
View ArticleDining Out: Yes! Mama Kitchen seeks to please vegans and meat-lovers alike
Food reviewer Peter Hum and his meat-shunning friends are curious about what else Yes! Mama Kitchen has to offer after their visit.
View ArticleDining Out: Union Local 613, Centretown's specialist in fancied-up Southern...
The eatery served very good drinks, pretty good main courses, and some small plates that needed work.
View ArticleDining Out: Social Thai, Hugo Café and Hugo Taco make up a multicultural...
"It all started with imagination," says owner Sowon Kim of her Thai restaurant, Mexican taco truck, and mini-bakery.
View ArticleDining Out: Cafe Tehran's well-made, generously portioned dishes are worth...
The Persian restaurant opened two months ago on Rideau Street, where one Korean restaurant and later another had been.
View ArticleDining Out: Kinton Ramen, Kimonos and Takedon Ottawa offer quick, likeable...
These days in Ottawa, Japanese food of the quick and comforting varieties dominates.
View ArticleDining Out: Fall foliage fans can find tasty treats in Chelsea and Wakefield too
Leaves changing colour prompted the Citizen's restaurant critic to visit West Quebec, and try some promising menus between jaunts in nature.
View ArticleAcclaimed Ottawa chef Briana Kim has a new restaurant in the works to replace...
This year's Canadian Culinary Championship winner will close Alice in January to focus on her third restaurant: Antheia.
View ArticleDining Out: Both the food and the experience are a rush at Ottawa's Korean House
Signs on the walls politely ask patrons to limit their visits to 90 minutes, but the tasty, occasionally fiery, fare is worth downing with a side of urgency
View ArticleDining Out: Parlour offered spacious ambience, spot-on sandwiches, uneven mains
We arrived with high expectations for our food thanks to two previous meals there last month, and we weren't disappointed.
View ArticleDining Out: Coconut Lagoon's most lavish iteration — yet
Coconut Lagoon could be a restaurant to make taste-makers think again about what a refined dinner tastes like
View ArticleDining In: What is authentic Kanata cuisine? Answer: Vietnamese, French and...
'As different as their wares are, all three immigrant-owned businesses stress the authenticity of the food they sell.'
View ArticleDining Out: Bold flavours flourish at Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine, but for a...
The magnificent anticuchos are made with flank steak, grilled to acquire a much appreciated char, topped with a bright chimichurri and supported by an aji amarillo aioli, a condiment conjured with one...
View ArticleThe Ottawa Citizen's Best Bites of 2022
Peter Hum selects the best food of 2022 from a dozen categories (which include more ties and honourable mentions than usual)
View ArticleDining Out 2022: All 50 of Peter Hum's Ottawa restaurant reviews this year
We're in that weird, unhinged time between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Why not stuff yourself with 50 food reviews — what else do you have to do?
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