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Reporter (mostly food) for @TorontoStar. He/him instagram.com/karonliu Email: karonliu@thestar.ca (It's pronounced Kar-On).
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A Torontonian told this baker they’d rather fly to France than pay $7.50 for a pastry. It started a heated discussion

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By Karon Liu Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
It’s a good rule to never read the online comments. When pastry chef Junelle Casalan looked at the responses after a local food publication posted a video of her West Queen West bakery, Castles and Coal, on Instagram last week, one user wrote in a since-deleted comment they’d rather fly to France than pay $7.50 for her roasted-corn kouign-amann. The pastry, however, takes three days to make.
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It’s the summer of soft serve ice cream in Toronto. These 8 spots are serving up the best

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By Karon Liu Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Few things I love more in the summer than chasing the elusive ice cream truck. But between increasingly scorching summers and their unpredictable routes, I’d rather duck into one of Toronto’s soft serve shops. Sure, a cheap cone from a fast-food chain or a certain self-assembly furniture store has its place, but Toronto’s soft serve artisans are serving inventive flavours that make summers exciting. Here are eight of my favourite spots, from decadent sundaes to a decades-old institution.
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Toronto is losing two beloved, critically acclaimed restaurants: ‘Asian food is still expected to be cheap’

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By Karon Liu Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
When rising restaurant costs are combined with fewer people having money to eat out, serving good food sometimes isn’t enough to keep the lights on. Eating out is so expensive. Use our relentlessly researched guide to the most unforgettable dining in Toronto. Eating out is so expensive. Use our relentlessly researched guide to the most unforgettable dining in Toronto. Last week co-owner Jeanne Chai announced that Singaporean restaurant Kiss My Pans (713 College St.) will close Sept.
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