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A year and a half in, Jamil's Chaat House already has the thing most restaurants spend a decade chasing: a room where strangers end up at the same table and nobody checks the time. 🙂‍↕️

Jalil Bokhari and Emma Tanaka built that on purpose, starting in the pandemic, when recreating restaurant dishes at home turned into cooking Bokhari's childhood food for friends, then a coffee-shop pop-up that sold out in ninety minutes!

Neither had formal kitchen training. Recipes came from memory, two aunties on YouTube, and phone calls to family.💖

Somewhere between Momofuku, Deloitte, a tasting menu on a patio and a tiny kitchen running on a single induction, they found their own answer to the question of authenticity.🥹

He works the room, she runs the pass, and for now the ambition is simply to show up four nights a week and get a little better each time. 🫂

Read the full portrait on tastet.ca 🔥 taken in Toronto, Ontario by @emmatanaka

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BEST OF TORONTO with the team behind @jamils.to - @j.a.l.i.l & @emmatanaka // their picks 👇
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Most underrated: Manpuku & @rhumcorner
Best restaurant: @imanishijapanesekitchen
Best hidden gem: @market_707 @omusubibarsuzume @chefharwash The Fish Store & @lahore_grill_toronto
Best dish: @dimsumkingto @mhelisanchovy @linnysluncheonette
Best breakfast @makann.toronto @theskylinerestaurant
Best coffee: @misccoffee @tlscoffee
Best bar: @virginiacocktailbar @l0w_bar @mickeylimbos
Best date night: @thegeminirestaurant @leswanfrenchdiner
Best restaurant that closed: Lao Thai, Black Hoof, Pinky’s & Uncle Mikey’s
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#BestOfToronto #Toronto #TorontoFood #TorontoRestaurants taken in Toronto, Ontario by @emmatanaka

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Hi from Jamil’s.

Our exploration of South Asian cuisine is built on the foundation of generational recipes – nostalgia for some and discovery for others.

An homage to Farooq Jamil: the businessman from Lahore, Pakistan with a discerning eye for culture and an even sharper palate for indulgence.

Come get sum :P by @emmatanaka

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FEELS LIKE FOURTY SIX DEGREES IN THE SHADE BUT IF YA'LL ARE HAPPY I'M HAPPY by @emmatanaka

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taken in Okinawa｜沖縄 by @emmatanaka

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place based taken in Gene Autry Trail by @emmatanaka

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TONIGHT ✨ 50 Gladstone ✨ 5pm-8pm ✨ come hang out!
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