When Prasanna Hettiarachchi and Novalyn Ogalino took over the cute corner-stop café Lunch Box at Bloor and Keele, they decided to really make it their own.
Today, the Lunch Box continues to offer the same melted, open-faced sandwiches (regular or gluten-free) the café has always been known for. However, Prasanna and Novalyn have expanded the daily soup selection, with four savoury made-from-scratch varieties available at all times. "We try to add as little salt as possible, no preservatives, and no commercial soup stock," Prasanna asserts.
The daily menu at Lunch Box features traditional soup offerings, like chicken noodle and chili, but Prasanna and Novalyn also like to create their own concoctions. The popular eggplant soup tastes exactly like eggplant with a smallish amount of salt added to enhance the flavour without overpowering it. The texture is smooth with just enough seeds and pulp to recognize the vegetable purée, and the gentle hint of onion and garlic allows the main ingredient to stand on it’s own. Flour is never used as a thickener, both in deference to soup-lovers who require gluten-free cooking and, more importantly, in the name of good taste.
"A lot of our clients require gluten-free, and so we try to make that as big a part of our cooking as possible," Novalyn says. "All of our soups are gluten-free."
Lunch Box SR.
Classic 3 eggs breakfast, choice of side, includes home fries, or garden salad & toast
Lunch Box JR.
Classic 2 eggs breakfast, same as a SR. only smaller portion.
Texas Cut French Toast
Choice of side, includes home fries or garden salad
Stack of Pancakes
50% whole Wheat (so kind a good for you ) ( you can add blueberries, or bananas or chocolate chips for additional $1.50)
Pancake I
2 pancake, 2 eggs, choice of side and toast
Pancake II
2 Pancakes, fresh fruit, Yogurt, and home made granola parfait
Asparagus and Brie omelette
includes home fries or garden salad and toast
Smoked salmon omelette
includes home fries or garden salad and toast
Canadian peameal omelette
includes home fries or garden salad and toast
Create Your own omelette
Choice of 3 fillings, home fries or garden salad and toast
Poached Egg on a Bagel
Fluffiest Scrambled Egg & toast
The Breakfast Puck
Scrambled egg, crisp bacon, and real cheddar cheese on a toasted Endlish muffin
Fried egg sandwich
Toasted Western
egg scrambled with ham, green pepper and onion
Peameal and egg sandwich
Thick slice of peameal and a fried egg
Toasted Bagel with
Eggs Natasha
smoked salmon, cream cheese and spinach
Eggs Florentine
With garlic studded spinach
Eggs Blackstone
With crispy bacon and fried tomatoes
Eggs Benedict
with peameal or regular bacon
Eggs Bernadette
with asparagus , brie and avocado
all of the above come with your choice of home fries or garden salad and home made hollandaise sauce.
Steak And Eggs
5 OZ. flat iron stead with 2 eggs, home fries or salad and toast
Bread options:
Whole Wheat, marble rye, multigrain, french (White), whole wheat wrap, bagel and gluten free!
California Turkey
Smoked Turkey, roasted pepper, avocado, tomatoes, cucumber
Smoked Salmon
With cream cheese, cucumber, onion, capers on pumpernickle
Tomato, Brie And Avocado
Veggie Club
lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, cucumber, avocado
Roasted Veggie & Humus
Usually eggplant, zucchini, red & green pepper, sweet potato, carrot and home made humus
Roasted Chicken
home roasted chicken breast, dijon, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes and onion.
Chicken club
home roasted chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo
Roast Beef
roasted beef, with horseradish, red onion, and tomato
Fresh Veggie
Home made humus, Cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and cucumber
The Greg B. Ham & Swiss
hot honey mustard, loads of red onion and little lettuce
Tuna Salad
With chopped red onion and celery and fresh dill
Egg Salad
Grilled Cheese
California Melt
Avocado, Chicken, roasted pepper, Cheddar
Roasted Veggie Melt
Roasted Pepper, Sweet potato, Zucchini, eggplant, Cheddar or Swiss and feta
Bacon And Avocado Melt
Avocado, red onion, bacon, Cheddar, Spinach, tomato
Tuna Melt
Red Onion, Spinach, tuna and Cheddar
Club Melt
turkey, bacon, cheddar, tomato and spinach
The Best Chili (Meat or Veggie)
Soups, Home Made From Scratch
Served with homemade Bagel Chips
Spicy Noodle Bowl
Mini
1 egg, 1 slice of toast, 2 slices of bacon or 1 sausage, few potatoes
Logan Cakes
half dozen loonie size pancakes, and fresh fruit
Kids Grilled Cheese
Smoked Salmon and avocado
Spinach, Cherry tomatoes, Cucumber, onion
Roasted Veg & Feta Salad
assortment of roasted veggies with feta, tomato, onion and choice of dressing
Chicken Ceasar salad
real bacon, Parmesan, hom-made garlic croutons, home-made dessing and roasted Chicken
Ceasar Salad
real bacon, Parmesan, hom-made garlic croutons, home-made dessing
Tuna or Egg Salad
Chicken Garden Salad
Crisp green leaf lettuce with tomato, Cucumber, red onion and sprouts and roasted Chicken
Garden Salad
Crisp green leaf lettuce with tomato, Cucumber, red onion and sprouts
Greek Salad
Fresh Fruit
Bread Pudding
Apple Strudel
Muffins
Banana Bread
Croissants (Butter)
Pies
depending on season, blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb, pumpkin
Fresh Fruit Parfait
fruit salad, yogurt and home made granola
Muesli
Rolled oats, mixed berries, yogurt and home made granola
Beverages
Smoothies & shakes
Coffee & Tea
Fresh Juices
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How does a picnic at High Park sound? Well, Lunch Box you covered on the sandwich front with its delicious offerings like roast beef, tomato, brie and avocado, tuna salad and more! There’s also a kid’s menu that includes grilled cheese! Grab your “Lunch Box,” meal to-go for an afternoon at Toronto’s biggest park!
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