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A Place to Dine,
A Place Where Flavour Lives

It's the flavour that Layla missed most...

Her home before coming to Canada was Lebanon - a country where life is lived deeply and richly in every moment, where every day is seized and filled with flavour and family. And food, always food, was at the heart of this life. As a young girl, Layla used to pick grape leaves and sumac with her grandmother, and then sit alongside the elders as they hammered the sumac to release its rich flavours. The Grandmothers in her village all had callouses on their hands from working these natural ingredients. And once prepared, they would incorporate just the right amount of each ingredient into age old recipes that they would then share together.

That flavour of life was what Layla missed most about home. So she decided to recreate it and opened a place where flavour lives. A place where these memories could shape new experiences and inspire new families.

Every ingredient and every dish Layla offers has a story. And she has woven her deep concern for the environment into the food she creates, using plant-based traditional Lebanese recipes and bringing her grandparents' dedication to never wasting anything into everything she does.

She sprouts the chickpeas before making the hummus because it adds more flavour and makes tabbouleh the way her grandmother used to, remembering and honouring those calloused hands. And she welcomes every guest with a flavour of hospitality that reminds her of home.