with the world is through neighborhood food tours. today we re headed to scarborough. when you move to a new place, you kind of want to be around your place. when you drive through scarborough, different streets have different specialties when it comes to cuisine. yeah. first up a street called schwarma row. you know it s going to be good because the people from that community are eating there. the batting average is way higher when you leave the city. he she is mow street after street until the sun sets, each as exciting as the last. my town. and finally a hidden gem for an unlikely dinner, le spot, proving ground for toronto s best pool sharks. le spot. it s opened by marco lu, and it s famous locally for its amazing fried rice and crispy wings with guyanese hot sauce. do you want hot sauce? how many do you want?
i see pool more as a drinking game. that looks like it might go in. that s not bad. you re so full of shit. that s serious. i think he s just hungry. let s fire up the wings. marco, can i grab one of the canadian delights. canadian delights. i like how you call that. the canadian delights. i m a marketing guy, mar cold. where s your beer? right here. what is that? american delight. it s an american delight. oh, my good. thanks, man. now that i ve embarrassed myself on the pool table, it s time for the main event. fried rice, wings and hot sauce. good amount of hot sauce. what is in this sauce? a very scarborough thing.
little secret. let me see what you ve got. let s crack it. all right. i m basically the opposite of a pool shark. i m going to kick your ass. i see pool more as a drinking game. that looks like it might go in. that s not bad. you re so full of shit. that s serious. i think he s just hungry. let s fire up those wings. marco, can i grab another one of those canadian delights? canadian delights. i like how you call that. the canadian delights. i m a marketing guy, marco. where s your beer? right here. what is that? american delight. it s an american delight.
hello one sec. hey guys. hey. how good of a pool player do you need to be to own a pool hall? it depends, want to see the $5 or the $20 game? how long have you owned this place? 23 years. i was like one of the kids hanging out here 15, 16, hoping i could own it one day, and here you go. so you grew up in scarborough. yes. where are you from? philippines. call. is this like a hub for the community, this pool hub? yeah. so for my mom we would come out here and hang out here and she would be fine with it. we were in marco s place, safe here, learning how to play pool and learning about food from other kids. it s called le spot for a reason. when marco came, that was usually the wave of when the filipinos were coming to canada. first wave came along in the late 70s, chinese, filipino in the 80s and now it s more
year, year and a half in the wine industry of being more accepting, it s like made me like more comfortable in the industry. you would think how can i guy who is runs a bunch of wineries be confident? yeah, i m in a space where no one understands how i was raised, and frankly, they don t even ask, you know what i m saying now you can talk about your past, you sort of start to feel like white people feel all the time. it s pretty nice. they just walk into a room and then they re in room. i think the wine industry is really lucky to have you. i hope they realize that too and cut me a check. with hyaluronic acid, plus 3 essential ceramides to help restore my natural barrier. so we re cerave clean. cerave hydrating cleanser. oh, marco s pepperoni magnifico. classic and old world pepperoni® on one pizza and a large is just $9.99?! the phrase “slice of heaven” comes to mind. marco s. pizza lovers get it.