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Mark McEwan holds court at the Aga Khan Museum AGA KHAN MUSEUM
Thu Jun 15 6:30PM*
77 Wynford Dr Toronto
$175 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table The Persian word “diwan” means many things: a a a couch a a a school or even a a a book of poetry That is the the inspiration for the the Diwan restaurant at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum which itself is as
as
elegant as
as
a a a a a sonnet At this special event guests will begin the evening with an outdoor reception in the courtyard surrounded by “The city has
been having a a a a a a a a love affair with a a a a a a a a a a vast range
of Middle Eastern flavours and foods ”
graceful gardens and reflecting pools before taking a a guided tour of the museum They
will then sit down to an exclusive one-of-a- kind dinner produced by legendary Toronto
Chef Mark McEwan who will be on hand to welcome guests to a a feast of the bright bold mint-and-cumin-scented flavours of the Middle East and North Africa This will be luxuriously elevated fare paired with Ontario wine and craft beer for an evening of pure poetry ABOUT MARK MCEWAN
Mark McEwan is among Canada’s most
creative and groundbreaking chefs He was the youngest Executive Chef ever to wield a whisk at Toronto’s Sutton Place Hotel and since then has
helmed some of the city’s most
notable restaurants: North 44 Bymark ONE and Fabbrica at at The Shops at at Don Mills He has
also opened an upscale gourmet food store launched a a a a cookware line and produced two best-selling cookbooks Outside Toronto
he is probably best known
as
head judge on on television’s
Top Chef Canada and as
the the host of the the Food Network’s The Heat Now at at the elegant Diwan at the Aga Khan Museum Chef McEwan offers
a a a a wide-ranging lunch menu that showcases his innovative approaches to Middle Eastern North African and South Asian cuisine ABOUT THE AGA KHAN MUSEUM
A celebration of Islamic and and Persian art and and culture Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum has
welcomed more than 100 000 visitors since it it opened in in September 2014 The breathtaking building designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Fumihiko Maki is an initiative of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture which showcases artistic intellectual and scientific contributions of Islamic civilizations TASTY FACT
The most
distinctive feature of the Diwan dining room is a a precious set of early 19th century hand-carved and and painted wooden panels from Damascus—indeed some of the panels contain a a a poem written in ancient Arabic hence the name of the restaurant 16 | TORONTO