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"La Mancha" (yellow cake' with saffron, blackOer..y. honey) at Nadege Patisserie ~ L '- , k ~-, ~ .<~ I Gallery (katharinemulherin,com), where many paintings and photographs oITer uneasy cinematic tales of suburban noir, Mulherin focuses on emerging Canadian and international artists such as Mike Bayne (lonely shopping centers, liquor storcs) and Cecilia Berkovic (laundromats, book obsessions), A short walk away is the Stephen Bulger Gallery (bulgergallery,com), an exhibit and retail/education hangout with 15,000 photographs that focus on a fertile documentary tradition, J browse an impressive photography-book collection and, later, watch a video installation, part of an e\'er-changing narrative cycle featuring emerging artists. It's not easy, but Bulger has managed to creatc somcthing that is at once sophisticated and, yes, museum-like, and yet as casual as an artist's loft, I I I II I Sweet Eats When Jordan mentions that the Red Tea Box (696 Queen 51. West) is the most un- usual restaurant in the city, I'm sold-and duck in for a bite, It feels like shabby royalty sits down to tca with Buddha, which just so happens to be in an intimate space that could double as your eccentric aunt's parlor, The midday crowd can over- whelm the tight room, but by all means, give it a try, Enter the red door and cxpect masterful pan.Asi:m fare with "tea bento. boxes that change each month. On the day I visit, the boxes feature fish pie with dill, ginger.cured salmon and an array of des. serts. from scones to maple brown.sugar meringue cake, lLlst across the street from Trinity Bcll. woods Park, pastry guru Naclcgc Nourian recently opened Nadege Patisserie (nadegc- patisserie,com), The corner bakery and cale delivcrthe minimalist cool of Paris to the neighborhood, and it works. Pale hardwood floors line a space with stark white walls trimmed in black, A bar sports chrome and white-leather stools; the music is techno, and the catwalk-worthy young women who work the counter wear pink blouses and short gray skirts. Yes, it's a bit of a da>time scene, but the confections are sublime. including melt-in-}'our mouth French macarons (blueberry. peach and salted caramel) and chocolate tarts, Evcrything herc is edible art. And so I linger long into the afternoon, watching Torontonians do what they do best: create and inspire each other to make their slice of the world a little prettier and more meaningful-readl' as always, for their collective close-up. g .1 washingtonflyer,com ~~ JANUARY I FURU,\RY 2011 .~,.' t WASlllS<,TON FLYU