Please promise not to laugh when I tell you that one of Toronto's hottest new restaurants is located in the basement of Club Monaco. I can't explain it, but it's true. The flagship store at the corner of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road -- just across the street from the ROM and a hop and a skip from Yorkville -- now houses the Colony Kitchen. Not that Club Monaco staff is running the show here; this new restaurant is the work of Leslie Ng, the man who created the excellent Kubo (which, sadly, folded in late 2002 because of ongoing construction on its street). The new menu is hard to resist: panko fish 'n' chips with a wasabi-ginger dipping sauce is excellent, but so is the five-spice lamb stew or the roast tenderloin of pork in a cumin-tamarind sauce. The desserts are fine but not divine, though in this neighborhood, sweet-tooths won't have a problem finding other sources. By the way, the patio seating area is one of my favorites.