We decided to go to Kensington Market on a Sunday to get some meats and cheese and some produce. But we could have gotten that anywhere. We really drove the murderous trek from York to downtown (murderous as in I want to murder every Toronto driver out on the road) to give Tito Ron's a try. In typical fashion, my Canadian (read: white) girlfriend found and told me about this place.
The place is tucked with other small food places in the heart of Kensington. We were greeted by two friendly couple who I believe we're the owners. They have somewhat small equipment to churn out food at such a small space but the food that came out was worth the trip. We ordered Tocino (cured pork) sliders, lumpia (spring rolls) with jerked beef (Filipino-Carribean inspired), and ube (purple yam) and jackfruit ice cream with turon (sweet spring rolls) with ube inside topped with crushed plantains. The tocino was made by them from scratch and not the store bought kind which was truly amazing. The lumpia was also good but it was definitely dwarfed by the sliders. The ice cream was also one of the best ube and jackfruit ice cream I've had Ina long time. If this was the store bought kind, then I imagined they bought either Magnolia or Sorbetes brand because it definitely reminded me of those two brands, which to say, is forgivable and I won't hold that against them. But if this was made from scratch?...then holy crap it's the best ube/jackfruit ice cream ever because it reminded me of the ice cream I had as a child!
I also have to extend my compliment to the couple that was there serving us. They were absolutely friendly and even when they got a barrage of customers, they were still smiling from ear to ear and took the time to say goodbye to us as we were leaving. They even recommended a book for us to read to get their inspiration for their dishes.
I sincerely hope these guys move to a bigger location and perhaps their own shop. It's good food and good service. And I highly recommended.