My husband and I were in Thornhill, signing mortgage documents (tip: don't drive to Thornhill from downtown at 5pm. It's soul crushingly slow) and ended up having dinner at Cafe Sheli (lit: "My Cafe"). I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised. I expected typical bakery-restaurant food like mediocre sandwiches, etc. But the food was really delicious and the menu quite large for a dairy-based cafe.
We shared the Jerusalem platter, which was much larger than we expected. Six perfectly cooked falafels (super crispy and crunchy on the outside, light and melty on the inside) served with passable hummous, roasted veggies, pita and a salad. It's listed as an appetizer but could easily be a meal for one person.
Mains were equally huge. My oriental salmon salad was terrific and much better than I expected. Generous, well-cooked salmon tossed with stir-fried snap peas, baby corn and other veggies on top of a green salad and served with crispy noodles. It was perfectly seasoned and almost a little smokey - as if the salmon had been BBQ'd. My husband got the penne Arrabiatta (his standby), which was also super tasty and served with generous cloves of roasted garlic and a nice amount of spice.
Service was great and they even had benchers available for the birkat hamazon!
Vegetarian score = 8.5/10. Hooray for kosher dairy restaurants. There was tons of choice for my husband and all generous and tasty.