tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28188439692735917122023-11-16T11:01:53.782-05:00Hard To Please Food Blog & MoreAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01410265706348616839noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-72210367001981760672013-10-12T13:42:00.001-04:002013-10-12T13:42:09.530-04:00Kensington Market Food Crawl: Millie Creperie & Seven LivesAbout 3 weeks ago I read about <a href="http://www.milliecreperie.com/" target="_blank">Millie Creperie</a> through Toronto Life (<a href="http://www.torontolife.com/tag/millie-creperie/">http://www.torontolife.com/tag/millie-creperie/</a>) and the pictures drew me in immediately. I didn't care whether it tasted good or not, because you can never go wrong with crepe and ice cream. I been waiting to go during lunch break but it is simply too far from work. At last, made a trip down to Kensington Market for crepe and taco. Millie Creperie was my main attraction, and Seven Lives was the cherry on top.<br />
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Millie Creperie serves up Harajuku style crepes. The owners were really friendly and one of them chatted with us about their operations and everything. They opened on August 3rd which also happens to be his birthday. They got the idea of a Japanese creperie store through travels. They handpick all their ingredients and buy them locally. The gelatos are made off site by him as the store is too small to house a gelato machine. Since this is such a summer treat, I asked him if there are any plans for the winter. He refused to reveal too much but he has plans up his sleeves. Let's all anticipate for that =)<br />
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Let's just say I started off the night with dessert and ended with dessert. They close at 8:30pm so I was afraid that it will be late after dinner so I decided to eat dessert first! Hehehe. Ordered the Mango Tango Crepe to share. Well, sharing was a bad idea! Everyone, please get your own. Hahaha. The handheld crepe was carefully assembled with passion and care. The sweetness of the mango gelato and whipped cream and slight sourness of the strawberry were very well balance. Every bite was delicious. The crepe was incredibly thin.<br />
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Obviously, sharing one crepe between two people did not satisfy me, thus, I returned after dinner. This time, MRBF got the hazelnut gelato which tasted exactly like Ferror Rocher! The texture was creamy and rich. Yummy~<br />
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For the second round, I decided to try the Green Tea Parfait. I was too busy instagramming that I forgot to take a picture with my camera. Thus, I'm using my instagram pic for reference here. The parfait comes with layers of corn flakes, whipped cream, green tea gelato, azuki bean paste, more corn flakes, whipped cream, and a full scoop of green tea gelato on top with matcha sauce, strawberries and pocky sticks for garnish. This was so good! The crunchiness of the corn flakes provided an awesome texture. Nothing was overly sweet. The green tea gelato was creamy with a strong green tea taste. I wish I can have this everyday! Now I have their VIP card, I will definitely be returning for more crepes and parfait.<br />
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Moving on from dessert, let's talk about real food. Tacos! <a href="http://www.sevenlives.ca/" target="_blank">Seven Lives</a> is just around the corner of Millie Creperie, this area is perfect for the complete meal.<br />
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From left to right, Gobernador, Baja Fish and Blackened Mahi Mahi. I had the Blackened Mahi Mahi and I really liked it. I was traumatized by how spicy In Cod We Trust from La Carnita was so I was hesitant. All the tacos are wrapped with two 100% corn tortilla. At first I didn't understand why 2 tortilla was necessary. After I started eating, I understood why. The tacos were very saucy so it can easily seep through one tortilla. I really liked my Blackened Mahi Mahi, it was not spicy at all and the fish was well seasoned with the dry rub. I would definitely return for more tacos.<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1746983/restaurant/Kensington-Market-Chinatown/Seven-Lives-Toronto"><img alt="Seven Lives on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1746983/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com5161 Baldwin Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1L8, Canada43.6549572 -79.39997399999998643.6549122 -79.400052999999986 43.6550022 -79.399894999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-5426307553057231642013-09-13T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-12T13:36:30.245-04:00Pizzeria LibrettoAfter getting a small taste of <a href="http://pizzerialibretto.com/" target="_blank">Pizzeria Libretto</a> during the Taste of Danforth, it was just a matter of time before I head back to try their full menu. On a side note, libretto means to fold as told by the person that worked here. Meaning, you fold and eat =)<br />
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Delicious warm bread with an olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette dip. I could just eat this for dinner. Honestly.<br />
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I was really contemplating if we should order two pizzas or not. Since we are not big eaters, we decided on two appetizer and one pizza which was more than enough and had a slice leftover.<br />
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The first appetizer is Ricotta Gnocchi Fritti (house-made crema fresca, lemon, chives, rosemary) $7. The gnocchi was perfectly browned on the outside and the inside had a chewy texture. However, I found it to be quite bland. More salt and seasoning would of enhanced the dish.<br />
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The next appetizer was Buttermilk Fried Calamari (red pepper, almond romesco sauce, Libretto herb oil) $12. No complain about this dish but nothing wroth writing about either. I like the romesco sauce, provided a sweet taste to the calamari.<br />
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Now finally, the star of the show, Duck Confit (bosc pear, mozzarella ) $17. This was a wonderful pizza. The sweetness of the pear and the saltiness of the duck provided a good balance. The oven thin crust was nothing to complain about. However, I did find the pizza a little heavy. Maybe I'm used to the typical tomato sauce based pizza. I was definitely not able to have more than one slice (I was already full by the time the pizza came). It was good, but it was heavy.<br />
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I will return again but will order the plain and simple tomato, basil and mozzarella pizza.<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1633322/restaurant/Greektown-The-Danforth/Pizzeria-Libretto-Toronto"><img alt="Pizzeria Libretto on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1633322/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; padding: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com1550 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON M4K 1P7, Canada43.6785372 -79.34763179999998818.1565027 -120.65622579999999 69.2005717 -38.039037799999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-64308834892101825262013-08-05T09:00:00.000-04:002013-08-05T09:00:08.846-04:00La CarnitaLa Carnita is not news for the foodies out there. I finally made my way there to try it out after a coworker highly recommended it. It's very easy to miss because they don't have a large sign. You will only see the signature skull logo if coming from the east... or west... I can't tell directions =P The server told us the wait would be an hour but we were seated after 30mins =)<br />
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Ordered a mango Mexican soda to cool down on a hot summery day. Yummy~<br />
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Then we ordered the Mango Avocado Salad and it was light and delicious. The type of mango salad I'm used to is the Thai version where the mango are still "crunchy". This salad used very ripe mangoes and avocados. The avocado and the mango paired well and I really liked it. I would try to replicate this salad at home.<br />
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Next up is the Mexican Street Corn that almost every table ordered. The first time I had Mexican corn was in Cafe Habana in NYC and that one was extremely cheesy. The entire corn was loaded with cojita cheese. This corn was delicious. The chili powder wasn't too spicy that I was unable to enjoy the corn. The corn tasted creamy and sweet. (Ever since having this corn, I constant craved for it, thus I googled and replicated the corn myself at home, and it was equally as good)<br />
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By the time I finished the corn, I was actually already full. Ordered 4 tacos to share amongst 2 people.<br />
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Ordered the Shrimp Taco off the daily special menu. Perfectly deep fried shrimp on top of a crispy tortilla. This ended up being the favorite of the night.<br />
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Next is the Beef Cheek. I had one bite and it tasted pretty decent, reminds of pull pork sandwich. The beef was well seasoned.<br />
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After shrimp and beef, it's only fair to have some chicken. This is the Pollo Frito which is simply means fried chicken. The chicken was well seasoned and it was good.<br />
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It's tradition to saved the best for last. Here we have In Cod We Trust which is a cod fish taco. This taco was highly recommended on all the reviews I read. But I have to say, it was a nightmare for me to eat this. NO ONE warned me that it was EXTREMELY spicy, and I mean EXTREMELY. The fish was perfectly fried but the spicy sauce killed it for me. I was not able to enjoy this what could of been the best fish taco... =( My mouth was on fire! Word of advice for those who don't eat spicy food, DO NOT order this. You will thank me.<br />
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All in all, I would certainly come back for the avocado mango salad, Mexican corn and the shrimp taco. However, the salad and the corn can be easily replicated at home...<br />
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<br />JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-80168867179223348002013-07-15T09:00:00.000-04:002013-07-18T15:54:12.245-04:00Donburi Donburi recently opened in Commerce Gate. They serve Japanese style rice bowls and their famous dish is the beef rice bowl.<br />
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To start off, you get miso soup. Not a big fan of miso soup, find it a little bit too salty.<br />
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Ordered Ozura Bacon (3.99) as appetizer. It was bacon wrapped quail egg. Pretty good, but nothing out of the ball park. <br />
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Next is the Katsudon (9.99) which is essentially deep fried pork chop on rice. The pork chop wasn't crispy, probably wilted down on the sauce for the rice. It was okay. There was A LOT of rice underneath. </div>
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Finally, the famous Donburi Gyuudon (10.99) with Osen Egg ($1). I didn't think the additional egg was necessary. The beef was really tender and thinly sliced. Again, there was WAY too much rich underneath. It was good overall.<br />
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You will be handed a “menu” upon entering the store explaining how the process works. You line up and a “pleasure maker” will assist you. </div>
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You pick your topping and they will sprinkle your toppings on after the ice cream bar is dipped. The service was excellent; they won’t rush you even with the long line up. I was very indecisive with my toppings and the “pleasure maker” said “take your time, there’s no rush.”</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">I got vanilla bar with milk chocolate coating, topped with culinary rose pedals, chocolate rice krispies, bacon bites, and dried strawberries on top with white chocolate drizzle. YUM~</span><span style="color: #f1c232;"> <b>Remember to ask for “gold touch” where they will sprinkle edible gold pieces on your creation.</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"> FANCY! Hahaha For the girls, you also get a gold nail polish, Magnum Gold?! by nails inc in collaboration with Magnum. I was worried about it being overly sweet as but it was perfect! I think the saltiness of the bacon helped and I didn’t ask for any sweet toppings on top. I read that they give you complimentary water but that’s not true, it’s $1.</span></div>
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A little further description on the toppings for those interested. The dried strawberries tasted like candy and I didn't eat that as part of the ice cream bar. The gold flakes had no taste, only for aesthetic purposes. The chocolate rice krispies provided a crispy texture and the rose pedal had a flowery fragrance and taste. The bacon wasn't overly tasty and provided a nice balance, perfect for those who like sweet and salty concoctions. The ice cream and milk chocolate coating was rich and smooth. Honestly, I would have been happy with no toppings. Hahaha~ My suggestion for topping is go easy and try not to get everything cause in the end, it probably won’t taste all that great. Simplicity. I do suggest on passing on the sea salt cause MRBF got it and it was overpowering even with just a little bit.</div>
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I have to deeply apologize that I have been neglecting this blog. Things just got busy in life. Finally went to <a href="http://www.e11even.ca/" target="_blank">e11even </a>a couple weeks back. Read so much about their burger, the fancy iPad cocktail drinks menu and their toilets. Yes, their toilets. The atmosphere is really niceand the patio looks awesome if it wasn't so sunny. Thus, opted to sit inside. </div>
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Complementary bread. It was warm and soft. The bread was on the sweet side like those Asian bakery bread.<br />
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Not an alcoholic drinker so I got the blueberry lemonade. You can really taste the blueberry in the beginning but not so much after, probably washed down by the ice.<br />
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The "seared tuna salad" $25 with avocado and ginger dressing was light and tasty. The tuna was fresh and seared perfectly. The salad was crisp and the portion was large.<br />
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Up next is the "maple burger" $25 with guiness cheddar, double smoked bacon and garlic aioli. Coming from a non burger fan, this burger was really good! It was juicy and the maple bacon really came through in taste and texture. I would definitely order this burger for myself next time. Forgot to the mention the bun. The bun was still toasty upon bite and it was delicious. Hate soggy buns, but this bun was wonderful! YUM!<br />
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The bill was presented in a very creative manner.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;">Final Verdict: Above Par</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1572647/restaurant/Financial-District/E11even-Toronto"><img alt="E11even on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1572647/biglink.gif" style="border: none; height: 146px; padding: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-12940565172823651632013-06-25T09:00:00.000-04:002013-06-27T10:36:40.720-04:00Market 707 - Gushi, Kim's A La Cart, Kanto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.scaddingcourt.org/market_707" target="_blank">Market 707</a> is where international street food are presented out of retrofitted shipping containers. </div>
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First stall I tried was <a href="http://www.gushiisgushi.com/menu.html" target="_blank">Gushi</a>, serving up Japanese rice bowls and deep fried skewers. Opted to try the skewers since I was going to be ordering from other stalls as well.<br />
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3 skewers for $5, I got the quail egg, sweet potato and pork. The breading of the skewer was light and crunchy. Pretty sure they used panko bread crumbs. I like the pork skewer the least of the three. The sweet potato was perfectly fried, crunchy on the outside and sweet in the inside. The quail egg was just egg with a crunchy coating.<br />
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Next up is Kim's a La cart, I have visited their Yonge and Finch location a long long time ago for the sweet fish cake desserts.<br />
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Got the rice cake, chicken curry demplings, gim-mari and Korean vegetable pancake. The pancake was not tasty because it was really grainy inside with no taste. My favorite was the pan fried rice cake since I have an obsession with chewy things. The gim-mari was a deep fried seaweed with Korean starch noodles inside. It was alright. The curry chicken dumpling wasn't that great either. The filling was minced chicken and starch noodles.<br />
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<a href="http://kanto.ca/" target="_blank">Kanto </a>is last of the food stall I tried and they serve up Filipino food. I never had Filipino food and wasn't sure what to expect.<br />
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I ended up ordering the palabok. Word of advice, don't stand near the window too long or else you will end up smelling like oil and kitchen afterwards, hahaha. The taste of palabok was interesting. I can't decide if I like it or not. It's worth a try next time you are in the area.<br />
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Gourmet hot dog joints are opening left and right. I really wanted to try JAPADOG from Vancouver after seeing it on Eat St. <a href="http://craftdogs.com/" target="_blank">Craft Dogs</a> is a recent addition to King St E and has been opened for less than one month. The website is currently under construction. Menu is very limited with the prices of hot dogs ranging from $7-$13, quiet pricey I have to say. Please note, they do not come with any sides. </div>
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I ordered the Philly Cheese Steak Dog for $8.95 hoping it would taste like a Philly cheese steak butI wrong. The visual aspect of the hot dog was not appetizing and it was tiny! I was honestly not full after. The hot dog itself was too salty, I actually prefer the hot dog carts better after eating this. Everything barely fit into the bun and it bun started falling apart when it sauces started soaking into the bun. I did not enjoy this gourmet hot dog and definitely not worth the price tag of $8.95+tax. Will not be back, overall big disappointment. Please note, it also took forever long to get the order when it wasn't even busy.<br />
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Everything was surprisingly really good except for dessert.<br />
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P.S. Not a Hello Kitty fan but dear friend was.JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-49522306441735798702013-05-30T09:00:00.000-04:002013-05-30T09:00:10.774-04:00Hey MEATBALLFor those who follow Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, you know that Guy Fieri visited a couple spots in Toronto for the show and <a href="http://heymeatball.com/" target="_blank">Hey Meatball</a> was one of them. Located in Little Italy, lots of interesting restaurants in this area. Don't be surprised here, but this was my first time in Little Italy having lived in Toronto for soooooo long.<br />
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The second item ordered was meatball (pork and beef) spaghetti for about $12 as well. Now this was below average. The meatballs were kind of tough, had a really strong pork taste. The noodles were more like an egg noodle instead of your normal white pasta. Not to my likings. The sauce was bland, not enough flavour. Overall, very disappointed and most definitely not worth $12!<br />
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As you can tell by the entrance, this restaurant has received a lot of media coverage for its famous 8 different flavours of pork belly. <br />
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These are the condiments to go along with your pork belly. They offered three types of leaves for you to wrap your pork belly with. Perilla leaf, romaine lettuce and ???<br />
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Complimentary seafood tofu soup. Looks like it's not spicy right? No, once it starts boiling... it's get red and very spicy. It's a light but spicy seafood tofu soup.<br />
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The server will help you cook all the pork belly. All you need to do is eat. <br />
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My favorite flavour out of the 8 was the hot one. The hot flavour wasn't spicy at all, it was sweet and that's why I liked it. The second best one I liked was herb. It was something I never really tasted before. Overall, everything was alright, nothing really stood out. You definitely cannot eat the pork belly alone, or else you will get sick of it quickly. Having it wrapped with lettuce makes it not as heavy. Honestly, this was more gimmicky than anything else. The cost was 30,000WON enough to feed 2ppl which is less than $15CDN per person. Still worth a try when you are in Korea. <br />
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I'm usually not a fan of smoked salmon but this in house smoked salmon was a surprisingly nice start to the meal. The salmon was fresh and the smoked flavour wasn't overpowering in your pallet. The dressing for the salad was light and just coarsely drizzled. - smoked salmon salad 14<br />
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This was my least favorite dish of the night. It was a lightly battered chicken with a mayonnaise tartar sauce. The chicken was not crispy because it was plated on top of some broth. It paired well with the julienned cabbage as it provided a good texture in contrast to the "soggy" chicken. It was good but I would not order again and I would not recommend it. - tori nanban 16<br />
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The shrimp toast that accompanied the seared cod was incredibly crisp. It tasted familiar yet I was not able to recall what it reminded me of. The cod was seared to perfection. The first bite literally melted in my mouth and had a buttery smooth texture. It was the best cod I ever had. It was seasoned just right without overpowering the taste of the cod. Perfectly executed, highly recommend this dish. - gindara 22</div>
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Now on to the famous JaBistroll that everyone is talking about. Nevertheless, this roll lived up to its hype. It was nothing I had before. The rice and all the ingredients in the roll blended beautifully together. It was a full bite of flavour and it just worked together. You taste all the ingredients yet it's all unified. There were salmon, uni, snow crab, fish roe with refreshing cucumber to balance everything out. No soy sauce is required here. Must try. I have to say, if you ate at JaBistro, you are probably not able to have sushi elsewhere. - JaBistroll 22</div>
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The sakura puff for dessert was average. Couldn't taste the sakura, maybe it was the pink foamy thingy on the side. Not sure. The green tea ice cream tasted store bought. I do not expect them to make it in house anyways. On the menu it said it's red bean custard cream? It's just whipped cream to me. Maybe they forgot the red bean part. Hahaha - sakura puff 10<br />
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Can't wait to go back again!<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1713864/restaurant/Entertainment-District/JaBistro-Toronto"><img alt="JaBistro on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1713864/biglink.gif" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; height: 146px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com7222 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 1W4, Canada43.649763 -79.38818140000000818.1277285 -120.6967754 69.1717975 -38.079587400000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-73949433759214742892013-04-15T09:00:00.000-04:002013-04-15T09:00:16.614-04:00NAMIThe whole purpose of me visiting <a href="http://www.namirestaurant.ca/" target="_blank">NAMI</a> is to have sukiyaki. NAMI is probably known for its fresh sushi and sashimi but I only wanted to have sukiyaki. I was first introduced to sukiyaki in Taiwan back in 2009 at <a href="http://www.humaxasia.com.tw/momo/" target="_blank">Mo-Mo-Paradise</a> specializing in AYCE hotpot. It was probably not authentic but it tasted really good. Sukiyaki is basically thinly sliced beef cooked with a sweet soy sauce. In other words, it's Chinese hotpot, Japanese style. If I ever craved for sukiyaki, I would usually go to <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/131664/restaurant/Entertainment-District/Ematei-Japanese-Restaurant-Toronto" target="_blank">Ematei</a>. I discovered that NAMI also offers the same at a slightly more expensive price of $33/per person, whereas Ematei is priced at $60 (enough for 2 people or 3 girls, hahaha). Nonetheless, I wanted to give it a try.<br />
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All the delicious ingredients being cooked in the sweet soy sauce. Taste wise, they taste the same but ingredient wise, there is a ever so slight difference with Ematei. NAMI provided udon noodles and Ematei provided yam noodles. It comes with a raw egg where you dip your beef that will give it a very tender texture.<br />
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Service was excellent as the server was informative and provided attentive service with privacy. However, it didn't seem like the server did not know to the assemble the raw ingredients on the hot pan. Ematei does a better job in that area. In end, it was a delicious meal. If I was craving for sukiyaki, I think I would go back to Ematei since it's cheaper and the service for the sukiyaki was better.<br />
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Black sesame icecream with a sesame crisp for dessert. A nice end to the meal. </div>
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/133812/restaurant/Financial-District/Nami-Japanese-Seafood-Toronto"><img alt="Nami Japanese Seafood on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/133812/biglink.gif" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; height: 146px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com155 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1K6, Canada43.650856800000007 -79.376011300000016-8.0976771999999926 -161.99319880000002 90 3.241176199999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-85643802003920222212013-04-05T09:00:00.000-04:002013-04-05T09:00:04.689-04:00SongCook's Authentic Korean Restaurant After a couple of my travel posts, let's bring things back home so you can actually go and have the food featured on my blog. After coming back from Korea, I was obviously craving for Korean food. I read about <a href="http://www.songcooks.com/" target="_blank">SongCook's </a>on a couple of blogs but was hesitant to try it out early due to location. It's inconvenient for me but may be convenient for others. I did my research and made a list of the things I wanted to order.<br />
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Arrived early because I hate waiting and I was really hungry around 5pm already. You get a choice of being seated in the heated floor section or the tables. I opted for the seated floors because it reminds me of the times in Korea. It was nice and clean and very spacious. As most bloggers have mentions, the servers here speak fluent English =)<br />
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Here are the banchans, nothing too crazy. The jap chae was bland and the kimchi was okay. I liked the green bean jelly aka nokdumuk in Korean aka liangfen (涼粉) in Chinese. It was the first time I seen that in a Korean restaurant. The raw egg is for the seafood soon dubu later.</div>
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Got the jajang combo as many has recommended. The jajangmyun was fairly tasty. The noodles had a nice bite without being too soft. <br />
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Now, the kalbijim was a must order recommended by everyone and it was really delicious. The beef rib was off the bone tender and had a really good flavour. It tasted very Chinese to me and so much Korean. Perhaps more sweet than your average Chinese dish.<br />
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The seafood soon dubu wasn't worth anything to write about. It was very average. The rice came at an additional cost of 2.50 I believe which you can pick betweem brown rice and many other varieties. I definitely prefer my soon dubu at Tofu House in First Markham Place.<br />
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<br />JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com272 Steeles Avenue West, Vaughan, ON L4J 1V7, Canada43.7975522 -79.42246060000002218.275517699999998 -120.73105460000002 69.3195867 -38.113866600000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-9051781137610135252013-03-28T09:00:00.000-04:002013-04-13T22:58:21.652-04:00Taiwan - Sweets Edition: Dazzling Cafe and Snow King Icecream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I first discovered the whole honey toast (Chinese is known as 蜜糖吐司) ordeal from a Taiwanese travel show. It looked so pretty and yummy through the screen, so I had to mark it down for my future Taiwan trip. The exact name of the cafe/restaurant was not listed but with the help of Google, nothing is impossible with Google, I found the cafe. Through Google, the honey toast extravaganza exploded for me. Honey toast originated from Japan and was first introduced in Taiwan in 2010 by a Taiwanese socialite, and the very first <a href="http://www.dazzlingdazzling.com/#home.php" target="_blank">Dazzling Cafe</a> opened in 東區 (Daan District). It was an immediate success and they only took reservations once a month and it would usually fill up very quickly. Nowadays, they have opened 6 other locations to fill any girl's craving for a pretty and yummy dessert. I visited their original location called Dazzling Cafe Pink and there was still an 1hr wait around 7pm. </div>
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This was a very girly pink cafe, but don't get me wrong, there were still guys in there, most likely accompanying their girlfriends though =P There were also male waiters. There is a minimum charge of one drink per person in addition to whatever else you wish to order. The drinks were around $4-6CDN and the honey toasts are around Demetres' pricing more or less. I would say this is quiet pricey in Taiwanese standards, reasonable in Canada. I was previously told by a local teen saying that ordering one is good enough for 2-4 people depending if you have ate previously and it is very sweet and filling. The drinks were really meh. Now on to the good part, the honey toast. Upon presenting your pretty dessert, the server will let you know that they will come back and serve the honey toast to you once you have taken pictures of the massive toast. Nowadays, camera eats first! That was very considerate of them to avoid any awkwardness of them waiting for you to finish taking your pictures. </div>
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The inside looks like the below once it's dissected by the server. Inside it was filled with sticks of crispy toast. It was funny how we didn't end up using the honey for this "honey toast", it was already sweet enough. It was filled with custard and ice cream. So you take a piece of toast stick and spread some ice cream and custard with a piece of strawberry and VIOLA, heaven~ It was delicious! The toast sticks were toasted to a crispy coating and soft interior. It was not overly sweet since we didn't pour the honey on top. It was AYCE custard, just ask the server for more. I was happy with my first experience with honey toast and I would definitely have it again. In fact, I want to introduce this to Canada. Anyone with me?</div>
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One of my favorite foreign food blogs to read is <a href="http://hungryintaipei.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">a hungry girl's guide to taipei</a>. I obviously made good use of that while planning to trip to Taiwan. My hotel was in the Ximen area so I looked up all the good food places around there, and upon came this, highly recommended by hungry girl. It's an ice cream shop with 73 flavors everyday.<br />
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If you read Chinese, you can see all the cool and interesting flavors they have. All the flavors are house made. For those who don't, some examples are tomato, corn, milk, lotus seed, wasabi, curry, hot pepper, beer, brandy, pig feet and sesame chicken just to name a few.<br />
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In the end, me and friend decided to stay safe and picked fruit flavor such as watermelon and lycee. Both were really delicious and tasted like the real fruit. The store owner also advised us to eat the watermelon first and then the lycee since lycee had a stronger taste than watermelon. Check out this ice cream store the next time you are in Taiwan! Do it! Seriously. Hahaha~JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-54137524658390831582013-03-25T09:00:00.001-04:002013-04-13T22:58:36.940-04:00Korea - Bukchon Ginseng Chicken Soup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I only had 4 full days in Seoul and everyday was jammed packed with activities. My flight arrived in the evening and I had to hang around the airport to wait for my friend to arrive 2hrs later. By the time we checked into our guesthouse, it was late and we were exhausted. This was our first meal in Korea and we were super hungry since we didn't eat anything the night before aside from airplane food. This place was actually discovered by my friend and it's known to have super long line ups. We got up early and got there around 11am, and to our surprise there were already a lot of people eating inside already. We really couldn't waste our precious time in line so we always go early to avoid lineups. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmZibsPQNTUmwnqdrYRaXYo2oMP38kzVdew71klTha5Et9s1ziA7hEf8G6-fJTbPFxoxREQWXNuizOQanlb1gGT7Vefk2rwDs2_S_TiXZmdpXbjkOHxP8jVjUtUXvF9oFWxphpU7eTY1V/s1600/DSC02554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmZibsPQNTUmwnqdrYRaXYo2oMP38kzVdew71klTha5Et9s1ziA7hEf8G6-fJTbPFxoxREQWXNuizOQanlb1gGT7Vefk2rwDs2_S_TiXZmdpXbjkOHxP8jVjUtUXvF9oFWxphpU7eTY1V/s640/DSC02554.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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It was funny how once we are seated, the servers didn't even asked us what we wanted and just assumed we wanted to order the most original ginseng chicken soup. She actually spoke Chinese to us since it's known to have lots of Asian tourists here. She said "ginseng chicken soup? ok." We didn't even have a chance to say no, but it's okay, it was what we wanted to order anyways. <br />
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The wait wasn't long and our food was here! Piping hot ginseng chicken soup with sunflower seed and green onion on top. We were given a tiny cup of "I don't know what" soju? so we just left it... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qm94NH9r6oHEmKKb7OGWVQ06fAF3hjc2zVRGYwvzOADMTvWYFGBhmYZuzh5LWat07CvzNTQUTfYEyIqTItLFeNEBVfGrxoslFtA52aF_pC558vn7tG2GGO7fljILigqXaNXW1tSkw4Ja/s1600/DSC02562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qm94NH9r6oHEmKKb7OGWVQ06fAF3hjc2zVRGYwvzOADMTvWYFGBhmYZuzh5LWat07CvzNTQUTfYEyIqTItLFeNEBVfGrxoslFtA52aF_pC558vn7tG2GGO7fljILigqXaNXW1tSkw4Ja/s640/DSC02562.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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You literally get a whole chicken/hen. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSZ-vgj5vZoPJyv4GEr_m_pf9_QYocIVJU7eQuzq3vs9WzYgX-dG0wb-ZLp0SHsOOinePVIShgw4ZE7x8rGXc92FhZlZRS_8PUt7CknM_FXAqtTS9Hp4_Y9t42Wa4JI5CiFf4mlJlNHm9/s1600/DSC02571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSZ-vgj5vZoPJyv4GEr_m_pf9_QYocIVJU7eQuzq3vs9WzYgX-dG0wb-ZLp0SHsOOinePVIShgw4ZE7x8rGXc92FhZlZRS_8PUt7CknM_FXAqtTS9Hp4_Y9t42Wa4JI5CiFf4mlJlNHm9/s640/DSC02571.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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The hen was stuffed with delicious glutinous rice and dates. The chicken was tender and the broth was flavorful I thought it could of used a tiny bit of salt to bring out the flavor a little more. No artificial flavor or MSG here.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8cQ5T8hUp9a5D2qMxjLaiF7yki-hgGPMwdGVqMQO8JYyLKrVPbiBwK6WNY3Pq-GX5GlZRDl_OmuENWg4mVtYotwPLJ0pdp0Dh9FI5VpaQbgDDsrpO9z_wZixeT5uSE-WJusWjiuMeoXP/s1600/DSC02572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8cQ5T8hUp9a5D2qMxjLaiF7yki-hgGPMwdGVqMQO8JYyLKrVPbiBwK6WNY3Pq-GX5GlZRDl_OmuENWg4mVtYotwPLJ0pdp0Dh9FI5VpaQbgDDsrpO9z_wZixeT5uSE-WJusWjiuMeoXP/s640/DSC02572.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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There you go, a real ginseng. It didn't taste bad, but it did have a strong ginseng-y taste if you are into that.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZEoNFioC1nRdaRvlzERzkiIcTV32iyyV-mfsGEviPLS__KRYxtaCmO9uGeSYom6B128yQ5O_IVv4d0pvge_5FRalSNt9l311zKC3KN1Y_fYxTy1ec_UpMx3SZkTgCclZmjEGPsu_iuHE/s1600/DSC02573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZEoNFioC1nRdaRvlzERzkiIcTV32iyyV-mfsGEviPLS__KRYxtaCmO9uGeSYom6B128yQ5O_IVv4d0pvge_5FRalSNt9l311zKC3KN1Y_fYxTy1ec_UpMx3SZkTgCclZmjEGPsu_iuHE/s640/DSC02573.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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Overall, it was really delicious but it wasn't as good as I imagined it to be. I think the salt would of really brought it up a notch. </div>
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Hi All~~~ This post will exhibit all the street food and nightmarket food I had in Taiwan. To be honest, when I'm in Taiwan, I just prefer to have dinner at the nightmarket. Nightmarket in Taiwan is very accessible and opens everyday around 6pm. The food is delicious and really cheap. I will most comment on the food I had in the caption below the picture. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">very famous noodle spot located in the popular area of Ximending, no seating available, you will see people just standing around eating</td></tr>
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The below three pictures were the foods we had at Shilin Nightmarket. For those we have previously visited this establishment, it has been moved to an underground location slightly further down than where it used to be. When I visited in 2009, the nightmarket was located right across of the subway exit in an open but sheltered area. That area is now fenced off for possibly property development. It was quiet stuffy and hot in the underground establishment where A TON of food stalls are located. Air circulation was not ideal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coffin toast (cream corn with crispy shredded pork) - this is my absolute favorite at the Shilin Nightmarket, deep fried thick toast to perfection with the top cut off and filled with your choice of filling, crispy on the outside and savory on the inside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">green onion pancake roll with egg and soy milk - your typical Taiwanese breakfast sold around the corner, the sauce they put in between is the highlight, wish we had this in Canada as a breakfast option</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taro and sweet potato balls with green bean soup - had this at Jiufeng where its known for its taro and sweet potato balls, the taro and sweet potato balls are chewy in texture and refreshing with the cold green bean soup, perfect on a hot summer day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peanuts and icecream crepe - another Jiufeng delicacy made by an old couple, the husband manually grounds the peanuts while the wife assemble this sweet dessert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">steamed pig blood cake - yes, I know it sounds disgusting but I absolutely LOVE this, chewy and the peanut and parsley coating makes it so much more awesome, I crave for this everyday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">green onion beef roll - the onion was really sweet but it's like your Japanese beef and scallion roll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">spareribs soup with blanched veggies - the soup was really good, not too peppery and the spareribs were really tender, bones removed</span></td></tr>
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<br />JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-91891450736908824172013-03-13T13:33:00.000-04:002013-03-13T13:33:00.086-04:00Clarke's Standard - NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Clarke's Standard was the last food stop during my NYC trip. My friend chose this place, but not because it was popular or because it had raving reviews. He chose it because it was close and he wanted a burger.</div>
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Their burger prices range from $6.75 - $8.75. Not exactly cheap, but not the most expensive I've seen. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">You can't really see the contents of the other burger, but it's the standard. It looks like... a standard burger. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The Brooklyn was pretty good. $7.75 for just the burger is kinda a lot though. There wasn't anything about it that made it stand out from other burgers, but it was still well made. I like the box they put the burger in. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I was full when I came here, so I didn't order any of their sides. The waffle sweet potato fries were tempting, but my stomach quota was reaching its limits after getting a drink at Jamba Juice (which I'm now a big fan of, btw).</span><br />
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RYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03164412306651735263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-68902374952617045322013-03-12T09:06:00.000-04:002013-03-12T09:06:00.188-04:00Chipotle Mexican Grill - NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Major mistake: making this breakfast the morning of your flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not because it's bad - on the contrary, it was quite good. But it's massive and filled with beans. And you know the saying "beans, beans, the magical fruit"? If you do, well... I'm sure you can imagine why that might not be too good when you have a flight later in the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have this in Toronto too, but my friend wanted to try it. I know the pics don't really show how big it is, but imagine a medium-large hand making a fist. The width was about that big after they packed everything in it. There was so much filling that it spilled out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guacamole is $2 extra, but mine doesn't have that. I think it was $8.50 after tax. Neither my friend nor I could finish ours. We could have probably just split one and have been satisfied enough.</span></div>
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RYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03164412306651735263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-11283344906848139252013-03-12T09:00:00.000-04:002013-03-12T09:00:09.446-04:00Octagon Restaurant <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This post was intended to be publish before my trip, but somehow I never managed to finished. Now that I'm back, I can finally publish this post. Please stay tune for my upcoming posts on the foods I had in Taiwan and Seoul~</div>
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The garlic bread was slathered with butter and raw minced onion on top. The bread was nice and crispy and was very oily due to the amount of butter. <br />
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The lobster bisque was very good. It was hot despite the speed this dish was delivered. Shortly after placing our order, the soup was brought out. The speed of the service was faster than an licious events. There were lobster meat in every mouthful and it was delicious. <br />
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A minimum of 2 order must be placed for the tableside prepared caesar salad. I found the dressing contained way too much garlic. The garlic taste lingered for a long time and I could still taste it when I got home. It was quiet spicy compared to the one at Jacob's. Overall, it was good aside from too much garlic. <br />
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I was pretty full after eating the soup and salad and when my entree came, I was full. The sight of this large piece of meat made me REALLY FULL. From this, I came up with the perfect diet plan for myself called "the look at meat" diet. As you all might know, I'm not a carnivore. The sight of any large piece of meat makes me lose my appetite. So, if I ever want to lose weight, look at large pieces of meat and I dont think I will be hungry anymore. I pretty much ate most of this the next day for lunch. There was a lot of crabmeat and they were not shy on that. I felt the chicken was dry, possibly I microwaved for too long. <br />
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The garlic mashed potatoes were kind of dry and bland. Some gravy would of helped.<br />
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The grilled vegetables were delcious, sweet and tender. <br />
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Here is my fd's New York strip steak. It was cooked to perfection, but meat is not my thing. The side mushroom was really good according to my fd. <br />
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The dessert was well done, no complains here. Perfectly caramalized sugar on top with creamy custard in the bottom.<br />
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Overall the the dishes were very solid and service was good. Our water glass were constantly being refilled. However, the dishes came out too fast! I felt like we were being rushed when there weren't even that many people. <br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;">Final Verdict: Above Par</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/133963/restaurant/Toronto/Thornhill/Octagon-Markham"><img alt="Octagon on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/133963/biglink.gif" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; height: 146px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>JLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03625997452766560904noreply@blogger.com37529 Yonge Street, Markham, ON L3T 2C1, Canada43.8111311 -79.422610800000029-0.84821190000000257 -162.03979830000003 88.47047409999999 3.1945766999999705tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-76560975438449756522013-03-11T22:05:00.000-04:002013-03-11T22:05:00.773-04:00Obao - NYC<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This place is a Thai Viet Asian fusion restaurant. I had a couple of Thai restaurants on my list of places to try. This was not one of them, but it was close enough to our hotel. And again, when you're tired, convenience trumps reputation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not that this place had a bad rep or anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went at night, so the restaurant was rather dim. There were candles at all of the tables, and other than a few tables near the entrance, the restaurant was full. That was a pretty good sign, though it also meant we had to sit near the entrance and have the cold wind hit us every time the door opened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start, we ordered some drinks. My friend really likes Thai iced tea (he enjoyed it in Thailand and has been looking for some of equal quality since), so he got that. I ordered pineapple juice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pineapple juice was sweet. Most of the time, when I have pineapple, it's sour and not so enjoyable. I've only had sweet, delicious pineapple juice one other time before at a festival. This was almost as good as that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(My friend said the Thai iced tea was pretty good here.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For our mains, I had the shrimp pad thai (what I usually order). They only had a shrimp option here, which I don't mind, but may be problematic for those who don't want it (I'm sure they could substitute, but they'd probably charge the same amount, and shrimp pad thai tends to be a bit more expensive that chicken, beef, or tofu options). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pad thai was served in a wok-like bowl, which was nice for presentation purposes. It came with a soft egg in the middle that I wasn't too fond of, but everything else about it was fine. $11 during dinner, $10 during lunch (with a free starter at lunch too).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My friend got the Obao Chicken special, which is listed as $8 on the lunch menu, but he was charged $10 for it as a dinner option. They have 20 of these a day apparently and no more than that. I'm not sure if it's a gimmick or if they actually make only 20 each day, but it was pretty good. The chicken had a lot of flavour and it went well with the coconut rice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The service here was pretty good. Our waiter was attentive without being too chatty, and they brought out a portable heater to keep us warm since our seats were right next to the door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I liked it, and if I lived in NYC, I'd come back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't like it when restaurants charge different amounts for lunch and dinner for the same food item, but I still enjoyed my meal here. </span>RYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03164412306651735263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818843969273591712.post-4716065565605558582013-03-10T12:02:00.000-04:002013-03-10T12:02:00.135-04:00Cemita's @ Brooklyn Flea - NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooklyn Flea stop #3: Cemita. There were some other food stalls in here, but after this, I was way too stuffed to try anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cemita's only has a location at the Brooklyn Flea at 1 Hanson Place. This is during the winter, so they may have more locations popping up during the warmer months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At $9 each, it's fairly pricey. But it's also quite large. Half of a cemita was about the size of the box from my Takumi's Taco order.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can really say about this is it's packed with ingredients, very filling, and tasty. This half of a cemita probably filled me up as much as my taco and hot dog combined. The ten layers of toppings combined worked well together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great value here. I'd recommend it if you're at the Brooklyn Flea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But nope! It's just one. One expensive taco, embellished with some kind of corn chips. Fritos maybe?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The corn chips were completely unnecessary. Are they trying to make this look like fries? Make it look like I'm getting more value for my $5? It didn't do much for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the taco was good! It had a nice, crispy, hard shell with curry beef and some other toppings. The curry beef was very savoury and hot. It dripped over the corn chips and made the corn chips better to eat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But still, at $5, this was kind of a rip off. It was a small (though delicious) portion, but that worked out fine for me since I wanted to try more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It lost points for it's high price and trying to get away with it by adding corn chips. It could get away with the price if it were in a swanky location, but at a flea market? No.</span>RYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03164412306651735263noreply@blogger.com0