Category: Western (西方美食)

POW WOW

What a weird name, POW WOW located in 165 St. Paul St., Downtown St.Catharines, On , a restaurant that I found on google, rated one of the best in St. Catherines area.  I was actually quite surprised the food quality has exceeded my expectation.  The food I tried really gave me the POW and WOW, I was tempted even tempted to get take outs for my friends to try it 😛  I was told the restaurant has been around for a lot of years, one thing I noticed was a open kitchen in the back of the restaurant, yes, completely opened and you can actually tell the restaurant has been there for a long time because of the aged bricks walls and the wooden flooring.  But of course the best of all is the FOOD, very in expensive, pastas were amazing, weird names on menu tho but best of all, it’s not crowded.  But keep it in mind that the area is very quiet and it might give you like a ghost town feel, not sure if it was because of the cold weather or what  😛  Overall, very satisfied with everything, a must try if you are in the area 🙂

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Rating: 10.0/10 (1 vote cast)

DENA’S Home Cookin’

Woah, this is really the place I had been dying to talk about, DENA’S, located at 3747 Portage Rd
Niagara Falls, ON, a very small family restaurant that serves all day breakfast and other stuffs!!!  There are a lot of restaurants very similar but I am sure nothing could top this one in both price and taste.  The place is not really that big, I would say maximum 20 seats, a piece of paper as their menu, so very simple.  $4.95 for a 2 egg and sausage breakfast with coffee or tea, and of course it also comes with their home fries and mushrooms.  Tho the breakfast dish is very simple but the taste is way better than other competitors like CORA, Egg Smart and etc. because everything is made just right.  The cook (the owner) would also come and chat with the people when he is not cooking, very family oriented and makes you feel very warm 🙂  Amazing experience overall, 2 thumbs up!!!

P.S.  They don’t have a website but if you Google it, you will see a lot of good reviews about this place 🙂

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Rating: 10.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Williams Fresh Cafe

There is Cora, egg smart and I just found Williams!!!  Yup, another breakfast chains restaurant I found in Niagara Falls.  I guess this chain is aimed for the younger crowd because its looks more like a starbucks that sells breakfast.  Never saw one in Toronto area but after being there once, did some research and found that it is a big chain that has been around for quite some time.  In comparison, food is way less oily than Cora or egg smart from what I experienced, prices are more reasonable and with a big variety of choices.  The down side is, it is extremely hard to find a table since most of the people are the younger crowd and young people loves their free WIFI, if it was starbucks, sitting around having a coffee doesn’t take long but when you are having a meal with WIFI, it would take people forever to leave their chairs…  The true is, it is very comfortable to have a nice brunch in this environment, good place to hang out with friends and their tablets/laptops hehe.

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Rating: 8.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Caplansky’s Delicatessen

First time ever tried a restaurant that I saw on “You Gotta Eat Here” on food networkCaplansky’s Delicatessen, located in downtown Toronto.  Man, I can tell you I am not trying those choices from them ever again.  Went there in the morning around 10ish, got there and realized the location wasn’t impressive at all, tho they do have a lot of choices that sound very good in words in their menu, so we tried…  Turned out that our brunch was served cold and there were only 3 tables of people inside?! ummm…  Not to mention my “the Geddy” was a little watery/oily and we had to pay over $30 when we left the restaurant?!  Well, you never know how bad a restaurant is unless you try it right?  Now I know, and you know what TV can make restaurants LOOK really good 😛

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Rating: 3.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Town Hall American Bistro

Previously, I put up a post Apple Granny Restaurant, which was a great restaurant find, and this restaurant was also another great find, Town Hall American Bistro, small town restaurant just located beside Apple Granny, 453 Center Street Lewiston, NY 14092.  This is more like a western fusion restaurant, very modern, tho the place is not very big but their food has a big taste and yet, very in expensive.  As you can tell from the pictures below, I have tried quite a few of their dishes already, they were all pretty good, soup was tasty, pasta was very creamy, steak was juicy, everything was quite my taste!!!  I don’t think this restaurant has been around for very long, not as packed as Apply Granny but this would also be a very good choice other then dinning in those modern chains restaurants.

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Rating: 9.0/10 (1 vote cast)