Category: food [有得食篇]

Whenever there is food - Food is any substance[1] consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth.

May 14 2013

Izakaya Ju @ J-Town

I am pretty sure a lot of people has already been to this restaurant already but it was actually my first time.  Izakaya Ju @ J-Town, a Japanese style bar and grill. It’s the equivalent of an English pub, where they serve snacks to accompany your drinks. They have many small dishes which are comparatively inexpensive and classical. People can enjoy casually eating and drinking.  Located at 3160 Steeles Ave E, Markham ON, right at the corner of Woodbine and Steeles Ave. east, a perfect Japanese grill in uptown if downtown is too far for you 😛  Price wise is alright, since everything is like snack size, you could end up paying a lot like what we did but you are looking at around $30 with a beer and you are good for the night  😀

I have to admit most Japanese grills taste really good, but after trying a few, I have to say I could only have it once in a while because everything is very salty really…  I guess the whole meaning to these restaurants is snacks and drink a lot 😛  Anyhow, I am still willing to go if anyone is up for it, hehe.

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Rating: 9.5/10 (2 votes cast)

May 05 2013

樂園 (Nak Won) Korean Restaurant

樂園 (Nak Won) Korean Restaurant has a few locations in Toronto area but I had never been to one until now.  A new location was opened a few months ago at Weldrick rd. and Yonge st. and I finally got a chance to try this place out.  Same as a lot of Korean restaurants, this one has all you can eat BBQ and normal fine dinning to choose from.  Since I/we wanted to try their different varieties of food, we chose to order dishes separately.  We were quite happy with everything we ordered really, the beef was tendered, the kids loved the yummy noodles and the presentation on everything was perfect, just take a look at the mouth watering pictures below.  I would definately recommend this to everyone if you are looking for a mid grade Korean Restaurant.  Why mid grade?  Well, food is really not bad compare to the a few others but service wasn’t the greatest…  We had our food on the table and we got no bowls or plates, BBQ ribs arrived with no knife or scissors and other little things…  Maybe my friends didn’t notice while we were there but it is something that I am looking for in a restaurant really, maybe the other locations are better, I don’t know 😛  Anyways, this is really another option if you are looking for Korean food in that Richmond Hill area, tho other ones are at least a few blocks away I think!?

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Rating: 7.5/10 (2 votes cast)

May 03 2013

木子茶檔 (Ki Ko Cafe)

New pictures updated 13 Jun, 2013
New pictures updated 6 May, 2013
If you are tired of eating out at the same kind of Hong Kong Style restaurants, here is a good news, a new Hong Kong Fusion Style Restaurant is just opened in Markham area, 木子茶檔 (Ki Ko Cafe) is located at Woodbine and Hwy 7 (3000 Highway 7 E, Unit A2), right across Michael-Angelo’s.  The restaurant could probably fit 50 people in there and they have LLBO too which was kind of a surprise 😛  For someone like me, who loves HK style, this is definitely a perfect lunch choice to go, especially the location is very close to my office.  Price is not bad, very economical, presentation of food is well made on the dishes we ordered, everything tasted as good as it looks too but!!!  Because they are soo new, I am sure there are little things that could be improved, only time will tell, still, a very good choice in Markham area.

In case you are wondering, why their style of food is so similar to Fav Café (鍾意坊) (the same plaza as 黃金閣), well, the owner used to work there just FYI 😛

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Rating: 9.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Apr 30 2013

五榖雜糧 (Golden Harvest Northern Chinese Cuisine)

五榖雜糧 (Golden Harvest Northern Chinese Cuisine), is a new restaurant located in 黃金商場 (Golden Bright Plaza) at Chalmers and Highway 7, used to be 南園餐廳 (Richmond Court Restaurant).  As most people know, Northern Chinese Cuisine is usually very greasy and fattening but they claim their food is very healthy and less greasy than others so I had to give it a try 😛

When I was looking at the menu, I was surprised totally by the varieties they have and some were not even seen at other restaurants, we just couldn’t resist on ordering as many dishes as possible because everything just look soo yummy.  Just look at the pictures below and you know how many we ordered for just 2 adults and a kid 😛  As expected, didn’t really see a lot of oily stuffs even with the deep fried Taro and others, but less greasy means less taste, not saying the food was bad but as a result of eating healthy, everything taste a lot milder.  I would definately recommend this place because I like the idea of Northern Chinese Cuisine doesn’t really have to be greasy, plus they have a lot of things that others don’t have 😀

P.S. I was told it would be a 15 – 30 mins wait time during weekends so I went on a weekday instead 😉

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Rating: 9.5/10 (2 votes cast)

Mar 30 2013

Easter Long Weekend 2013

Spring has come already but it still feels like winter in Toronto but this Easter Saturday was super sunny, tho it wasn’t warm enough but we just couldn’t wait to have a BBQ 😛  We had something I never tried, not sure if you guys ever had, look at those super size clams and salmon on cedar wood below.  Not to mention I didn’t know you could cook salmon this way either, a little seasoning, a few pieces of lemons, into the grill and in a few mins, Viola!!!

Just like every gatherings we had at Karen’s house, it was fun and filling, and of course for the kids, they were high on sugar, playing/running around like crazy the whole night…

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Rating: 10.0/10 (2 votes cast)