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.

Oct 20 2012

綠羽軒(私房小炒/My Own Kitchen)

Jason’s birthday was a few days before, so a late celebration dinner with him and friends on the weekend at 綠羽軒(私房小炒/My Own Kitchen) at First Markham Place.  The restaurant has been around for a long long time and I finally got a chance to try it.  The first thing we definitely want was a lamb pot, which was the main reason why we were there :p  Just by looking at the menu really made my mouth watery, so we ordered a few dishes which we thought it would be great to try out, of course the end result was a little disappointment sadly…  Everything we ordered was very home made, I am not saying they are not good, but everything wasn’t very special, felt like you could actually have the same dishes everywhere else, plus the chicken we ordered had too many chipped bones in it…  Anyways, it was a good dinner but too bad there was no WOW factor there :p

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Rating: 6.7/10 (6 votes cast)

Oct 04 2012

Museum Tavern

I left work early to see Hong Kong Sinfonietta Conducted by Yip Wing-Sie Toronto, so me and Karen just wandered around bloor and yonge area shopping and looking for a diner before the show. After minutes of walking, we found Museum Tavern.  A diner that just opened for 2 months right across Koerner Hall, we had no idea how good it was or what so ever but we walked in anyways :-p  The place is small but the atmosphere is nice, a patio on bloor, where can you find something like that right? hehe   Small kitchen but with big heart chefs because you could hear the chefs yelling out orders I wondered why?  Surprisingly, the food we ordered was amazing good, so if I go shopping in that area next time, looking for a place to eat, I would probably go back there and try other things because my order, baby ribs tasted very very good and Karen’s chicken tasted amazing too!!!  Let’s take a look at some pictures 😀

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Rating: 8.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Sep 15 2012

Ferrovia ristorante

Ferrovia ristorante, once was voted the best Italian restaurant in Thornhill, so if you want to try this restaurant, you better call ahead if time because last time we wanted to try it without making a reservation, of course there was a long long wait so we left.  My first impression was quite good, didn’t expect the restaurant size is very small compare to others but very unique.  Food was quite good, not too expensive with this kind of quality, presentation was amazing as you can see from the pictures below, no wondered it was vote one of the best.  One little small glitch that I didn’t like was the uncomfortable chair/bench I was sitting, maybe it was just me :-p  Anyways, great restaurant and I would definitely recommend this to friends 😀

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Rating: 8.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Aug 28 2012

Don Don Izakaya

 Don Don Izakaya, another Japanese style tapas bar located in Toronto downtown.  I am soo glad that we made it to the restaurant because the weather was horrible when we started to head there, a pouring rain that looked like the sky was falling…  Anyways, the restaurant was very unique, more like a Japanese style added with a lot of modern touch as the pictures below.  Once you enter, they would hit the drums, typical welcome cheer of “Irasshaimase!” to welcome you, lots of young people there, both the customers and waiters/waitresses makes it very comfortable :p  Food is good, not too much surprise like the other one I tried before, but  I love the way they cook their food, the tenderness on everything was just right, one thing we don’t like was most food were too salty, other than that, everything would had been perfect.  Price wise is really ok, take a look at how many plates we ordered in the pictures and 2 pitchers of beer for less than $50 a person, not bad at all :-p  If you have never been to a Japanese style tapas bar, this place is a good start really 😀

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Rating: 8.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Aug 23 2012

Shiso Tree cafe (J-Town)

Shiso Tree cafe is a fusion Italian-Japanese restaurant located in J-Town Toronto.  I was told that it’s a perfect place to go for lunch, for the price of $8, you get a salad, a soup and a main pasta dish, though the pasta dish is not as big, I think it’s quite a good lunch size for me consider it with the soup and salad.  I was pretty happy with my order, which was a spicy sausage pasta, it had a fruity flavor along with a spicy taste.  I really hope I can try all of the things on their menu, maybe I should just go there for lunch everyday from now on since it is not that far away from my office :p  If you work in the area, you should definitely give this a try 😀

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Rating: 7.0/10 (1 vote cast)