Category: Chinese/HK (中港美食)

Dec 14 2012

Christmas Lunch @ Mandarin Buffet 2012

I am extremely proud of myself that I had been working in the same company for a year and a half now.  Being at our company lunch at Mandarin Buffet for the second time was just as fun as the first time.  We didn’t have as many people as last year but we got to be sitting at the same table with everyone, lots more chatting and getting to know each other more :-P.  Food was good as always, just like last time, I ate quite a lot especially those mussels with black bean sauce and some Shanghai noodles :-p  Anyways, I know I had thoughts about leaving this job but from what I see right now, this is actually not bad at all, it’s still a dream job that people would die for, at least from what I see at the moment :-P, I guess I will be staying there for a long while hehe.

 

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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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Jul 26 2012

O Mei

Although I had not been going to cooking lessons for a while, I am still very connected with my Aunties (cooking class classmates).  Joyce and Debbie are 2 of my top favorite aunties, so of course I would have to organized a dinner gathering to celebrate their birthday this week.  O Mei, located on 420 Hw# 7 Richmond Hill, just right at the MacDonald’s plaza.  A restaurant that has been around for a long long while, I have heard a lot of good words about their dinner varieties especially their lobsters dishes but never experienced it, so I thought I should definitely give this a try.

There was no doubt that the first thing we ordered was a 9+ lbs lobster/5 (龍蝦五吃), Chicken with 2 tastes (鳳雙飛), Taiwanese oyster (台式生蠔) and some misc. dishes.  It was totally a weight gaining experience because everything tasted and looked so good so I just kept on stuffing myself :p  Plus, because Debbie and Christine know the manager, we got soo many varieties of dessert for free…  At the very end, we cleaned out everything on the table, stuffed ourselves with a few pounds heavier belly and left the restaurant with a big smile on our faces 😀  2 big thumbs up!!!  Definitely a Chinese restaurant to consider if you are looking for a good Chinese diner even on weekdays if you know what I mean 🙂

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May 24 2012

玲龍風味(Ling Long Legend)

Another good Chinese restaurant I found which I don’t think people would actually notice this restaurant even when they walk by it.  Its called 玲龍風味 (Ling Long Legend), a Northern Chinese style restaurant located right along the south entrance of First Markham Place.  Tho we have tried only 3 dishes, they were very satisfying good, I am sure I will go again with more people so I could try more different dishes next time.  And don’t miss out their specialty noodles because they would make it right in front of you :p

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May 02 2012

Fav Café (鍾意坊)

Yet, another really a good find, a small Hong Kong style restaurant located at unit 31, 280 West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill (the same plaza as 黃金閣).  This is a fusion HK style restaurant which you don’t see very often in Toronto.  If you are getting bored of regular Chinese/ Hong Kong style, this is really a must try.  Although it was my first time there I already heard tons of good things about it.  Food was fantastic, very good presentation and taste, a bit higher price than others but its well worth it 😀  Just take a look at what I had for my lunch 印尼雞扒飯 :p

Well, I am not getting paid to post this but you really should try it 😀

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