Category: Restaurants [之牛牛心得]

Nov 10 2013

Thai Villa

Apparently, Thai Villa has been around for a long time in Aurora, seems a little far for a lot of people but it was really worth a visit.  A little small gathering with my friends before my cruise trip, also a perfect time to try out something that I don’t eat all the time 😛  I was told that the chicken dish we had was a special order which turned out to be a very good choice.  I was expecting it would be very oily on everything but everything turned out alright!!  Fried wings were perfectly seasoned, curry tasted just right, noodles was very well made tho the assorted dish was a little on the dry side but the whole meal was very satisfying.  Just take a look at the pictures I took below and you will probably agree with what I said 🙂

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Rating: 9.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Nov 09 2013

Caplansky’s Delicatessen

First time ever tried a restaurant that I saw on “You Gotta Eat Here” on food network, Caplansky’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)

Oct 25 2013

Fraticelli’s Italian Grill

Yet another chains restaurant, Fraticelli’s Italian Grill (Leslie st. & 16th Richmond Hill).  Read a lot of good review of the place, they also won a diner’s choice 2013, so I decided to try it myself to see how good this place really is.  The restaurant is very modern, similar to Moxie’s or some other new chains out there, not too noisy, seemed like a very good place to chat with your love ones kind of place.  Food was only alright tho, I ordered my all time favorite, pasta, but it turned out that its was only so so, pasta was under cooked, taste wise was a little on the salty/sour side…  A little over priced so over all experience was some what disappointing, this is a restaurant that I would not recommend people to go because I just don’t think it will survive for long when there are soo many good places in the same area.  Sorry Fraticelli’s 😛

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Rating: 6.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Oct 12 2013

Pre celebrate Jason’s Birthday at O Mei

It was the time of the year when we celebrate friends’ birthday over dinner, O Mei has always been a very solid Chinese restaurant for a perfect dinner.  Did I mention seafood is O Mei’s specialty as specially Lobsters, 4 different dishes can be made out of a 6 pound lobsters, but of course, they also have a great varieties of food choices.  I don’t think I need to say much about the food because everyone knows that it is one of the best Chinese restaurant in Toronto, tho we didn’t order a lot because we only had a few people but the choices we had was excellent as expected, eg. our super tasty lobster 😛  Oh, almost forgot to mention, they have very good Chinese style dessert too!!!  The night was amazing, being with good friends over dinner is always enjoyable and at the end of the night, we left with a full stomach, big smile and joy 🙂

here is another O Mei post from before in case you want to see more 🙂

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Rating: 10.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Oct 11 2013

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)