Monday, October 31, 2005
Pizza Pizza
I'm taking class on Monday nights in the always exciting metropolis of Hamilton and usually stop by Pizza Pizza on the way. For $3.52 (including tax) I get a square veggie slice, a can of pop and either brownies or a bag of chips. Seems like an all right deal to me!
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Aroma
Ian & I went out for somepost wedding invitation printing, pre-curling Indian buffet. Aroma is on Queen and John street. For $9.95 there were the usual tasty Indian suspects. The salads were weak, but the fried pakora items and papandums tasty. They had a good assortment of meat and veggies curries and tandori items. Desert was alright rice salad and tasty serve yourself ice cream and gulab jami (sweet donut type items). Now I feel sick, hopefully I can digest some food before I leave for curling.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Friendly Thai
I'm Back! Hello to our very limited blog readership.
We took a little blogging hiatus, but while I was away in the very exciting Sault St. Marie on a business trip Ian seems to have gotten back into it (possibly boredom or he just missed me). I am doing away with my usual structure and will just go crazy from here on in as it is much easier and less pressure.
Ian and I went to Friendly Thai on Queen just west of Bathhurst. It was busy and reminded me of a mexican place in terms of decor. I had the veggie appetizer platter for $10 and it was lots of food and very tasty. Included fried tofu, hot and cold spring roll, mango salad with fishy style sauce and peanut sauce. Ian had a chicken curry dinner special with peanutty sauce, salad and rice for about $8. The friendly thai was indeed friendly, was quite tasty and was some good value compared to other downtown places in this genre. We will for sure be back to this one! Mmmm. I was craving mexican but this place turned out to be ok.
We took a little blogging hiatus, but while I was away in the very exciting Sault St. Marie on a business trip Ian seems to have gotten back into it (possibly boredom or he just missed me). I am doing away with my usual structure and will just go crazy from here on in as it is much easier and less pressure.
Ian and I went to Friendly Thai on Queen just west of Bathhurst. It was busy and reminded me of a mexican place in terms of decor. I had the veggie appetizer platter for $10 and it was lots of food and very tasty. Included fried tofu, hot and cold spring roll, mango salad with fishy style sauce and peanut sauce. Ian had a chicken curry dinner special with peanutty sauce, salad and rice for about $8. The friendly thai was indeed friendly, was quite tasty and was some good value compared to other downtown places in this genre. We will for sure be back to this one! Mmmm. I was craving mexican but this place turned out to be ok.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Youth Garden Closed
Today I ran across the street to get lunch, pulled on the door of my regular Youth Garden and was shocked to find the door locked and a sign that they are no longer in business. A dark day for cheap eats in the College and Beverley area. A very dark day
Friday, October 21, 2005
Pho Hung
This was a usual friday lunch except I was late.
Where: 2 locations that I know of - Bloor west of Avenue and Spadina north of Dundas where we went
What: #22 Pork Sugar Cane concoction with rice vermicelli - 7 bucks + tax and tip
My almost 10 bucks:
I don't like pho but I like this place because of its bun. I usually get a chicken and spring roll based bun but I misordered (see note about being late). Nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised by this surprise dish. It was quite tasty. There's nothing special about this place but it is good and if you're looking for pho (my pho eating friends like the pho here) or bun then this place should definitely make the list.
For those interested, this restaurants symbol is the same as Pagolac in Edmonton. It must be a classic symbol but I'm not sufficiently culturally aware to know what it is. For me though the place has come to mean good food.
Where: 2 locations that I know of - Bloor west of Avenue and Spadina north of Dundas where we went
What: #22 Pork Sugar Cane concoction with rice vermicelli - 7 bucks + tax and tip
My almost 10 bucks:
I don't like pho but I like this place because of its bun. I usually get a chicken and spring roll based bun but I misordered (see note about being late). Nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised by this surprise dish. It was quite tasty. There's nothing special about this place but it is good and if you're looking for pho (my pho eating friends like the pho here) or bun then this place should definitely make the list.
For those interested, this restaurants symbol is the same as Pagolac in Edmonton. It must be a classic symbol but I'm not sufficiently culturally aware to know what it is. For me though the place has come to mean good food.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Burrito Boyz
Walking home I decided to go to Burrito boyz. I've been there before but never bothered to review them. Once they left me with a queasy feeling in my stomach. I can forgive one or two such incidents so I'll only talk about my latest experience
Where: Peter St. at Richmond
What: Large Chicken Burrito for 5.75
My 5.75 + tax:
This place is fairly good. There area few problems 1) it's often too crowded. Some people don't mind waiting, but I'm not one of them. The slowness though isn't an efficiency problem usually as the staff seem decent, it's just capacity issues so I can forgive that. 2) Sometimes they burn the tortilla a little. 3) They charge for guacamole. The product though is tasty (ignoring the minor occasional burnt issue). I don't normally find mayo-ish sauces good but their burrito sauce in moderation isn't that bad. I guess my main issue with this place is price. Paying almost 7 bucks for lunch is steep. It would be nice if places could develop products for the 4 dollar price point - I don't need to always eat 7 bucks worth of food at lunch.
Where: Peter St. at Richmond
What: Large Chicken Burrito for 5.75
My 5.75 + tax:
This place is fairly good. There area few problems 1) it's often too crowded. Some people don't mind waiting, but I'm not one of them. The slowness though isn't an efficiency problem usually as the staff seem decent, it's just capacity issues so I can forgive that. 2) Sometimes they burn the tortilla a little. 3) They charge for guacamole. The product though is tasty (ignoring the minor occasional burnt issue). I don't normally find mayo-ish sauces good but their burrito sauce in moderation isn't that bad. I guess my main issue with this place is price. Paying almost 7 bucks for lunch is steep. It would be nice if places could develop products for the 4 dollar price point - I don't need to always eat 7 bucks worth of food at lunch.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Westin Harbour Castle
Well Wednesday I went to a reception at the Westin. It's definitely a little more upscale than my usual haunts.
Location: Westin Harbour Castle
What I Ate: Box of vegetarian noodles, lemon grass shrimp skewers, mysterious other items and an open bar
My 2 cents:
I was generally pleased with the spread. It was decent food and for me the price was right. I'm not the biggest fan of food from the genre I call "Hotel Food" but as Hotel Food goes this place was alright. The shrimp were a little too dry but maybe that was because I had it later in the evening. If I were having a fancy event I would definitely consider the Westin
Location: Westin Harbour Castle
What I Ate: Box of vegetarian noodles, lemon grass shrimp skewers, mysterious other items and an open bar
My 2 cents:
I was generally pleased with the spread. It was decent food and for me the price was right. I'm not the biggest fan of food from the genre I call "Hotel Food" but as Hotel Food goes this place was alright. The shrimp were a little too dry but maybe that was because I had it later in the evening. If I were having a fancy event I would definitely consider the Westin
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Pizza Nova
The first free meal of the day was lunch. We were marking so 12 large pizzas were ordered. We wented 5 meat, 3 porkless meat and 4 veggie. Things didn't work out perfectly though as on one meat pizza we wanted every single meat they sold and they didn't deliver on that.
Location: Everywhere because they deliver
What I Ate: Slices with chicken and stuff, and slices with pepperoni, bacon, ground beef.
Review:
Three words, not enough meat. Since we didn't get a super meaty pizza I double deckered the pizzas to at least combine the chicken and the pepperoni based pizzas. Double deckers are very filling though. As to the actual pizza quality, it was fairly good. The crust was well cooked but generally not overcooked. Definitely good and in my opinion better than pizza pizza.
Location: Everywhere because they deliver
What I Ate: Slices with chicken and stuff, and slices with pepperoni, bacon, ground beef.
Review:
Three words, not enough meat. Since we didn't get a super meaty pizza I double deckered the pizzas to at least combine the chicken and the pepperoni based pizzas. Double deckers are very filling though. As to the actual pizza quality, it was fairly good. The crust was well cooked but generally not overcooked. Definitely good and in my opinion better than pizza pizza.
Lots of Eating Today
After a disappointing past few days, today there was a lot of eating out.
Pizza Nova, Pizza Pizza and the Westin Harbour Castle will be summarized as I have time.
Pizza Nova, Pizza Pizza and the Westin Harbour Castle will be summarized as I have time.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Radisson Conference Centre in Chicago
On Monday night it was off to Chicago for an association of iron and steel technology continuous casting conference. It was held at the Merrillville Radisson, about an hour drive from the Chicago airport. All meals were included.
Breakfasts were the standard greasy muffins, danishes and fresh fruit. So so, but all meals are upgraded slightly since they were included!
Lunch the first day was alright, some rice and grilled veggies (veggie meal) with salad and apple pie. Rather americain.
Dinner was a HUGE disaster. It was a giant dinner meeting for the northwest chapter of the aiste with 650 people in attendance and a head table with lots of CEO/VP's from the major americain steel companies. Rather wacky when compared to our much quieter canadian meetings.
I had ordered a veggie meal quite a while ago when I signed up for the course plus I reminded the organizers when I arrived at the course. The veggie meal at lunch was easy/good so I was hopefull. The dinner started with salad, so that was ok. Then the waiters came out with prime rib and I requested the veggie meal. They seemed to know about me and said they would be right back with my dinner. About four waiters/head waiters came by to apologize and offer excuses. 45 minutes later, my meal arrived, well into the keynote speaker for the evening. They had already cleared tables etc (including cutlery) so I just waved them away as it would have been rather distracting for the rest of my table who was trying to pay attention. So if was just salad and cheesecake for me that night. Kind of a burn, I don't quite understand the problem. Yeah, I know I know it would just be easier to eat meat!
Breakfasts were the standard greasy muffins, danishes and fresh fruit. So so, but all meals are upgraded slightly since they were included!
Lunch the first day was alright, some rice and grilled veggies (veggie meal) with salad and apple pie. Rather americain.
Dinner was a HUGE disaster. It was a giant dinner meeting for the northwest chapter of the aiste with 650 people in attendance and a head table with lots of CEO/VP's from the major americain steel companies. Rather wacky when compared to our much quieter canadian meetings.
I had ordered a veggie meal quite a while ago when I signed up for the course plus I reminded the organizers when I arrived at the course. The veggie meal at lunch was easy/good so I was hopefull. The dinner started with salad, so that was ok. Then the waiters came out with prime rib and I requested the veggie meal. They seemed to know about me and said they would be right back with my dinner. About four waiters/head waiters came by to apologize and offer excuses. 45 minutes later, my meal arrived, well into the keynote speaker for the evening. They had already cleared tables etc (including cutlery) so I just waved them away as it would have been rather distracting for the rest of my table who was trying to pay attention. So if was just salad and cheesecake for me that night. Kind of a burn, I don't quite understand the problem. Yeah, I know I know it would just be easier to eat meat!
Ate Nothing
Well today I didn't go out of the apartment so unfortunately I didn't eat out. I did eat a PC Blue Menu Chicken Caccitore which was OK but I've had it too frequently. I usually love PC Meals but today I wasn't into them and I don't want to take it out on the president so I won't do a review. Sorry...
Monday, October 10, 2005
Ian's Aunt
Ian's Aunt, uncle and three cousins live in Toronto so we went over to their house for thansgiving. We had the usual turkey, potatoes, sqash etc.
Review: I don't know what they do to the sqash, but it is sooooooooooooo good. They have a cottage and grow veggies out there, so I'm not sure if it's the homegrown factor or if they have secret ingredient. Everything else was pretty good. They had pumpkin pie for desert and I'm not a big fan, but they also had this pumpkin shaped chocolate cake so it worked out well. The cousins and great aunt types played this game called Oxford...something. Basically you read a word definition and the player has to guess the word and then spell it for $$$. I wasn't so good (the great aunt kicked some butt) but kept landing on these wild card spots so it worked out rather well!
Anyway, off to some hick town near Chicago tonight for a course, so let's hope Ian updates the blog!
Review: I don't know what they do to the sqash, but it is sooooooooooooo good. They have a cottage and grow veggies out there, so I'm not sure if it's the homegrown factor or if they have secret ingredient. Everything else was pretty good. They had pumpkin pie for desert and I'm not a big fan, but they also had this pumpkin shaped chocolate cake so it worked out well. The cousins and great aunt types played this game called Oxford...something. Basically you read a word definition and the player has to guess the word and then spell it for $$$. I wasn't so good (the great aunt kicked some butt) but kept landing on these wild card spots so it worked out rather well!
Anyway, off to some hick town near Chicago tonight for a course, so let's hope Ian updates the blog!
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Ho Su
Ian was desperate to go out for lunch so we tried a new cheap sushi place in the neighborhood. This place was more Korean than Japanese.
Location: Queen St between Spadina and Avenue.
Menu: Around 30 lunch special bento boxes and soup. Priced around $6-8 each.
What we ate: As soon as you arrive, they give you little dishes of kim-chee, some spiced potatoe and some small red bean. Generally pretty tasty as well as unexpected. Then came salad (OK) and some very yummy miso soup. The best I've had in a few years. Ian ordered a chicken teriyaki and tempura combo. Came with cole-slaw, rice. I had a veggie bento, came with veg tempura, cold tofu with some sauce, cole slaw and kappa maki.
Review: Lots of little dishes of steaming hot stuff made this place fun to eat at. Ian's chicken was good, tempura had a fantastic flavor, too bad it was a bit cold and not fresh. I got a glimpse of the kitchen and they had what looked like 50 lbs of cooked tempura sitting on the grill, ie they cook once for the whole afternoon. My meal was alright, kappa maki was fantastic with good flavored rice. The cold tofu was not so good, but more my own fault for ordering it. Same comment as for the tempura, good but a bit cold. Cole-slaw was tasty.
In general, this place was a decent meal, although I was a bit dissapointed by the lack of veggie lunch specials. Maybe 2/30 were for the veggie eater. From the chop-stick wrappers, it appears to be a bit of a mini-chain, plus it was rather busy when Ian and I went for a late Saturday lunch, so this tells me they are doing something right. We'll be back, but it may take a few tries to figure out what to order.
Next time I think I would just order off the menu and go with yam and kappa maki.
Location: Queen St between Spadina and Avenue.
Menu: Around 30 lunch special bento boxes and soup. Priced around $6-8 each.
What we ate: As soon as you arrive, they give you little dishes of kim-chee, some spiced potatoe and some small red bean. Generally pretty tasty as well as unexpected. Then came salad (OK) and some very yummy miso soup. The best I've had in a few years. Ian ordered a chicken teriyaki and tempura combo. Came with cole-slaw, rice. I had a veggie bento, came with veg tempura, cold tofu with some sauce, cole slaw and kappa maki.
Review: Lots of little dishes of steaming hot stuff made this place fun to eat at. Ian's chicken was good, tempura had a fantastic flavor, too bad it was a bit cold and not fresh. I got a glimpse of the kitchen and they had what looked like 50 lbs of cooked tempura sitting on the grill, ie they cook once for the whole afternoon. My meal was alright, kappa maki was fantastic with good flavored rice. The cold tofu was not so good, but more my own fault for ordering it. Same comment as for the tempura, good but a bit cold. Cole-slaw was tasty.
In general, this place was a decent meal, although I was a bit dissapointed by the lack of veggie lunch specials. Maybe 2/30 were for the veggie eater. From the chop-stick wrappers, it appears to be a bit of a mini-chain, plus it was rather busy when Ian and I went for a late Saturday lunch, so this tells me they are doing something right. We'll be back, but it may take a few tries to figure out what to order.
Next time I think I would just order off the menu and go with yam and kappa maki.
Friday, October 07, 2005
EAST
Ian and I went to EAST, a slightly different version of the popular Toronto mini-chain, Spring Roll. I think it opened up a few months ago.
Location: Queen by John (entertainment district)
Menu: Standard spring roll cuisine, Asian in general, mostly Thai and Chinese stir fries, noodles, soup, spring rolls (hot/cold). East is slightly different from Spring Roll with a page of "Street Food" and some "Dim Sum" items. Mostly deep fried goodness appearing on this page.
What we ate: I had shanghai veggie noodles (6.95) and Ian had seafood satay pad thai (10.95). We split a strawberry - guava smoothie (2.95)
Review: Pretty much as expected. Quality, service and decor similar to spring roll. We did not try the dim sum or street food stuff. Ian's pad thai was particulary good, my shanghai noodles lacked some flavor and they did not seem to have much tofu on the menu, which is kind of sad (mmmm deep fried tofu). Smoothie was very tasty and highly recommended. The price is right here, with the taste and service generally pretty good.
Location: Queen by John (entertainment district)
Menu: Standard spring roll cuisine, Asian in general, mostly Thai and Chinese stir fries, noodles, soup, spring rolls (hot/cold). East is slightly different from Spring Roll with a page of "Street Food" and some "Dim Sum" items. Mostly deep fried goodness appearing on this page.
What we ate: I had shanghai veggie noodles (6.95) and Ian had seafood satay pad thai (10.95). We split a strawberry - guava smoothie (2.95)
Review: Pretty much as expected. Quality, service and decor similar to spring roll. We did not try the dim sum or street food stuff. Ian's pad thai was particulary good, my shanghai noodles lacked some flavor and they did not seem to have much tofu on the menu, which is kind of sad (mmmm deep fried tofu). Smoothie was very tasty and highly recommended. The price is right here, with the taste and service generally pretty good.
O'Grady's
It was raining today. I had hoped to convince someone with a car that we should go for lunch somewhere that would bring me closer to home. That didn't work out so instead we went across the street to O'Grady's
Location: College between Beverley and McCaul
Menu: Pub Grub
What I Ate: Chicken Fingers and Fries for 8 bucks
What I think:
This place is overpriced pub grub. I'm not the biggest fan of pub grub and at these prices who would be. The food is always bland and uninteresting. Sure there are times when you want food like that but those times are few and far between. As far as this genre goes though O'grady's isn't that bad. It's best feature though is undoubtedly location.
Location: College between Beverley and McCaul
Menu: Pub Grub
What I Ate: Chicken Fingers and Fries for 8 bucks
What I think:
This place is overpriced pub grub. I'm not the biggest fan of pub grub and at these prices who would be. The food is always bland and uninteresting. Sure there are times when you want food like that but those times are few and far between. As far as this genre goes though O'grady's isn't that bad. It's best feature though is undoubtedly location.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
My New Employee Dinner
Last night, we had a dinner for New Employees at the cafeteria where I work. Now you might not think that would be good, but it was suprisingly good. They got rid of the big long tables, brought in some circular ones and had real tableclothes with centerpieces etc. They had beer and wine to start which was alright. I had a Molson Canadian which I haven't drank in quite a while...so much better than crappy Lakeport!
At every table they had a senior host type person. My dude ended up being not so cool and veered into controversial topics such as a revolution in South America (ie are 4000 lives worth a higher standard of living?) and women in engineering. It was all rather patronizing, but I still enjoyed the speeches and dinner.
Soup was sqash, the main course was chicken (none for me) with roast veggies and rice. For desert very tasty desert cheesecake things.
At every table they had a senior host type person. My dude ended up being not so cool and veered into controversial topics such as a revolution in South America (ie are 4000 lives worth a higher standard of living?) and women in engineering. It was all rather patronizing, but I still enjoyed the speeches and dinner.
Soup was sqash, the main course was chicken (none for me) with roast veggies and rice. For desert very tasty desert cheesecake things.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Tasty Thai
It's post late curling game, so it's going to be short tonight.
The lunch crew today was Anne, Panteha and Vicky. We went to Tasty Thai on Winston Churchill and the QEW in Mississauga. The price was right, but quality and service was a bit lacking (although that's what you get on the cheap I guess). For $7 I got some tofu green curry, salad, rice and two spring rolls. Similar sort of combo's in a variety of standard thai food. The curry flavor was tasty, but in terms of veggies the dish was rather weak. Peas, carrots, corn and lots of bamboo shoots? A bit iffy in terms of actual Thai content. The other members of my group got some chicken type dishes and they seemed to like them. Overall, an ok lunch spot. Panteha is all about the Crazy Sushi next door so I think we'll have to check that out next time.
In the meantime, if you want to check out cheap Thai in the downtown area, try Flip Toss on Harbourd b/w Spadina and Bathurst anytime or Real Thailand on Bloor and Spadina for the Monday-Friday $6-$7 very tasty lunch special. Ian and I go there on long weekends sometimes.
The lunch crew today was Anne, Panteha and Vicky. We went to Tasty Thai on Winston Churchill and the QEW in Mississauga. The price was right, but quality and service was a bit lacking (although that's what you get on the cheap I guess). For $7 I got some tofu green curry, salad, rice and two spring rolls. Similar sort of combo's in a variety of standard thai food. The curry flavor was tasty, but in terms of veggies the dish was rather weak. Peas, carrots, corn and lots of bamboo shoots? A bit iffy in terms of actual Thai content. The other members of my group got some chicken type dishes and they seemed to like them. Overall, an ok lunch spot. Panteha is all about the Crazy Sushi next door so I think we'll have to check that out next time.
In the meantime, if you want to check out cheap Thai in the downtown area, try Flip Toss on Harbourd b/w Spadina and Bathurst anytime or Real Thailand on Bloor and Spadina for the Monday-Friday $6-$7 very tasty lunch special. Ian and I go there on long weekends sometimes.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Janice's Cafeteria
I try to bring my lunch to work, but occasionally I eat at the cafeteria at work. They generally have a $5 meal with meat, rice/potatoes and salad, so a decent deal for the carnivorous. I usually stick to a vegetarian soup with small salad bar plate for $3.50 or get an egg salad or veggie sandwich for $2.75. We seem to have lots of lunch meetings at my workplace, so we generally get the deserts, sandwiches or pizza for free at least once a week so that reduces the incentive to buy the goods on a regular basis.
Anyway, sorry for the boring post. I promise more excitement tomorrow when we have a "New Employee" Dinner at my workplace with the CEO and other important people. The rumor is that we get 2 free drink tickets, so a bit unfortunate that I have to drive, but that's the way it goes!
Anyway, sorry for the boring post. I promise more excitement tomorrow when we have a "New Employee" Dinner at my workplace with the CEO and other important people. The rumor is that we get 2 free drink tickets, so a bit unfortunate that I have to drive, but that's the way it goes!
Monday, October 03, 2005
Quinzo's
I went to Quinzo's today and since I have a slightly different (cheaper) take than Janice I will post my own review
Locations: everywhere
Menu: toasted subs
What I ate: small meatball
Review: This place is so much better than subway. A little slower and the whole sub process is hidden but the taste more than makes up for it. The menu is somewhat limited since there are only the 6 real deal subs that satisfy the sub-4 lunch requirements. The meatball is the only one I've had and it's just so tasty that I never try anything else. The bottom line: this place is good provided you get the real deal
Locations: everywhere
Menu: toasted subs
What I ate: small meatball
Review: This place is so much better than subway. A little slower and the whole sub process is hidden but the taste more than makes up for it. The menu is somewhat limited since there are only the 6 real deal subs that satisfy the sub-4 lunch requirements. The meatball is the only one I've had and it's just so tasty that I never try anything else. The bottom line: this place is good provided you get the real deal
Reader Survey
Do we have any readers out there??? Where do you like to eat in Toronto? Or Greater Toronto? Heck, we'll take entries from anywhere as long as you say why you like the place.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Pizza Pizza
Ian and I went to the Blue Jays game (they won 7-1) and since they got 7 strike-outs we got a free slice of Pizza Pizza. Here's how it went down: at the end of 7, Gustavo Chaucin only had 2 strikouts, but to his credit he was doing quite well, just not striking people out. A reliever came in part way through the 8th, struck out two batters and then the closer came in and struck out all 3 batters in the 9th for a total of 7! Yeah! Pizza for Ian and I! The crowd was chanting "Pizza Pizza Pizza" for the final batter, pretty funny stuff!
We walked over to Queen and got a free slice of Pepperoni (no choice of flavor). I took the pepperoni off mine, to make it a cheese. It was only so-so, but free so I will have to upgrade it to fantastic. We got it fresh out of the oven, so that was a big improvement over their usual reheated slices.
We walked over to Queen and got a free slice of Pepperoni (no choice of flavor). I took the pepperoni off mine, to make it a cheese. It was only so-so, but free so I will have to upgrade it to fantastic. We got it fresh out of the oven, so that was a big improvement over their usual reheated slices.
Fressen
Ian and I went in Run for the Cure and as per tradition, we went to Fressen vegan restaurant for brunch. We were thinking of Cora's, but the line-up outside made us think otherwise, so we continued on to Fressen.
Location: Queen St. between Spadina and Bathurst
Menu: We've only gone for brunch, but they have a nice assortment of breakfast items as well as some light lunch stuff. All vegan of course. We've never got the juice, but it looks good.
What we ate: Ian had some multigrain waffles with apple and maple syrup. They come with some fresh fruit on the side. I had some corn/veggie griddle cakes with the same fruit as Ian, potatoes, baked stuffed tomatoe and guacamole and corn salsa. One mini-muffin/each to start. Total bill, $20 for 2, no drinks.
Review: Fressen is a great brunch spot. Good value for your money (Ian might think otherwise, but then again, he eats a toasted pita with chocolate chips for breakfast normally), nice presentation of food, everything was fantastic. They had a nice assortment of tofu and other related items which Ian found a bit freaky, but not too worry, the non-veggies will most definately find something not too weird on the menu to eat. Overall, a great spot to go for a relaxing weekend brunch/lunch.
Location: Queen St. between Spadina and Bathurst
Menu: We've only gone for brunch, but they have a nice assortment of breakfast items as well as some light lunch stuff. All vegan of course. We've never got the juice, but it looks good.
What we ate: Ian had some multigrain waffles with apple and maple syrup. They come with some fresh fruit on the side. I had some corn/veggie griddle cakes with the same fruit as Ian, potatoes, baked stuffed tomatoe and guacamole and corn salsa. One mini-muffin/each to start. Total bill, $20 for 2, no drinks.
Review: Fressen is a great brunch spot. Good value for your money (Ian might think otherwise, but then again, he eats a toasted pita with chocolate chips for breakfast normally), nice presentation of food, everything was fantastic. They had a nice assortment of tofu and other related items which Ian found a bit freaky, but not too worry, the non-veggies will most definately find something not too weird on the menu to eat. Overall, a great spot to go for a relaxing weekend brunch/lunch.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Quesda Mexican Grill
Ian and I went out for a Saturday lunch and instead of going to our favorite, New Gen, we thought we would try Quesda Mexican Grill
Location: Wellington a few blocks East of Spadina (near Rogers Centre)
Menu: Burritos, tacos, chips/salsa, beer
What we ate: Ian had the large chicken burritos for $6.50. I had the small veggie for $4.50. We split the combo, small chips and salsa plus canned pop for another $1.75.
Review: Overall, this place was close, quick, cheap and tasty (what more could you want). There are lots of topping choices and the burritos are quite filling. My recommendation, stick with the smaller size, it was almost as big as Ian's large. The decor is nice, the place was clean and the service was good. Ian and I will definitely be back and it's a good alternative to the close and more popular Burrito Boyz (TO entertainment district).
Location: Wellington a few blocks East of Spadina (near Rogers Centre)
Menu: Burritos, tacos, chips/salsa, beer
What we ate: Ian had the large chicken burritos for $6.50. I had the small veggie for $4.50. We split the combo, small chips and salsa plus canned pop for another $1.75.
Review: Overall, this place was close, quick, cheap and tasty (what more could you want). There are lots of topping choices and the burritos are quite filling. My recommendation, stick with the smaller size, it was almost as big as Ian's large. The decor is nice, the place was clean and the service was good. Ian and I will definitely be back and it's a good alternative to the close and more popular Burrito Boyz (TO entertainment district).
Boston Pizza
Another Friday lunch with Stephen and some more of the work crowd.
Location: Everywhere out West, increasing numbers in Ontario
Menu: Varied, pasta, pizza, ribs, sandwiches
What I ate: lunch special, 8" pizza with pineapple for $7
Review: Growing up in Sherwood park (suburb of Edmonton) we are big Boston Pizza fans and have been going since I was about 2 years old. The BP's chain is growing in Ontario and one is located right across the street from where I work.
As always, the food is good, price is decent. It's a good, quick (but not fast food) lunch or a place to go for drinks after work or the softball game. The pizza is a bit expensive, but the sauce is fantastic and toppings are top rate. Pasta is tasty, sandwiches are always good. My beef, service at Ontario BP's doesn't seem to be quite as high as out west. Overall, highly recommended for a casual lunch or dinner with family and friends.
Location: Everywhere out West, increasing numbers in Ontario
Menu: Varied, pasta, pizza, ribs, sandwiches
What I ate: lunch special, 8" pizza with pineapple for $7
Review: Growing up in Sherwood park (suburb of Edmonton) we are big Boston Pizza fans and have been going since I was about 2 years old. The BP's chain is growing in Ontario and one is located right across the street from where I work.
As always, the food is good, price is decent. It's a good, quick (but not fast food) lunch or a place to go for drinks after work or the softball game. The pizza is a bit expensive, but the sauce is fantastic and toppings are top rate. Pasta is tasty, sandwiches are always good. My beef, service at Ontario BP's doesn't seem to be quite as high as out west. Overall, highly recommended for a casual lunch or dinner with family and friends.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
