Well today was the usual Thursday lunch. I was in favor of the korean bbq place that I really should have blogged about weeks ago. The place was amazing, all-you-can-eat for 7.99 + tax. Sadly I don't remember the name of the place (hence the lack of blogging about it, well that and laziness) but if you're ever at Yonge and College (not Carleton as then you'd be on the wrong side of yonge) walk north for a few blocks and look for a good deal! Seriously, I guess I'll post details when I convince the gang to go again.
Back to today's lunch, we went to the food court across from the OCAD building. I think they building may officially be called the Village by the Grange but I call it the food court with the McD's. As opposed to the Taco Bell food court which goes by the name "College Park" to the rest of the world. Anyway, there aren't really a lot of good options. There's McD's obviously but with Whoppers still sitting heavy in the belly from Whopper Wednesday I figured I'd give the heart a break. Others were fans of Wiki-Chicken and hit that up but I generally don't like the pick a few items format. Instead I made a big mistake and went to Island Foods.
The place always has a long line which you'd think is a good sign. Not exactly, they're just trying to compete for world's worst service. I'd been to their location at the Ex before. Same deal, long wait. Their menu is reasonably large so you'd think that might be the problem but no everyone gets the exact same thing, boneless chicken roti and I was no different. You'd think that would enable them to churn them out as fast as Ronald makes Big Macs but no that is not the case. The final product was alright but it wasn't worth the wait. At 6.95 the price isn't terrible but again the wait is unforgivable. I had been to Ducky's on Lakeshore earlier in the week and sure that place definitely qualifies as sketchy and hole-in-the-wallish but they manage to deliver a tastier roti with comparative haste. (With Ducky's I do find it a mildly troublesome sign that the guy is always shocked that we'd eat in but that's forgivable - bad service isn't!)
My recommendation, if you like getting frustrated by bad service and you enjoy long lines then give Island Foods a try. Otherwise, stay away.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
East
First of all - thank you KP for the run for the cure donation!
Last night we went to East - I strayed away from the usual veggie and tofu red thai curry with rice and went with a special - salmon with peanut sauce and sticky rice. The price was about double my usual, but it was about double in tastiness so it worked out fairly well. Predicable aka boring Ian went with his usual seafood satay pad thai. He ate the whole thing and seemed to enjoy.
The KP and Steve had noodle seafood type things. Not my favorite - but they seemed to like!
Veggie spring rolls also tasty and decent value for $3.
Then we went (minus Ian) to the Grey Cup Great Big Sea + others Molson Canadian Rocks Party, where, not surprisingly, we drank some Molson Canadian.
The highlight of the night were some hooligans sitting in front of us...spilling beer and flicking illicit cigarette butts onto their own pile of coats.
Then, one dude decides to go topless (and he is not the most attractive guy either), and attempts to bellyflop onto a rather high bar table with their 20 half empty cups of beer. He kinda misses and just knocks the table down. Then, they grab a garbage can, so he jumps up on that, then hops onto the table (about chest high), then tries to leap onto a chair from there. He kinda misses the chair and ends up hitting the ground pretty hard. Surprisingly, he seemed to have no broken bones. I guess 20 beers loosens you up a little?
Last night we went to East - I strayed away from the usual veggie and tofu red thai curry with rice and went with a special - salmon with peanut sauce and sticky rice. The price was about double my usual, but it was about double in tastiness so it worked out fairly well. Predicable aka boring Ian went with his usual seafood satay pad thai. He ate the whole thing and seemed to enjoy.
The KP and Steve had noodle seafood type things. Not my favorite - but they seemed to like!
Veggie spring rolls also tasty and decent value for $3.
Then we went (minus Ian) to the Grey Cup Great Big Sea + others Molson Canadian Rocks Party, where, not surprisingly, we drank some Molson Canadian.
The highlight of the night were some hooligans sitting in front of us...spilling beer and flicking illicit cigarette butts onto their own pile of coats.
Then, one dude decides to go topless (and he is not the most attractive guy either), and attempts to bellyflop onto a rather high bar table with their 20 half empty cups of beer. He kinda misses and just knocks the table down. Then, they grab a garbage can, so he jumps up on that, then hops onto the table (about chest high), then tries to leap onto a chair from there. He kinda misses the chair and ends up hitting the ground pretty hard. Surprisingly, he seemed to have no broken bones. I guess 20 beers loosens you up a little?
Monday, November 19, 2007
Going Overboard with the New Insider's Report
A little while ago we talked about all the exciting stuff in the latest insider's report. Well this weekend we went out and bought a lot of the stuff.
I guess the Chocolate Granola wasn't in the report but I hadn't seen it before so we couldn't resist. Anyway we've now tried all the products.
Sticky Toffee Pudding - As Janice said, very tasty. Also very unhealthy.
BBQ Chips - I haven't had BBQ chips in ages so I can't really say if they're better than average but they are definitely tasty
Pistachios - Janice's thing not mine
Maple-Flavoured Butter Fudge - Very tasty. I went into this thinking, "Fudge, it's going to be disappointing if it isn't chocolate fudge" but in the end I was very surprised. It's great
Chocolate Granola - This is pretty good. It actually makes me consider eating cereal. I haven't quite gone that far though, and I'm sticking to mixing it with fro yo.
A Loblaws outing last night allowed us to pick up another fun item, Smoking Stampede Beef Brisket. We had some tonight with fresh bread.
And because it was whole wheat we didn't feel bad about clogging the arteries with Brisket. If only BK would have whole wheat whoppers, then I could have as many as I want.
I guess the Chocolate Granola wasn't in the report but I hadn't seen it before so we couldn't resist. Anyway we've now tried all the products.
Sticky Toffee Pudding - As Janice said, very tasty. Also very unhealthy.
BBQ Chips - I haven't had BBQ chips in ages so I can't really say if they're better than average but they are definitely tasty
Pistachios - Janice's thing not mine
Maple-Flavoured Butter Fudge - Very tasty. I went into this thinking, "Fudge, it's going to be disappointing if it isn't chocolate fudge" but in the end I was very surprised. It's great
Chocolate Granola - This is pretty good. It actually makes me consider eating cereal. I haven't quite gone that far though, and I'm sticking to mixing it with fro yo.
A Loblaws outing last night allowed us to pick up another fun item, Smoking Stampede Beef Brisket. We had some tonight with fresh bread.
And because it was whole wheat we didn't feel bad about clogging the arteries with Brisket. If only BK would have whole wheat whoppers, then I could have as many as I want.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
President Back in the Good Books
So we sampled two new items from the PC Insider Report today. Sticky toffee pudding did not disappoint. Highly recommended with some chapman's or PC fro yo.
PC BBQ chips (aka smokin stampede bbq flavor) also very tasty and cheap!
PC BBQ chips (aka smokin stampede bbq flavor) also very tasty and cheap!
Katz's Deli
Last night we had a little kayak meeting at Katz's deli near Yorkdale. They have a delightful little room perfect for these kind of events.
They ran out of smoked meet so I went with a corned beef on rye with a side of dill pickle. I found the pickles a touch watery, but the sandwich was pretty good. The meat was perhaps a bit dry, but maybe that is the nature of corned beef? Who really knows since I don't think I've ever had it.
For my $7.50 sandwich, it was a horrendous amount of meat - far more than you would ever want to eat! I ended up shoveling some off!
They ran out of smoked meet so I went with a corned beef on rye with a side of dill pickle. I found the pickles a touch watery, but the sandwich was pretty good. The meat was perhaps a bit dry, but maybe that is the nature of corned beef? Who really knows since I don't think I've ever had it.
For my $7.50 sandwich, it was a horrendous amount of meat - far more than you would ever want to eat! I ended up shoveling some off!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Fressen
I went with some friends last week for brunch at Fressen. All was well with the organic loose leaf blackberry/blueberry tea in the fun tea-maker thingy except for the price at $3.50!!!
There were 5 of us in total and I convinced them all to order the ultra-tasty corn fritters (usual post Run for the Cure staple). It went a little wrong when they came out kinda burnt and a bit more pasty than usual :(
Potatoes, salsa, guac, fruit, bread etc that came with the fritters was good. Price was right at $9 for a rather hearty plate of food!
Waitresses were rather overworked but the food came out extremely quickly! So at least they have improved in the speed department on one front!
There were 5 of us in total and I convinced them all to order the ultra-tasty corn fritters (usual post Run for the Cure staple). It went a little wrong when they came out kinda burnt and a bit more pasty than usual :(
Potatoes, salsa, guac, fruit, bread etc that came with the fritters was good. Price was right at $9 for a rather hearty plate of food!
Waitresses were rather overworked but the food came out extremely quickly! So at least they have improved in the speed department on one front!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Winter Insider's Report
It's almost as if the world knows how obsessed I am with the PC products because yesterday in the paper we got two copies of the insider's report. This also works out well with our poor sharing abilities.
Anyway from my preliminary perusal of the Insider's report here are the items I plan to check out on the next visit to the grocery stores. Purchase will of course depend on trans fat content.
Dolce de Leche - Janice is quite excited about this. It's unfortunate that they imported it from Argentina though. At 2.99 though it will certainly outshine the William's Sonoma version that she used to be obsessed with.
Chinese Dim Sum - They have Shrimp Har Gao so that pretty much sealed the deal that I would want to look int it. At 7.99 not super cheap but definitely something to check out. I'm curious to see if the from frozen will work well with har gao
Crunchy Rippled POtato Chips - Everyone knows ripple chips are the best so these may be interesting to check out. Smokin' Stampede seems like it will be the flavour of choice.
Seafood Medley in Garlic Butter Sauce - Sounds good but don't anticipate it being a repeat purchase with the 4.99 price point.
Chocolate Chip Miche - who knows what miche is but chocolate chip like bread seems brilliant. At 3.99 a loaf we'll have to see how big the loaf is!
More to come
Anyway from my preliminary perusal of the Insider's report here are the items I plan to check out on the next visit to the grocery stores. Purchase will of course depend on trans fat content.
Dolce de Leche - Janice is quite excited about this. It's unfortunate that they imported it from Argentina though. At 2.99 though it will certainly outshine the William's Sonoma version that she used to be obsessed with.
Chinese Dim Sum - They have Shrimp Har Gao so that pretty much sealed the deal that I would want to look int it. At 7.99 not super cheap but definitely something to check out. I'm curious to see if the from frozen will work well with har gao
Crunchy Rippled POtato Chips - Everyone knows ripple chips are the best so these may be interesting to check out. Smokin' Stampede seems like it will be the flavour of choice.
Seafood Medley in Garlic Butter Sauce - Sounds good but don't anticipate it being a repeat purchase with the 4.99 price point.
Chocolate Chip Miche - who knows what miche is but chocolate chip like bread seems brilliant. At 3.99 a loaf we'll have to see how big the loaf is!
More to come
Funny stuff
Refer to a previous post to see Ian fighting with someone who obviously has some sort of connection to the hosters of the worst party ever - EQ3. Don't get me wrong, the couch we purchased from there is decent and $800 well spent.
The link!
The link!
Friar and Ferkin
Last night we went out with some of the work crowd - well more with one person in my french class who also happens to work at the same company as me and the people she works with. She also happens to have gone to school with my carpool buddy so he came too!
Anywho, the beer was pretty good at the Friar (John/Queen) and decently priced at about $5.50 a pint. Ian liked his chicken fingers with assorted greasy sides for $10. Kelly liked the sweet potato fries. I make it seem like I did not eat anything - but I did in fact graze on all of the aforementioned stuff and it was pretty tasty, although a little greasy for my new healthy eating regime. Falling off the healthy eating wagon for one night hopefully will not kill me!
Anywho, the beer was pretty good at the Friar (John/Queen) and decently priced at about $5.50 a pint. Ian liked his chicken fingers with assorted greasy sides for $10. Kelly liked the sweet potato fries. I make it seem like I did not eat anything - but I did in fact graze on all of the aforementioned stuff and it was pretty tasty, although a little greasy for my new healthy eating regime. Falling off the healthy eating wagon for one night hopefully will not kill me!
East Side Marios
Yesterday we went for a little b-day lunch to East Side Mario's on Winston Churchill.
I think I've only been once - back when I lived in Sudbury. I do not have good memories. My grilled veggie and portabello on panini with pesto mayo was certainly tasty, but the food poisoning started shortly thereafter!
This time I kept it simple and went with pasta + tomato sauce. Tasty and cheap at $5.99. Others seemed to enjoy their sandwiches, pizza and pasta. Only complaint here was the service. They botched up the B-day gals order and seemed like they were having a hard time keeping up with drinks etc.
I think I've only been once - back when I lived in Sudbury. I do not have good memories. My grilled veggie and portabello on panini with pesto mayo was certainly tasty, but the food poisoning started shortly thereafter!
This time I kept it simple and went with pasta + tomato sauce. Tasty and cheap at $5.99. Others seemed to enjoy their sandwiches, pizza and pasta. Only complaint here was the service. They botched up the B-day gals order and seemed like they were having a hard time keeping up with drinks etc.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Week Late News Flash - Burger King Price Increase
Sorry faithful blog readers but I forgot to announce last week that Burger King upped their prices on the daily value (or whatever they're called) burgers. Combos are still 3.99 (at least they understand the benefits of staying below 4 bucks) but burgers are now 1.89. I usually get two Whoppers on Wednesdays but partly because of the whopper of a price increase I skipped it today.
It will take a few more price increases before I head to Buffalo and the land of the dollar value meals for lunch but this certainly wasn't a step in the right direction.
It will take a few more price increases before I head to Buffalo and the land of the dollar value meals for lunch but this certainly wasn't a step in the right direction.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Classic Louie's Pizzeria
I went to a little event on Friday night and we ordered some pizza from Louie's (mid-townish). Tastiness factor was high with the veggie pizza (carmelized onions, spinach and mushrooms with pesto sauce). The meat-lovers people had the onions with two kind of processed beefiness. They also seemed to enjoy.
Anywho, highly recommended, but perhaps not as cheap as Domino's etc.
Anywho, highly recommended, but perhaps not as cheap as Domino's etc.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Ho Su on Queen
Ho Su, as usual, was pretty tasty and quick. Better yet, it is delightfully close and doesn't seem to make Ian sick like our old favorite, New Gen.
Ian had the $10 lunch sushi special with 3 pieces tuna, 3 salmon, 3 piece some mystery white butter fish and 8 piece california roll. More fish than you would want to eat in a sitting and indeed he did not finish! I had a more modest meal with 8 pieces avocado and cucumber maki ($3).
Despite Ian's big spending ways, total was $16.70 including tax, tip, tap water, side dishes (potato tastiness, gimchee, edamame, beans).
Ian had the $10 lunch sushi special with 3 pieces tuna, 3 salmon, 3 piece some mystery white butter fish and 8 piece california roll. More fish than you would want to eat in a sitting and indeed he did not finish! I had a more modest meal with 8 pieces avocado and cucumber maki ($3).
Despite Ian's big spending ways, total was $16.70 including tax, tip, tap water, side dishes (potato tastiness, gimchee, edamame, beans).
Saturday, November 03, 2007
TD Free Booty
It's not food related, but it does fit with our cheapness!
A flyer came to our place a few days ago - the goal seemed was to advertise the new hours for the TD attached to our place.
The new hours only resulted in us having to get up horrendously early on a weekend so we dragged ourselves out of bed at 7:45 in order to be one of the first 25 customers to get a free gas card ($10 each at Petro Can). $20 seems like the best alarm clock ever. Both of us were relativity awake before the alarm even went off. Nothing unusual for me, but quite odd for Ian!
Anyway, today free gas. Next week $2 tim's and papers. Week after (for 5 days) - $10 chapters card and/or tote bag. Then week after - draw for a flat screen TV!
A flyer came to our place a few days ago - the goal seemed was to advertise the new hours for the TD attached to our place.
The new hours only resulted in us having to get up horrendously early on a weekend so we dragged ourselves out of bed at 7:45 in order to be one of the first 25 customers to get a free gas card ($10 each at Petro Can). $20 seems like the best alarm clock ever. Both of us were relativity awake before the alarm even went off. Nothing unusual for me, but quite odd for Ian!
Anyway, today free gas. Next week $2 tim's and papers. Week after (for 5 days) - $10 chapters card and/or tote bag. Then week after - draw for a flat screen TV!
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