Thursday, February 23, 2012

Rol San

Bright Pearl was shutdown for renovations, so it was off to Rol San across the street. It looks small at first glance, but it actually has a rather gigantic back room.   We arrived at 10:30 on Family Day Monday and had to wait about 20 minutes.  There is lots to keep a toddler amused - live lobster and crab, a semi open kitchen to watch some awesome stir frying action!

The all day order off a menu dim sum was fantastic.  We enjoyed har gow, pork pan fried dumplings, eggplant with shrimp, taro with red bean paste, sticky rice, sesame donuts and milk tarts.  Things were amazingly fast and hot. We'll be back....

Monday, February 20, 2012

Longest Yard (Bloor/Islington)

With the grandparents in town, we took advantage and had a pub night.  We were mainly comparing against our past favorite the Wheat Sheaf whose low, low prices, steamwhistle on tap and decent food is hard to beat.

The Longest Yard, was alright, but made us pretty nostalgic for our downtown days.  At $13 for a not very large nachos with almost no toppings, we left slightly glum.  No complaints re tastiness, but in general, I could have made the same thing at home for about $4.  Once again our rich neighbors take us down - this neighborhood is clearly willing to pay a premium for good pub grub.

Henry the VIII Ale House

This pub is always extremely popular no matter what the day of week, so Ian and I thought we should check it out.

My mushroom risotto was good, but for $22 I would expect exceptional.  Ian's pasta with shrimp, pea pods and tomatoes was also good with no complaints.

The only major downside here is price.   At $75 all in for two ok meals and 1 glass of wine and 1 pint, it's definitely on the steep side.   I suppose that is to be expected living in the Kingsway neighborhood.  If I could charge those prices and get away with it, I would too!!!


Here's the website link.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Dai Ichi Sushi - Mississauga

The co-workers and I went for Friday lunch.  It was my first time, but the rest of the gang had been here a couple times and enjoyed.  It's probably better suited to interviews or business lunches with the slightly higher prices that I would normally like to pay for a regular Friday lunch.  They also have cute little booths that are fairly private.

For $15 all in I enjoyed the shrimp tempura with bulgogi bento box.  It came with soup, salad, rice, potatoes and a sprout salad.   The tempura was delicious, but the bulgogi was not the best I've ever had. 


Sunday, February 05, 2012

Spo Fo (Spoon & Fork Mississauga)

Once again, a whole lot of tastiness for about $16 all in for the lunch all you can eat.

Appetizers were good - pineapple salad, mango salad, cold mango rolls, hot spring rolls, calmari and beef/chicken satay.  I like that the portions are small and you can order a rather large variety of food if you have a decent crowd of people (we had 6 light eaters for lunch).

For main courses, I really liked the lemongrass fried rice and chicken red curry.  Coworkers had some sweet and sour tofu, pad thai etc and everyone seemed happy.

They seemed to have hired more waiters, so this time it was a fair bit faster and you actually have a chance of keeping lunch down to an hour or so.  Also this time, they let us pay individually, rather than have one person put on a credit card and collect cash later.

We'll be back for sure!!!