The final installment of Winterlicious 2010 was to a regular Oliver & Bonacini. They have never let us down in the past (Summer '09, Winter '09) and at $15 for a three course lunch, this is a real bargain!
Ian went for a stand-by, shrimp pate which was enjoyable as always. My squash soup was good and I'm often surprised by the large serving sizes of some of their items.
The Hungarian beef goulash often shows up on their 'Licious menu, but this year I actually tried it. It was a hearty amount of stewing beef with crispy potatoes, carrots and some cottage cheese. All around yummy on a cold winter day. Ian's panko crusted fish and chips and were good, but the real highlight was the excellent coleslaw and tartar sauce.
Dessert was the best part of the meal - sticky toffee cake with caramel sauce for me and Ian liked the carrot cake with cream cheese icing and lemon sour cream ice cream.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, February 06, 2010
93 Harbord
Round 2 of Winterlicious festivities took us to 93 Harbord, a delightful Moroccan restaurant in the Annex. On the $15 lunch menu was lots of good stuff.
For appetizers, Ian really liked the lentil soup and my beetroot cumin salad was decent with apples and pomegranate seeds on there too. The charred soft pita was fantastic and even I (a dedicated olive disliker), didn't mind the olive dip that came with the pita.
After some rather tough decisions on the main course, I went with the fish tagine in saffron sauce with steamed couscous. This was a rather hearty plate of three kinds of fish in a delicious creamy yellow sauce. The couscous had some good stuff in there - nuts & raisins and the like.
Ian's spiced kofta kababs with rice, pita and rosee tahini sauce was also fantastic although somewhat mysterious. The first waitress I asked said they were lamb but when the other guy brought out the plate, he said beef. Regardless, a pretty decent ground mystery meat kabab!
Desserts were surprisingly good - Moroccan baklawa with shortbread and a fig and for Ian walnut and pear stuffed phyllo with some chocolate sauce.
All in all a good Winterlicious lunch on the cheap! This was definitely one place that we will frequent again.
For appetizers, Ian really liked the lentil soup and my beetroot cumin salad was decent with apples and pomegranate seeds on there too. The charred soft pita was fantastic and even I (a dedicated olive disliker), didn't mind the olive dip that came with the pita.
After some rather tough decisions on the main course, I went with the fish tagine in saffron sauce with steamed couscous. This was a rather hearty plate of three kinds of fish in a delicious creamy yellow sauce. The couscous had some good stuff in there - nuts & raisins and the like.
Ian's spiced kofta kababs with rice, pita and rosee tahini sauce was also fantastic although somewhat mysterious. The first waitress I asked said they were lamb but when the other guy brought out the plate, he said beef. Regardless, a pretty decent ground mystery meat kabab!
Desserts were surprisingly good - Moroccan baklawa with shortbread and a fig and for Ian walnut and pear stuffed phyllo with some chocolate sauce.
All in all a good Winterlicious lunch on the cheap! This was definitely one place that we will frequent again.
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