Date: July 2011
Location: 49 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario
Website: http://www.thesultanstent.com/
Summerlicious is back this year. This year I get to try out a few different restaurants and hoping they are going to be great. The first one is Cafe Moroc. I have no idea what to expect because I never tried Moroccan food before. Neither knowing where the country is on the world map lol. Base on this fact, I only wanted to try out their lunch just in case I don't like their food beside it is cheaper too. As usual, for a $15 lunch I got appetizer, menu, and dessert. My overall impression is, I will go back for dinner for their regular menu.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Cafe Moroc
Sunday, July 3, 2011
RAA
Japanese FoodDate: July 2011
Location: 4848 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
Website: www.raajapanese.com
C.C. and I check out daily deal all the time to look for good restaurant deal. Not only that it is a good way to try out different restaurants but also a great way to save money. I have heard of RAA advertising on 680 News when it first open. I always want to try it out. (That's the power of advertisement!). One day, I spotted a deal from RAA $20 for $40 of food on the internet. This is a perfect excuse to try out new food.
There is no free parking on site, however there is a green P at the back of this restaurant. This restaurant is heavily decorated with wood. My first impression is "wow it is very dark but warm and cozy". C.C. and I were greeted by the owner right away and a table for 2 was waiting for us. Next, the waitress gave us 3 different menus (1) Regular Menu (2) Drink Menu (3) Food not available Menu ^o^. At first I was surprise to see the "Food not available menu". Later on I was a bit disappointed because I found out the food which I wanted to order were on the not available menu. Finally, C.C. and I ordered some fried tapas and sashimi to try out.
Shiso Tree (2nd Visit)
Japanese FoodDate: June 2011
Location: Unit 1 - 3160 Steeles Ave E, Markham, ON L3R 3Y2
I can't believe I haven't update my blog for such a long period of time. I guess I was getting too lazy.
This time I am going to talk about a restaurant which I have visited before - Shiso Tree. I have been visiting this restaurant regularly and their quality of food are getting better and better. When they first started there weren't lot of selections on the menu. However that has been changed. Their menu has 3 different sections: Wafu (Japanese style spaghetti), Cream and Tomato sauce based spaghetti. As many of you may have notice, Shiso Tree only serve spaghetti and you can't find any other pastas. This time C.C. ordered Spaghettial nero di seppia on the menu of the month and I ordered Creamy Bacon Carbonara. We paid $7 extra to add the pasta set which includes soup of the day and a piece of cake.
I tried their spinach soup before and as always freshly blended.
This is a big hit. A very creamy dish yet I didn't have the gluey feeling in my month.
I tasted the egg yolk, cheese, and bacon combined together well.
The garlic bread is very crispy on the side but warm and soft in the middle. ~$11
Monday, November 8, 2010
Zelda's Restaurant Patio and Bar
Western FoodDate: October 2 2010
Location: 692 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2A6
Website: http://zeldas.ca/
My friends and I were walking along Yonge street and looking for a restaurant to fill our empty stomachs. We spotted the sign "ZELDA" which caught our attention as we are all gamers. Once we stepped into this restaurant, a friendly feminine male waiter came and served us. After a minute, we noticed a waiter wore a T-shirt saying "Legally to be Gay" and another topless waiter who only wore a tie. That's how we realized we stepped into a restaurant which is operated by a group of gay men. ^o^
Alright, enough with the drama and let's go back to the food. Zelda's Restaurant has a very good selections of food on their dinner menu includes burgers, pastas and vegetarian dishes. I was very satisfy with the food and my friends dishes were all delicious. Another special thing about Zelda's Restaurant is the bill or receipt was bought to us in a high heel shoe lol.
Down-Home Market Meatloaf
Mexicana Fish Tacos
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Shiso Tree Cafe
Italian Food, Japanese FoodDate: November 2 2010
Location: Unit 1 - 3160 Steeles Ave E, Markham, ON L3R 3Y2
Shiso Tree Cafe is another new restaurant situated in J-town. C.C. heard from his colleagues that this restaurant served Japanese style pasta so we decide to give it a try. Their menu have 8 different selections of pasta and two of them are Japanese style.
Izakaya Ju
Japanese FoodDate: October 24 2010
Location: 3-3160 Steeles Ave E, Markham, ON L3R 4G9 (J-Town)
Website: http://www.izakayaju.com/index.html
There are 3 new restaurants open this year in J-Town and Izakaya Ju is one of the them. I've visit Izakaya Ju many times recently as their food are very Japanese and delicious. They got the liquor licence recently so there are selection of different Japanese beers and sakes. Izakaya Ju carries a lot of traditional dishes include: Yakitori, and Ochazuke. They use Binchōtan (a type of charcoal) to grill the yakitori so it has the right amount of distinct smokiness.
I love this dark large. It is very easy-to-drink.
However I don't think it is for sale in LCBO yet.
Gyu Tongue
Very tender beef tongue with spicy onion on top. It is a cold dish.
Deep Fried Sweet Shrimp
This is on the special menu which changed regularly.
The shrimps were very crispy and I can eat the "whole" shrimp along with the shell !!!
Ton toro
Ton toro is pork cheek meat. It is very tender and flavorful.
Curry Rice
Minced beef and veg curry on rice with porched egg.
This dish was covered with grounded beef cooked in curry.
You don't see the curry sauce but it sure has a very strong taste.
This is on the lunch menu but can be ordered during dinner as well.
Deep-fried Chicken Knuckle
A very interesting dish. It is a mixture between the crunchy cartilage and the meat itself.
Motsuni
Pork intestine and yamcake miso stew.
It has a strong miso taste which makes everything richer.
The pork intestine tasted excellent because it has absorbed all the miso flavour.
Asari Sakamushi
Manila clams steamed in sake soup.
The clams were very fresh but nothing mind blowing.
Agedashi Mochi
Deep fried rice cake in bonito broth.
The rice cake was deep fried so the surface absorb the flavour from the broth.
The centre of the rice cake was very soft and sticky. Love it!
Chawanmushi
An egg custard dish with shrimp and shiitake mushroom served in a tea cup.
The egg was very smooth and it was not over cooked.
Spare Ribs
Ju style BBQ Ribs.
Very juicy BBQ Ribs. I love the sweet BBQ sauce.
Chicken Salad with Cold udon with sesame oil
This can be found in the special menu.
It is a very refreshing dish and I enjoy the nutty sesame taste a lot.
Neba neba
Chopped natto, okura and Japanese yam on salmon sashimi topped with wasabi and seaweed
Natto is a very Japanese food and not everyone will like it.
I expected it to have a very strong Natto taste but surprisingly it tasted pretty good.
It tasted like regular soy bean but very slippery so it goes well with the salmon
Nankotsu
Grill chicken soft bone or cartilage. It is slightly spiced with salt only.
I love its crunchy texture.