Masala Art

Address: 1404 Yonge street, Toronto, ON M4T 1Y5
Phone: (647) 340-0160
Website: http://www.masalaart.ca

Tofu Tikka: A mild marinade of masalas on Tofu, cooked in Tandoor to perfection. (J) Tofu was nice and firm. (S) I liked the sauces.

Lamb Korma with garlic naan: Lamb pieces in a cashew nut based gravy with tomatoes and onions simmered with cream, cooked till tender. (J) Spicier than I expected, which was good for me. I couldn't taste the garlic on the naan at all. (S) Naan tasted so good, and the Lamb was very nice, I wanted more!

Chana Masala with roti: A Delicacy from Punjab. Chick peas cooked in onion and tomato gravy with a special masala blend. (J) Could have used more spice. The korma was spicier. Roti was hard and thin like a cracker. (S) Only because you eat roti all the time! I didn't mind it, and the chana masala was at a good level of spice, not painful like last time.

Le Cafe Michi‎

Location: 1802 Pharmacy Ave, Scarborough ON M1T 1H6
Phone: (416) 490-9688

Green tea and salad.

Unagi don: BBQ Eel, green onions, and egg on rice with a miso soup. (S) Eel tastes so good. (J) I liked the gooey egg under the eel, and the green onion works well.

Beef curry: large size. (J) It could have used some spice.

Japanese cakes: green tea (left) and sake cake (right). (S) I liked them both, not too sweet. (J) The green tea cake had red beans in between its layers. It was my favourite of the two. Does the sake cake really have sake?

Ka Chi

Location: 612 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Phone: (416) 533-9306

Stew: soft tofu, beef and vegetables; served with rice. (J) It was supposed to be just a little spicy, but it was really spicy. I was sweating like crazy! (S) Too spicy for me!

Bibimbap: with vegetables and beef; served with soup. (S) So yummy!

Side dishes: seaweed, bean sprouts, radishes and kimchi.

Swiss Chalet

Location: 2555 Victoria Park Ave., Scarborough, ON, M1T1A3

Phone: (416) 494-9693

Website: http://www.swisschalet.ca

Spice It Up Special: 1/4 Chicken and 1/3 Rack Smoky Chipotle Sauce BBQ Rib Combo & Spicy seasoned fries. Served with coleslaw and white roll. (S) I liked the fries, the ribs were fatty goodness. Yumm. (J) I used most of my chalet sauce on the fries and roll before I even got to the chicken.

Chicken Pot Pie: Rotisserie Chicken & vegetables simmered in a creamy sauce, topped with a light flaky crust. Served with Fresh Vegetable Medley. (S) I liked the veggies. The chicken pot pie had a lot of chicken! (J) The vegetables had a nice crunch. The pot pie could have used more gravy.

Ikea

Location: 15 Provost Drive North York, ON M2K 2X9
Phone: (416) 222-4532
Website: http://www.ikea.ca

Meatballs: 15 meatballs with gravy, lingonberry sauce and potatoes; tomato and garlic soup; chocolate milk. (J) I like cafeteria food. (S) Soup was nice and thick.

Pasta: organic pasta with organic vegetarian tomato sauce; garlic bread and pop. (S) For $1.99, the spaghetti was pretty darn good!

Fresh

Location: 326 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1W5
Phone: (416) 531-2635
Website: http://www.freshrestaurants.ca

Mushroom onion burger: sauteed mushrooms & onions, tomato, lettuce, alfalfa sprouts & vegan mayo. Burger is made from almonds, grains, tofu and vegetables. Side of sweet potato fries and thai peanut dip. (J) Burger was crumbly. Dip was a complex version of peanut butter-tasty. (S) Wasn't a big fan of the peanut dip, ketchup all the way! But I did really enjoy the sweet potato. Yea, the burger did not stay together, but it was good!

Beach bowl: grilled red pepper, zucchini & sweet potato with avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, sunflower sprouts, olive oil, tamari, lemon & mixed herbs on brown basmati rice. (J) I liked the avocado and the sun-dried tomato was satisfying. There was a lot of oil, but olive oil is good for you right? (S) I kinda liked this dish even with the oily rice. All the veggies were good together.

Carrot cake: handmade and stuff. (J) I was really full at this point, so I didn't enjoy this as much as it deserved to be enjoyed. Cake was moist and the icing was not too sweet. (S) I wasn't too full, and it was good :P

Yoshi's Sweets

Location: 2359 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M4E 1H2‎
Phone: (416) 907-9663
Website: http://www.yoshissweets.com

Bee Sting: chocolate cupcake. (J) It was the last one left so it was a little stale, but the taste was still good.

My Kitchen

Location: 9021 Leslie Street, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 0B2
Phone: (905) 881-1338

Rice noodles with shrimps: (S) This was alright, pretty standard.

Plain rice noodles: (S) Also pretty standard. (J) Slippery suckers.

Beef with vegetables: (S) Veggies are super important in our diets. So is beef. (J) Had lots of water at the bottom that made a big splash.

Congee with pork, salty eggs and preserved eggs: (S) I like congee, especially with salty and preserved eggs. Yumm. I was hungry a couple hours after this meal. (J) Some mouthfuls were too salty.

Caribbean Bistro

Location: 2439 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4P 2E7‎
Phone: (416) 480-1581‎
Website: http://www.caribbeanbistro.com

Doubles: curried chick peas sandwiched between two flat brads. Came with a tamarind(?) sauce. (J) My first time eating doubles and I will definitely continue. Double doubles or triple doubles anyone? (S) When I first smelled this, I think I said something like, "Mmm...smells like comfort."

Stewed Oxtail: marinated in seasoning and cooked w/island love. (J) My first time eating oxtail and it was tender and delicious.

Goat Roti: boneless goat slowly curried. (S) Soooo good. I have a thing for goat roti now *drools

Kim's Ichiban

Location: 550 Hwy 7 East, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3Z4
Phone: (905) 881-2583

Ichiban Sushi: (J) This combo is for men, and the other is for women according to the server. Maybe because of the portion size, but we split things equally in the end. (S) The miso soup was too salty but the sushi and nigiri were pretty good, nice of them to give us extra.

Kame Sushi: (J) I just counted and realized we each got a free piece of nigiri! I really enjoyed the rice, which had just the right vinegar taste for me. Really friendly staff too. (S) They can teach us korean if we go there again.

Hand rolls: (J) Free! Had some spicy crunchy stuff inside, with lettuce and avocado. (S) Yay for freebies! Nice people!

Fleming College

Location: 599 Brealey Drive, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B1
Phone: (705) 749-5530
Website: http://www.flemingc.on.ca

Combo 1 and Soup: Hamburger, fries and orange/pineapple drink. Large tomato and cheese soup. (J) Typical school cafeteria food. Soup was rich and warming. Patty was decent. (S) The soup was nice.