New Orleans Seafood & Steakhouse

Location: 267 Scarlett Road, Toronto ON M6N 4L1
Phone: (416) 766-7001

Bread: complementary, with butter. (J) With a different shape, this could have been po-boy bread.

Crab Cakes: daily special appetizer, with salad. (S) Ohh man, this was my favourite. The texture was really good. Crunchy outside, soft inside. That sauce was really tasty as well. (J) Freshly fried crabs cakes that were easy to break apart. Salad could have used more dressing though.

Seafood Gumbo: appetizer. (S) Spiiiicy! The menu mentioned that most things are mildly spicy. The shrimps were big, and the mussels were good. (J) The spice was good. I liked the amount of seafood. There was a little bit of rice hidden at the bottom.

Shrimp Creole: entree. (S) Spiiicy! I ate it anyways; it was good! (J) Good spice, nice big shrimps. Greens were bitter.

Grouper: fish of the day entree. (S) I've never had grouper before, so we decided to try it. This fish was cooked really nicely, I really enjoyed all the flavours and texture. (J) Tasted like perfectly grilled calamari.

Dumpling King

Location: Unit 23 - 15 Northtown Way, North York, ON M2N 7A2
Phone: (416) 226-6818

Sweet & Sour Fish: side dish. (S) This was surprisingly tasty! We were dipping the dumplings in this sauce. (J) Crispy tender fish in yummy sauce.

Beef & Carrot and Vegetarian: steamed dumplings. (S) I really like beef & carrot, but the vegetarian dumplings weren't bad! The dumpling wrappers have such good texture. Steamers are best! (J) I was happy with the vegetarian dumplings. Gotta try them all!

Ikea

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

Organic pasta: special, with organic vegetarian tomato sauce. (S) I like garlic bread! The pasta was so cheapo! (J) Garlic bread was nice and crispy. Tomato sauce and pasta is so comforting.

Chili & Garlic Bread: daily special. (S) Fiiinnne...I ate it cuz it was so cheapo. (J) Had a little spice.

Princess Cake: "Swedens most popular dessert! Delicious sponge cake, raspberry jam and green marzipan." (S) I was expecting this to be super sweet, but it wasn't too bad. (J) It sounded weird, but the flavours went well together. Lighter than I expected.

Commensal

Location: 655 Bay St. Toronto, ON M5G 2K4
Phone: (416) 596-9364
Website: http://www.commensal.ca

Food Plate #1: items included quiche, lasagna, carrot salad, pasta salad, and flat bread; pea soup with croutons. (J) This restaurant was buffet style with food cost based on weight. I thought the "noodles" tasted funny, but they were tofu! Soup was good and warm. (S) I really liked the lasagna, cheesy broccoli, and whatever that green/brown stuff is in the middle left. The soup was really good too.

Food Plate #2: items included arame seaweed salad, chickpea salad, quinoa salad, lemony fennel salad, potato salad, and shepherd's pie; pink grapefruit juice; vegetable velouté soup with croutons. (J) I wanted to make this a salad plate. I enjoyed all the different types of tangy, refreshing salads. The shepherd's pie tasted like oatmeal mixed with corn. The grapefruit juice was really good and pulpy. (S) I liked the shepherd's pie! I'd go back for more of that. I also liked the lentil salad (I think it was that).

Food Plate #3: items included greek style tofu, thai seitan, ratatouille, sweet potato, ma po tofu, squash, chili, and kashmir rice with lentils. (J) I liked the firm pieces of tofu. Lots of tasty sauces. (S) The yam reminded me of the sweet potato fries i used to make. Yumm.

Dessert Plate: items included nut & raisin pie, poppy seed cake, soya cake, cheese cake, carrot cake and chocolate square. (J) Poppy seeds in a dessert was weird, but it tasted good with nice light cream. The nut & raisin pie tasted like a butter tart. The chocolate square was also very good and tasted like a regular brownie. (S) The chocolate cake tasted like healthy. I was surprised the the brownie tasted like a brownie. The butter tart was so good too. I was bursting!

Han River

Location: 3113 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough
Phone: (416) 499-0792

Appetizers: noodles in broth with crispy things and chap chae. (J) I wasn't expecting these included appetizers. I liked the crispy things. (S) I really like the glass noodles. I thought the soup noodle was the miso soup.

Salmon Teriyaki: "fresh grilled salmon and topped with homemade Teriyaki sauce". Side dishes: seaweed, kimchi, bean sprouts, spicy veggies; miso soup. (J) The teriyaki sauce was really good, and the fish was moist on the inside. (S) The salmon was super good, I wanted to eat the last half but packed it for lunch instead.

Sushi Dinner: nigiri sushi and rolls. (J) Mmm melt-in-your-mouth salmon. (S) All of this was really good. I like the diagonally-cut sushi.

Orange: dessert. (J) Cold and sweet. (S) Refreshing.

Roti Hut

Address: 351 Pitfield Road, Scarborough, ON M1S 3E5‎
Phone: (416) 298-4153‎

Potato & Chana Roti: (J) I wanted to add spinach to this, but they didn't have any ready yet. (S) Yumm...goat roti (next).

Goat Roti: (J) Good chunks of boneless goat. (S) I <3

Doubles: (J) It was still being made when ordered, so the dough was crisp. (S) Fresh fried goodness, yumm.

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Location: #54 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON M5E 1A6
Phone: (416) 864-9761
Website: http://oldspaghettifactory.ca

Minestrone Soup: "a hearty vegetarian tomato soup with garden vegetables, beans and elbow macaroni". (J) Small and salty, but nice and hot. (S) I like noodles in soup.

Spinach Salad: "baby spinach tossed in a rasberry vinegarette dressing with fresh tomatoes, red onion and candied pecan nuts". (J) Lots of onions, but it tasted good with all the ingredients in one bite. I thought the nuts were walnuts. (S) I really liked the dressing, it was sweet. Onion breath attack...*haaaaaaa

Spaghetti with Mushroom Tarragon Sauce: "sautéed whole button mushrooms swimming in a rich tomato tarragon cream sauce". (J) I liked this sauce from when they sold pasta at BuskerFest. Mushrooms looked like meatballs. Good for carbo loading. (S) The sauce was pretty good. I liked the mushrooms. Carbo-up before 10K run!

Smoked Salmon Linguine: in dill sauce with peppers, peas and capers. (J) Smoked salmon was very salty, and the sauce was very creamy. This was the dish that made me full. (S) I like linguine. I like salmon. Win!

Raspberry Cheesecake: topped with a chocolate. (J) Berries were good. (S) Not bad.

Spumoni Ice Cream & Tea: (J) I was full at this point. I mixed the remaining ice cream into a light brown soup. It tasted good. (S) I ate some of the pistachio section, but yea...way too bursting to finish the rest.

Golden Flower Café

Location: 1 Spadina Rd, Richmond Hill ON L4B 3M2
Phone: (905) 780-0023

Curry Pork: vermicelli, served with hot lemon tea. (J) The pork was tasty fried. The tea had a lot of lemon slices for such a small cup >_< (S) Haha, I liked the sourness.

Ham & Egg: macaroni in healthy tomato broth, served with cold soy milk. (J) I liked the broth, it tasted like vegetable soup. The macaroni made it easy to eat with a spoon. (S) Tasted pretty good, the soy milk refreshing.

Ap Ku Jung

Location: 6309 Yonge St, North York ON M2M 3X7
Phone: (416) 229-6248

Side Dishes: (clockwise from top left) seaweed, fish cake, kimchi, potatoes, and tofu. (S) The side dishes area always plentiful. I really like the potatoes. Yumm! (J) I like them all.

Dolsot Bibimbap: (S) I really like crunchy rice. This is always my favourite when we go Korean. (J) The egg yolk mixed well with the rice.

Kamjatang: (S) The massive piece of meat I got wasn't too spicy. It tasted pretty good. (J) This place makes good soup broth. I could actually taste the vegetable or meat stock, and was not overpowered by spice.

Red Bean Fish: from Galleria. (S) Yummy little guy. (J) Good alternative to his red bean ice cream brother.

Kenzo Ramen

Location: 138 Dundas St. W., Toronto ON M5G 1C3
Phone: (416) 205-1155
Website: http://www.kenzoramen.ca

Shoyu Ramen: (J) Classic favourite. (S) Just add shoyu!

Nagasaki Champon: Nagasaki seafood combination noodle. (J) Lots of seafood, but a bit too many tentacles. (S) Don't worry, I'll protect you from all the tentacles *slurp.