Casey's

Location: 37 William Kitchen Rd. Bldg L Scarborough ON M1P 5B7
Phone: (416) 412-2078
Website: http://www.caseysbarandgrill.com

Matcha Green Tea Smoothie: "Japanese Matcha green tea blended with all-natural blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and strawberry purées, a splash of Ocean Spray cranberry juice and non-fat yogurt. Topped with fresh blueberries." (S) Tasted like Matcha + berries. I liked it, very impressed how the berries and matcha flavours complemented each other. (J) Great ingredients and flavours, but it was mostly ice.

The Amazing Vegetarian Burger: "Prepared with carrots, green zucchini, roasted garlic and a splash of balsamic vinegar with lettuce, tomato, dill pickle, and red onion." Served with sweet potato fries. (S) We're so healthy :P I forgot that it was a veggie patty and sweet potato fries are always amazing. (J) The fries were so good; crisp and delicate.

Cobb Salad: "Crisp iceberg lettuce topped with grilled seasoned chicken breast, green onions, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese, cucumbers, egg, bacon bits [and] ranch dressing on the side." (S) This was huuuge, I really liked that they separated all the ingredients for some reason. It came with an AMC movie ticket. (J) It was cold and seemed to last forever. Interesting presentation.

Cafe 28

Location: 10 East Wilmot Street, Richmond Hill ON L4B 1G9
Phone: (905) 370-2295‎

Dinner for 2 for $29.98

Lobster Bisque: (S) The soup was on the bland side. I enjoyed the clam chowder a lot more. (J) Had a fishy taste.

Clam Chowder: (S) Better than the lobster bisque. (J) Creamy. It was better than the lobster bisque.

Spring Lamb: (S) The lamb was actually very good. It was soft and moist, too bad there wasn't much of it. (J) Lamb was moist and tasty.

Salmon Lobster Florentine: (S) The salmon was pretty good, and we got 1 lobster claw, hehe. Sauce was fatty cream goodness. (J) Salmon was very good.

Dessert: custard with syrup at the bottom; served with tea (not shown). (S) Interesting dessert. I thought it was Crême Brulée and was excited, but it wasn't. Not bad though, I liked that you had to mix in the sweet from the bottom with the custard. (J) Tasted like maple syrup at the bottom. Caramelized sugar on the top would have been better.

Swiss Chalet

Location: 2555 Victoria Park Ave., Scarborough, ON, M1T1A3
Phone: (416) 494-9693
Website: http://www.swisschalet.ca

Quarter Chicken Dinner: with fries.

Quarter Chicken Dinner: with vegetables. (S) Had to use up a coupon! Yummy as always. (J) Yeah we finally got to use the BOGO coupon from the Festive Special.

Classic Fudge Cake: (S) I guess we can't get pecan pie all the time :P This was really sweet...but so good *drools. I liked the crunchy chocolate bits. (J) Really satisfies that chocolate craving.

La Taquizza

Location: 3175 Rutherford Rd Unit 28, Vaughan ON L4K 5Y6
Phone: (905) 669-2277

Totopos: (nachos) with guacamole. (S) I liked that there was a salsa bar with mild to spicy salsas to choose from. The guacamole was so good. (J) Creamy guacamole. Good portion size.

Huaraches: with mushrooms. (S) This is a seemingly simple dish, but it wasn't bad! I liked the mushrooms...it was kinda like an open softshell taco. (J) I liked the corn taste. Surprisingly filling.

Burrito: with barbacoa (lamb); large size, served with peppers and onions. (S) Omg, the lamb was so good. I liked the burrito a lot! (J) You could taste the lamb. One of these would fill you up for a long time.

Pastel de Tres Leches: (S) I really liked this dessert, it was really wet but the flavours worked well together. I liked that the cream on top wasn't so sweet since the sauce was already sweet. (J) So light and moist. Very tasty. A light milky taste.

Dumpling King

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








Appetizers: Tofu with Onion (left) and Beef with Flavour (right). (J) There were three of us, so we ordered a whole bunch of stuff to share. Tofu was good like before. Our first time trying beef with flavour, and it tasted just like beef. There was lots of it. (S) The tofu is good, a bit spicy...beef is meh, way too much of it.








Mains: fried beef (?) dumplings (left), steamed seafood and steamed pork (?) dumplings (middle x2), and noodles with meat slices (right).

(J) Deep frying dumplings really locks in the juice, so that when someone bites into them, they squirt across the table! They were good, but heavy on the stomach. I still prefer steamed dumplings. Noodles seemed homemade and firm. The broth was clean. (S) I liked the fried dumplings...I kinda wanted to eat more of it haha. I like the solidness of the steamers, but the pried were crispier and super juicy!

Eggsmart

Location: 477 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough ON M1R 4E5
Phone: (647) 347-6756
Website: www.eggsmart.ca

Classic Breakfast: sunny side up eggs, sausages, toast and home fries. (J) Sausages were really good and piping hot. Toast had lots of butter on it. Home fries were lukewarm, but we went near closing time. (S) I don't get to eat sausages and bacon often, so this was a treat. So good!

Pancakes: banana pancakes with a side of bacon. (J) Real banana slices. (S) The waitress was right...the pancakes can stand alone without syrup...so moist and tasty.

Kama Classical Indian Cuisine

Location: 214 King Street W., Toronto, ON M5H 3S6
Phone: (416) 599-5262
Website: www.kamaindia.com





















Dinner Buffet: (J) Everything was pretty mild. I like garlic naan. (S) Yea, garlic naan. I also liked the goat and potato thing. The desserts I wasn't too fond of...

The Bay Bakery

Location: 176 Yonge Street, Toronto ON M5C 2L7
Phone: (416) 861-9111
Website: The Bay

Kiddie Cupcake: from Pauline's. (J) Not as sweet as I thought it would be. The race car was chocolate too. (S) Yea, not as sweet, which is good! The lady said this one was made from scratch whereas the Open Window chocolate cupcakes weren't.

Pecan Tart: from Open Window. (J) Really good. I liked the chewiness. (S) I could so make this in my toaster oven! *drools

Hana-bi

Location: 3235 Hwy 7 E., Unit 28, Markham ON L3R 3P3
Phone: (905) 948-9666

Salad & Miso Soup

Tempura Vegetables: (J) We got all veggies. (S) I like batter-fried veggies!

Love Boat: (J) It was my first time eating uni. The texture was very creamy, and it had a subtle, watery taste. It looked like the unagi were trying to jump ship. (S) Uni has that poop taste that all shelled seafood has; I liked it. The sashimi was fresh and had that melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Complimentary Roll: (J) I like free stuff! I think it was a spicy dynamite roll. (S) Yay for Free! It was a little spicy, but I ate it anyways.

Green Tea Ice Cream: (J) The bowls and scoops of ice cream were tiny and cute. (S) Very refreshing.

Swiss Chalet

Location: 2555 Victoria Park Ave., Scarborough, ON, M1T1A3
Phone: (416) 494-9693
Website: http://www.swisschalet.ca

Chargrilled Hamburger: (J) Patty was overcooked and kinda hard, or maybe it was the Kaiser bun that was hard. (S) I didn't mind it, just add ketchup!

Rotisserie 1/4 Chicken & 1/3 Rack BBQ Ribs: with multigrain roll and fries "poutine-ized". (J) Ribs were the star of this plate; fall off the bone and tasty sauce. S was influenced by the poutine ad on the table. (S) I was bad, but the poutine was good! Yea, chicken was pretty good, but the ribs were fall-off-the-bone awesome!

Pecan Pie: (J) Good like last time. Sweet and chewy. (S) I want to make this at home...*drools

Red Lobster

Location: 7291 Yonge St. Thornhill ON L3T 2A9
Phone: (905) 731-3550
Website: http://www.redlobster.ca

Meal for Two for $34.99
Salads & Cheddar Bay Biscuits®: Garden and Caesar salads. (J) Biscuits were good to distract our hungry bellies. (S) The biscuits were so warm and soft...yumm.

Seafood-Stuffed Mushrooms: (J) Very cheesy. (S) I liked the cheese-covered, juicy mushrooms.

Peach-Bourbon BBQ Chicken and Shrimp: with broccoli and mashed potatoes. (J) The chicken was really good; plump and moist. The sauces were really tasty. (S) I especially liked the peach in the sauce, it made everything taste so good. The sauce made the shrimp very tasty.

Wood-Grilled Fresh Salmon: with broccoli and fries. (J) Nothing spectacular. (S) Tasted healthy...minus the fries.