Golden Regency

Team Fatty's Wedding




















Dinner Banquet: Roasted whole suckling pig, baked stuff paste with mushroom in conch shell, stir fried jumbo shrimp & scallop with veggie, braised swallow's nest with crab meat in supreme sauce, braised whole abalone with special sauce, deep fried crispy chicken, stir fried lobsters with ginger & green onion, steamed seasonal fish, house fried rice & braised e-fu noodle, sweeten dessert, fancy pastries & cupcake.

(J) I didn't get to enjoy the food as much as I would have liked. The conch shell was new and enjoyable for most people. We opted for bird's nest soup instead of shark fin due to ecological reasons, and it tasted about the same. (S) The roasted pig had sparklers...ooooh! I thought the food was pretty good. The conch was a surprise, I wasn't expecting it...but maybe I only glazed over the menu. I <3 the cupcakes, so yummy! They were taro (purple) and lemon (yellow) flavoured.

Location: 4300 Steeles Avenue East, Markham ON L3R 0Y5
Phone: (905) 948-8811


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Designer Cookie

Cupcakes: vanilla, lemon, apple cinnamon, and red velvet. (J) Four free cupcakes each thanks to a FabFind! Their menu explains the flavours much better. I liked them all. The icing was buttery. (S) The lady before us took all the Creme Brulee-flavoured ones, she took a couple for free and then bought the very last one...just to spite us! Grr. Other than that, I liked the lemon cupcake a lot. Yumm.

Location: 292 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto ON M4R 1B2
Phone: (416) 619-1197
Website: http://www.thedesignercookie.com

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

Winter Magic: Ice, Wine & Dine

Location: Elm Street, Toronto ON
Website: http://www.wintermagic.ca/icewinedine

Cheese & Spinach Pies ($4): from Eggsmart. (S) I am always up for yummy spinach pies! (J) We took bites to show the insides. They were cold but still tasty.

Sampling Plate ($5.65): from Commensal Vegetarian Cuisine. (S) Oh man, this was soooo good! I wonder what dressing they used on the spinach salad, it was really good. The bean salad was super! Sweet potatoes, burrito and tofu were really good too! (J) I like how they make vegetables taste so good.

Mini Pot Roast Sandwich ($4) & Mini Deep Fried Mars Bar ($1): from Duke of Somerset. (S) The sandwich tasted really good and fatty with the horseradish mayo. We were OMG-ing with one bite of the mars bar. Soooo good! (J) I liked the hamburger bun. The Mars bar was so warm and creamy, and the perfect guilt-free portion size.

Hot Chocolate & Apple Muffin ($5): from Fresh Start Coffee. (S) We replaced coffee with hot chocolate and it was really good on a cold day (although it really wasn't too cold). We didn't want to ruin our appetite, so we didn't eat the muffin. I'm excited to eat it later though. (J) The guy had to leave us alone and run across the street to get a small mixing pot to make our hot chocolate. It was so bizarre and funny.

Chicken Satay & Spring Rolls ($5): from Bangkok Garden. (S) The fried spring roll was the best item on this dish; nice and crunchy. The rice rolls had a lot of cilantro, enough said. Chicken wasn't bad. (J) Way too much cilantro in the rice rolls. Chicken was dry. Spring rolls were awesome.

Butter Chicken & Garlic Naan ($3): from Delta Chelsea Hotel, served with complementary apple cider. (S) I miss Naan and curry! This was really good! There was a good amount of chicken for a sample. (J) Pretty good for $3. Cider was like really good and warm apple juice.

Shrimp Fritter ($1): from Adega Restaurant. (S) More dough than shrimp. Fried things always taste good though. (J) There was sauce inside, or the shrimp was sweating.

Chili & Garlic Bread ($5): from Wolf & Firkin Pub. (S) Ohh man, the lady filled this bowl up until it was overflowing. It had a bit of spice to it, but I recently started to really like those beans so I ate it anyways. (J) So much chili! I was filled.

Gingerbread & Apple Cider (Free): from The Queen and Beaver Public House. (S) Not a big fan of the gingerbread, too gingery for me. (J) I like free. I wonder if the cider was the same as from the Delta Chelsea hotel because they tasted the same.

Cupcake ($1): from Pretty Sweet, sold at Arm Candy Casa. (S) So cute! It was a 1-bite cupcake, yumm. (J) So tiny.

Mushroom Risotto ($5): from Donatello Restaurant. (S) I waited a long time for this and by the time we got it we were so full...but we stuffed it down anyways. It was pretty good! I liked the mushrooms. (J) The mushrooms were plump and juicy. The rice had a nice firmness and I think a hint of cheese.

Kensington Market

Location: Kensington Market, Toronto ON
Website: http://www.pskensington.ca

Pedestrian Sunday
Doubles: from Patty King. (S) These doubles were ok, can't beat the first one we tried!

Chicken empanada: from Segovia La Casa Del Chorizo. (J) Piping hot! Didn't really taste the filling. (S) Yumm...crunchy outside.

Soup: from Urban Herbivore. Black bean soup du jour. (J) Nice and hearty, spicy and sweet. (S) Too spicy for me, but the heat was nice on a rainy day.

Momos: from Tibet Cafe. Beef and vegetable, served with salad. (J) Tasted like dumplings. (S) Yep, just like dumplings.

Beef empanada: from El Gordo Fine Foods. (J) The perfect temperature to wolf down. It had two olives. (S) So good! I liked the crusty outside and the beefy inside.

Chocolate chip cookie: from My Market Bakery. (J) Dry and crumbly. (S) Not bad. Tasted healthy?

Sweet empanada: from Segovia La Casa Del Chorizo. Filled with ricotta cheese and dulce de leche. (J) Sounded weird but tasted good. I would get one of these after two regular empanadas for an empanada meal! (S) It was interesting, now I wanna try the banana chocolate one, or the apple and cinnamon.

Mini cupcakes: from Miss Cora's Kitchen. Carrot cake (left) and red velvet (right). (J) So tiny. I liked the red velvet's icing. (S) I liked the red velvet too! They were so greasy, good thing they're tiny.

Very Fair Seafood Restaurant

Address: 17 Milliken Boulevard, Scarborough, ON M1V 1V3‎
Phone: (416) 299-6368‎

Wincent & Robert's (Vincent & Margaret's)
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Wedding Dinner: crispy pork, shrimp crab claw, shrimp & scallops, shark fin soup, mushroom & abalone, lobster, chicken & chips, fish, noodles & rice, red bean soup, jello & cake and cupcakes.

(J) My favourites were the shrimp crab claw and crispy pork. I liked the cupcakes too. Cupcake wedding cakes rock. (S) I think I heard this at our kids table some point in the night, "...most flamboyant Chinese reception ever...", which sums it up pretty well. The seafood made me itchy, but I liked it anyways. I really enjoyed the veggie dish. The cupcakes were cute and yummy too!

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.