Yang’s Teppanyaki & Sushi

Location: 3255 Rutherford Rd., Unit 15-18 Building J, Vaughan, ON
Phone: (905) 761-0268
Website: http://www.yangsushi.com

Appetizers: miso soup and salad.

Spider Roll: deep fried soft shell crab with mayonnaise, avocado, cucumber, tobiko and crab meat. (J) Huge but expensive. (S) Worth $16? Hmm...it tasted good though, as it should for that price.

Teppanyaki - Dinner U: vegetables, salmon, shrimps, scallops, strip loin steak (not shown) and fried rice (below). (J) Everything seemed to taste the same (salty cooking sauce) in the end. (S) We ate the food cold since I was waiting for the rice, boo. I liked the seafood sauce though.

Fried Rice: with eggs and salmon. (J) I prefer drier fried rice made in a wok. (S) Had I known they were going to fry the rice with eggs and salmon, I would have ate all the veggies and meats sooner.

Dessert: red bean ice cream.

KFC

Location: 1 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Vaughan, ON L4K 5W4
Phone: (905) 669-1286
Website: www.vaughanmills.com

Big Box Combo: Big Crunch sandwich, chicken thigh, macaroni salad, fries and drink. (J) This satisfied my chicken craving. (S) I forgot how addictive KFC chicken skin tasted.

Dumpling King

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

Tofu with Onion: appetizer. Strands of tofu with green onions, chili peppers and some sort of meat (imitation crab?). (J) I've never seen tofu in noodle form. It was quite good. (S) I liked this too.

Pork & Napa Dumplings: boiled. (S) First few tasted good, but then they started getting really watery.

Seafood Dumplings: steamed. (J) Tasted good, and not watery like the boiled dumplings. (S) Yea, I suggest steamed dumplings instead of boiled.

Red bean ice sandwich: dessert from the convenience store across the street again. (J) Always a good dessert. (S) Brain Freeze!

Utopia Cafe

Location: 586 College Street, Toronto, ON M6G 1B3‎
Phone: (416) 534-7751‎
Website: http://www.utopiacafe.ca

Grilled Bison Burger: fresh ground, farm raised bison, grilled and served on a sesame seed bun topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard, relish, pickles and green onion mayo; served with salad. (J) So tasty. I'm always impressed by Utopia's burgers. (S) Agreed. Taste of the wild.

Chicken Nachos: freshly made corn tortilla chips piled high and topped with a blend of melted cheeses, spicy salsa, white beans, sour cream and freshly grilled chicken breast. (J) Large size and good amount of ingredients. The chips were stuck to a flat bread base, which made it hard to take apart. (S) It was good except the jalapenos.

The Old Spaghetti Factory

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

Salad: crisp green salad with 1000 Island dressing. (S) Spew of dressing.

Minestrone soup: a hearty vegetarian tomato soup with garden vegetables, beans and elbow macaroni. (J) Soup that eats like a meal. (S) I liked the soup a lot! So yummy!

Manicotti: tender tubes of pasta stuffed with a delicately spiced mixture of cheeses and spinach topped with tomato sauce and melted cheese. (J) Sooo much cheese! I couldn't finish my share. (S) Tasted so good, but sooo much cheese.

Chicken Parmigiana: a breaded baked breast of chicken topped with tomato sauce and cheeses, oven baked, and served with spaghetti and tomato sauce. (J) Was very comforting. (S) It's lighter than the manicotti, but the tomato sauce was a nice contrast to all the cheese that was going on.

Dessert: spumoni ice cream and hot tea. (J) My spumoni just had chocolate and pistachio, which was fine by me. (S) Mmm...spumoni...

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.

Myoung Dong Soon To Fu

Location: 620 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M6G 1K7
Phone: (416) 588-2700‎

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

Seafood soft tofu: served with purple rice. (J) Easier to eat when it cooled down. The high temperature made it feel spicier than it really was. The leftover rice soaked in tea was also good. (S) Too spicy for me, the temperature heat + the spice heat made my tongue really sensitive.

Vegetable udon: (J) Broth tasted good. (S) The udon had good bite, and the broth was yummy.