半畝園 @ FMP

半畝園 Szechuan Garden
Date: November 1, 2010 (Monday)
Address: 3225 Hwy 7 East, Markham (First Markham Place)
Phone: (905) 513-7588

(left) 紅油抄手 Wonton in Red Chilli Sauce $4.99
(right) 鮮肉白菜蒸餃 Pork & Bak Choy Dumpling $3.99

成都擔擔麵 Chengdu Dan Dan Noodle $4.99

both LG & i felt thirsty all night after dinner..

Inatei Japanese Cuisine 稻亭日本料理 (Revisit)

Inatei Japanese Cuisine 稻亭日本料理
Date: October 31, 2010 (Sunday)

Address: 9021 Leslie Street, Unit 7 & 8, Richmond Hill (Hwy 7 & Leslie)

Phone: (905) 881-9500

Botan Ebi Sashimi $19.98
..sweet & fresh..

Live Uni $30

the waiter was so nice to give us rice & nori 紫菜 so we could make our own Uni sushi..

Salmon Sashimi $10.5

Spider Maki $7.5

they deep fried the Botan Ebi heads for us too..

Hotate-Gai Sushi (Scallop) $4.5

Conch Soup $7.99

it's about $90 (incl. t&t)...

Baton Rouge (Revisit)

Baton Rouge
Date: October 11, 2010 (Monday)
Address: 230 Commerce Valley Drive East, Thornhill (Hwy 7 & Leslie)
Phone: (905) 764-6959

an enjoyable dinner with good food & good friends!

西域食府 (Revisit)

西域食府 Xin Jiang Restaurant
Date: October 9, 2010 (Saturday)
Address: 3636 Steeles Avenue East, Markham (Steeles & Warden)
Phone: (905) 948-9966
Opening Hours: Mon-Thu, Sun 11am - 11pm / Sat 11am - 12am

the food was not good, they all seem to have the same taste (as they used same spices for all dishes)..

奇味涼粉 Greenbean Noodle Salad $5.99

西域薄皮包子 $4.99

..the dumplings r not "薄皮" at all!! very thick..

牛家莊 PekingMan Restaurant

牛家莊 PekingMan Restaurant

Date: October 3, 2010 (Sunday)
Address: 1100 Sheppard Ave E, North York (Sheppard & Leslie)
Phone: (416) 223-5151

LG went there for lunch & said this place was good!

紅油炒手
..very good.. unlike the others which always in a RED color oil.. this one with a very rich-flavor sauce..

雪菜肉絲麵

擔擔麵
..the sauce is different from the "normal" 擔擔麵.. it's not a concentrated peanut soup base..

i saw that many customers ordered 北京填鴨.. & it looked very nice.. maybe i should try it next time..

Stonegrill

Stone Grill
Address: 51B Winchester Street, Toronto (Bloor & Parliament)
Phone: (416) 967-6565

we went to Stone Grill for dinner on a Sunday evening, & most of the customers were Chinese.. (they really did great on advertising on the Chinese media..)

here's how the food came..uncooked.. we had to "cook" the meat ourselves by placing the meat on the extremely hot stone.. it only takes about a minute for the food to be ready..

8 oz Grain-fed Bison Rib Eye $32

8 oz 26-day aged AAA Beef Tenderloin $32

5 oz Grain-fed New Zealand Rack of Lamb $28

Lamb after "cooking" on the stone..

us gals were full but the guys were not!! haha.. a good experience though..

Buffalo Trip - Day 2-3

Date: September 5, 2010 (Sunday)
what's better than having Brunch @ Cheesecake Factory on a Sunday morning?

Crab Hash
A Delicious Blend of Sautéed Crab, Red, Yellow and Green Peppers, Onions and Potatoes. Topped with Poached Eggs and Hollandaise Sauce

Avocado Eggrolls
Avocado, Sun-Dried Tomato, Red Onion and Cilantro Fried in a Crisp Wrapper. Served with a Tamarind-Cashew Dipping Sauce


we happened to be in Buffalo while they were having their 9th Annual National Buffalo Wings Festival.. for sure we went to check out!
food coupon was $1 each ($10 per sheet)..

it's very crowded @ Coca Cola Field..

buffalo & game playing on stage..

1st try.. O'Donald's Irish Pub (Austintown, OH)

Smoke Eaters & O'Danny Boys
..they looked the same, don't they?

2nd try.. Wings to Go (Severna Park, MD)

3rd try.. Dorrian's featuring Sean's booYah! Sauces (Chestnut Ridge, NY)


Organic Honey Garlic & Bali booYah!

to be honest, the wings were cold & tasted the same, except the dip sauces were different.. i guess we are not big fans of buffalo wings!

dinner @ Bravo

(left) Tomato Bisque
(right) Lobster Bisque

Calamari Fritti

Shrimp Fra Diavolo Campanelle

Lobster & Shrimp Ravioli

service was very good even though it was full house.. the waitress was nice & she gave us recommendations.. we couldn't finish all the food.. so full!!!!

Date: September 6, 2010 (Monday)
we started our day with complimentary breakfast @ hotel.. they offered warm homemade muffin & croissants.. (together with many other food) yummy!