Green Grotto

Update: Location has closed.

Chinese mushrooms and pickled vegetables and soup

Top: Scrambled Tomatoes and egg and Salt & Pepper Chicken

Bottom: Mapo Tofu and Crispy Chicken Cutlet

The dishes were okay - it was a pretty reasonable price of $14.99 for the meal and a drink/dessert. I got a hot taro milk tea (which was terrible and powdery). 

Update: I ended up getting food poisoning the next day - I would definitely not come back. 

Website: https://www.greengrotto.ca/#/

HoHo Korean Food @ First Markham Place

Dec 15, 2018

Chicken Katsu 

Great crunchy katsu :)

Spicy chicken

Yummy and not too spicy. 

May 23, 2018

Chicken Katsu with two fried chicken filets, purple rice, chap chae, kim chi and mandu

Huge portion of fried chicken! Totally unexpected for around $10. I also really liked the side dishes like the kimchi, chapchae and mandu. I will be back :)

Diyijia

I got a decent deal on the following items through the Feedback App: 

Cheeseplosion chicken 

It was like a cheese whiz stuffed fried chicken breast. I think I liked the concept more than the execution. 

Jumbo Squid 

I liked the spices on the squid. 

Website: http://diyijia.ca/

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie

Super pretty!

Poutine!

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie

Strawberry Pistachio Profiterole and Key Lime tart

The desserts were pretty sweet - the strawberry profiterole had chocolate in the middle. 

Website: https://clunybistro.com/

Francesca Bakery

Dec 9, 2018

Chicken parmigiana sandwich

The sandwich seemed a lot smaller than Lamanna's and Agincourt's sandwiches.

Lasagna

The lasagna had a lot of cheese which was nice, but taste wise, I prefer Lamanna's lasagna. 

Dec 7, 2018

Sicilian Cannoli $1.99 each and Sicilia cake (pistachio, orange and almond cake) $4.79

The Sicilia cake was really good; it had lots of pistachio flavour. 

Rose pasta shells $5.50

The rose sauce was good. 

They ran out of lasagna this time, but we will be back to try it. 

Website: https://francescabakery.com/

Holy Chuck

Holy Chuck Burger $11.49

Two patties, bacon, cheese and caramelized onions

Super filling and quite yummy!

Website: https://holychuckburgers.com/

Kibo Sushi House

Volcano roll

It's so colourful with the purple crunchy bits

Everything looks so good!

Sashimi appetizer and miso soup with tofu

It's nice that they gave us "butterfish roses" with avocado - it was something different. 

Website: http://www.kibosushi.com/menu

Salad King

Dec 4, 2018

Islamic Noodles $13.50

My favourite dish here combination of curry and coconut milk with lots of sauce on noodles! Still great - I got 2 chilis which made it spicier, but not too spicy.

Oct 29, 2012

Thai Islamic Noodles $10.50 (off the menu)

Thai Islamic Noodles are rice noodles in a mild and milky coconut curry sauce with broccoli, peppers, chicken and shrimp. It's a great blend of sweetness from the coconut milk with a hint of spice from the curry (and of course you can make it hotter up to 20 chilis). Very creamy and tasty. 

October 9, 2012

Salad King used to be the place to be for Thai food in Toronto until the building burnt down in April 2009. The owners opened up Linda at Shops at Don Mills, and eventually they re-opened Salad King near the Ryerson Campus again.

Salad King interior on the second floor

It's very similar in format to the original location with their long tables - you can brush shoulders with everyone from business people in suits to students. 

Thai Fried Rice $8.50

Rice, egg, shrimp, chicken, carrot, onion, pea and curry sauce

The fried rice was really yummy! It wasn't too spicy even though the menu indicated it would be spicy - I thought it was really tasty and it was such a large portion too! The quality is much better than a food court Thai place and it's about the same price: I would say that it's pretty good value. 

Phud Thai with Chicken $9

Rice noodle, carrot, peanut, tofu, green onion, bean sprout, coriander, egg, fish sauce and tamarind sauce. 

The last time I had Salad King's Phud Thai (or pad thai), I remember being wowed. This time, I wasn't wowed by this dish - it was okay. I thought there were way too many peanuts on this dish - almost like they were using the nuts to cover up for something else.

Overall: The portions are quite large and you really do get what you pay for - however, I think the quality of the food has decreased from what I remember. I think I would recommend Linda instead of Salad King for good Thai food now.

Website: http://www.saladking.com/

Firefly Seafood & Steak House

The special dinner promotion seems like a great deal: buy one get one free for $27.99.

Buns to start

Half baked lobster and linguine with clams and mushrooms

I think the half lobster was mostly cheese and the linguine was only okay.I thought they would mix it up together better, but it was clear that the lobster was separate from the cream sauce linguine. 

BBQ Beef Tenderloin with rice

An interesting presentation

Korean styled grilled chicken with rice

There was a pretty big portion of chicken and the teriyaki sauce was okay.

Dessert

Shish Kebab Express

Nov 30, 2018

Chicken Shawarma plate with hot sauce

Pretty big portion of chicken shawarma and it's tasty too. I like their chickpea side dish - it's different from other shawarma places. 

Sandwich

January 5, 2018

Shish Tawook Sandwich

Lots of juicy chicken! (Excuse the half eaten sandwich - but it's so good!)

December 1, 2017

I came here because I saw the positive Yelp reviews and boy was I glad Yelp was actually accurate for once! It's a pretty simple takeout counter with some tables for seating. They have some daily specials where you can get two wraps for a slightly cheaper price. I came on the Friday, so I got two shish tawook wraps for $11.99. 

Shish Tawook Wraps (1 of 2)

Everything was really good! There was a lot of flavour from the tabbouleh, pickled turnips and chicken and the chicken was really tender and juicy. This is such a good Middle Eastern restaurant! I'll definitely be back. 

Website: http://shishkababexpress.ca/

Dong Kee Chinese Restaurant

Nov 25, 2018

Beef and Kai-lan

Steamed Chinese Okra and vermicelli 

It's so good, we had to come back again.

Lamb stew

It has that strong gamey lamb taste - so if you don't like the strong flavour, beware!

I like lamb, so I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Fish

Fried Rice

Fukien fried rice

I liked the fried rice with sauce better - it just makes the dish not as dry and adds a great flavour. 

Sept 30, 2018

Dong Kee Chinese restaurant has been in Scarborough for a really long time (and yet for some reason I haven't tried it until now). The restaurant only opens after 4pm, but it gets really busy fast. 

Crispy Chicken

The skin was really crispy and the flakes/crumbs on top helped add to the texture. The chicken was juicy and tender.

Pork belly and lotus root with fermented tofu

I was really skeptical about this dish especially when I saw that the word "fermented" (which brings back memories of shark and natto beans). Surprisingly, this ended up being one of my favourite dishes of the night. Something about the slightly sour and tangy taste with the pork belly and sweet lotus root worked really well. 

Steamed Chinese okra with vermicelli

 I usually don't eat Chinese okra - so this was a bit of a new experience for me with steamed okra and garlic and vermicelli. It was really good, I would definitely get this again. 

Salt and pepper pork chops

This dish was good, but it didn't really wow me like the other dishes.