Arctic Bites

Taro with a Twist - Taro coconut ice cream with lychee jelly and condensed milk

It looks really cool, but it was overpowered by the lychee jelly.

Thai Me Up - Thai Milk Tea ice cream with Hello Pandas

The Thai milk ice cream had a much stronger flavour and it was a lot better. 

Overall: Rolled ice cream looks really cool, but I prefer the normal ice cream or gelato. 

Website: http://arcticbites.com/

Silk Road Kabob House

Spring Cherry Blossoms in Toronto

Silk Road Kabob House recently opened and it's been making the area on Bay street between College and Gerrard smell amazing.

Barg-Kofta Combo plate $14

The food is also REALLY good - exactly what you would expect from the smell: spices and grilled meats. The prices are a little expensive but the portion size makes up for it. It's definitely worth multiple visits (which explains the lineups here). 

Website: http://www.silkroadkh.com/

Deer Garden

Good Hong Kong Milk Tea

Choose your soup base, type of noodles and two toppings - they're known for their fish soup

Tomato & pumpkin soup, pork and fish filet up top. Original fish broth and two types of beef at the bottom.

The tomato and pumpkin soup was pretty good. I would definitely try another base next time. It's a little expensive for a noodle soup though for $13.50.

Website: http://deergarden.ca/signature.html

Beiruti Grand Cafe

Update: Restaurant has closed. 

May 12, 2018

Beiruti burger and kobideh with fries

Baklava mix

February 24, 2018

 
Fattoush Salad
The salad was okay, I like Paramount's Fattoush salad more. 

Beiruti Burger with fries, coleslaw, tomato and mayo

Inside the burger is kefta meat, tomato, lettuce and onions with mayonaise. 

Chicken Shawarma wrap and fries

Fish and Chips

Big piece of fried fish and fries.

Pistachio mousse cake

Really pretty colour and light airy mousse, however, there wasn't a lot of pistachio flavour. 

September 9, 2017

The pictures on the Beiruti Cafe website looked really amazing, so I decided to try it out.

 Loved the display! You could see all these delicious desserts and sandwiches. 

Tea! 

Kefta sandwich and chicken shawarma platter

The food was beautifully presented and good, but I felt like the portion sizes were a little tiny compared to other Middle Eastern restaurants/takeout places. This place is definitely more upscale. 

Hazelnut Gelato 

They were offering a gelato promotion  - 1 scoop for $2 and the hazelnut gelato was pretty good.

Website: http://beiruti.ca

Carousel Candy Taffy - Monterey

Finally got around to eating my souvenirs from California!

Salt water taffy was $10.50/lb

I bought about $4 worth

Some flavours: caramel, mango, watermelon, strawberry

The taffy was really good - I actually wish I bought more. It wasn't too sweet and the flavours really stood out. 

Website: https://www.montereywharf.com/shopping/carousel-candies.html

Sotto Mare Oysteria & Seafood - SF

SF from Sausalito

Back in SF

 

 

Oysters

I can't help but notice how many oysters I eat in SF every time I visit - I wonder if that says something about me or if it says something about the city. 

Crab Cioppino

It's like a hearty stew of crab, shrimp, clams and other assorted seafood in this amazing tomato broth. 

It's definitely something you have to share with someone. Highly recommended!

Website: https://www.sottomaresf.com/