Gal's Sushi

August 27, 2017

My friends like the cheap and plentiful portions at Gal's Sushi, so they tend to come here when they want sushi or Korean in Markham for dinner. 

 Chapchae, miso soup, potatoes and salad

All pretty decent. 

Chicken Katsu Donburi

I wasn't really feeling sushi or Korean food, so I chose something in between - chicken cutlet rice! The donburi was okay; the cutlet was crispy on the outside and pretty sizable for $15. 

December 23, 2012

Gal's Sushi is a Korean and Japanese restaurant located at Warden and Highway 7.

Salad and miso soup to start off our lunch specials

Sashimi, sushi and rolls Box
The sashimi was nice - I forgot that sushi rolls are usually made with wasabi between the raw fish/shrimp and the rice underneath (not exactly a pleasant surprise). They had a fried yam roll, spicy salmon roll (which was quite spicy) and California roll. After eating all the rice from the rolls and the sushi, I was a little puzzled about the rice in the corner of my bento box. On the other hand, I really liked the chapchae noodles even if they were cold.

Tempura Chicken Box
The sauce of the terriyaki chicken was really sweet - I wasn't a big fan of that. The tempura was crispy and the potatoes marinated in sweet sauce were quite yummy.

Salmon Bulgogi Box
They served quite a bit of grilled salmon and it was drenched in terriyaki sauce.
I really liked their bulgogi, despite not having a lot of sauce, it was still very flavourful and it tasted good with the rice.

Salmon roll

Sul Nong Tang
Sliced beef in beef bone broth
The broth was interesting - it was rather heavy on the garlic and had a grainy texture (possibly from the bone marrow). The beef was well-done in the soup.

Overall: I think they do Korean food better than they do Japanese. I found the prices were reasonable and the service was fast.

Website: http://www.galsushi.com/index.php

iHalo Krunch

Today is an Ice Cream Crawl day! After hitting up Bang Bang, we headed east towards iHalo Krunch for the Instagram-able Charcoal and Ube Ice cream. 

Also a lineup...

There was a perfectly painted black and white wall next to iHalo Krunch - clearly a place for tons of people to Instagram. It is pretty picture perfect though: 

Charcoal and Ube soft service ice cream

I'm not too sure what I kind of flavour I was going to get from the charcoal ice cream, but it wasn't really strong or charcoal-like. It was a kind of subtle coconut flavour. Actually I thought I got more flavour from the ube than the charcoal. The ube was rather light as well - it looked really nice, but I'm not too sure I'd pay that much for the soft-serve again. I'd rather get the ube ice cream at Bang Bang.

Website: https://ihalo-krunch.business.site 

Bang Bang Ice Cream

This is one of the go-to ice cream and bakery stores in Toronto. It's super popular (as evidenced by the long lineups outside on Ossington). 

The menu and counter

Everything Cookie

Chocolate, pretzel, oatmeal and peanut butter - yum! 

Their super popular Totaro ice cream (ube flavour) and lychee raspberry in a Hong Kong Egg Waffle cone. 

The Totaro ice cream was delicious! It had great ube flavour and it was this gorgeous purple colour! The lychee raspberry was really nice too, but I liked the stronger ube flavour more. The egg waffle was good, but it was a tad overdone and on the crispier side (I like my egg waffles fluffy and light with a little bit of a crispy crunch rather than all crunch). 

Website: http://bangbangicecream.ca

Scaccia

A newly opened Italian place at Manulife Centre! 

Chicken pasta with rose sauce $12.50

The pastas seemed pretty reasonably priced and they let me put as much Parmesan cheese as I wanted on top of the pasta! The pasta was pretty good; the rose sauce was tasty and the pasta was al dente, but there weren't a lot of pieces of chicken. 

Website: http://scaccia.ca

Le Chien Noir Bistro - Kingston (ON)

Croque Madame $14

I haven't had a croque madame in a very long time! The white bechamel sauce and fried egg were on top of an open faced ham and cheese sandwich. The sandwich was a little heavy, but the acidic balsamic greens were a nice compliment. 

Website: http://www.lechiennoir.com

DeColores Burrito Joint (Midway Airport) - Chicago

 Breakfast/Brunch on our way home! 

 

Steak & Egg Burrito $9.99

Really good breakfast burrito! There were lots of strips of steak and there was a lot of cheese and egg. The salsa was also really nice. It also came with chips and guacamole!

The chips and guac were the perfect balance of salty and savoury together. 

Website: http://www.decolor.us