West Street Cuisine

Aug 31, 2020

It looks like they stopped running the promotion with the rice noodles and congee combo.

Fresh rice noodles with youtiao and fresh shrimp rice noodles with salted egg and pork congee and beef congee

The portion sizes are still decent and the fresh rice noodles are delicious when eaten immediately. The takeout version is still pretty good (but not as amazing as when you eat them fresh when they make them). The noodles do get a little stickier after they sit for a bit, but they still taste yummy with their soy sauce, hoisin sauce or peanut sauce. I really like the congee at West Street cuisine - so this is our go-to spot when we want congee. 

Feb 1, 2019

Before 11am on Mondays - Fridays, both of these shops have a promotion on their rice noodles and congee combinations.

Salted Egg and pork congee and barbecue pork rice noodle

The congee was really good and a pretty sizable portion. The rice noodle was made fresh and it was super tasty with soy sauce. 

Scotty Bons Caribbean Grill

As we were waiting for our food at Burrito Boyz next door, we noticed a lot of people going into Scotty Bons. So we decided to try a sandwich to see what the lineups were about. 

Jerk Chicken Panini $5.65

Really yummy white chicken meat that was seasoned with a good jerk spice dry rub. It was quite spicy with all the ingredients - I liked that they had a lime sauce (which was a different from other places) and I thought it would help balance it out (but it was still pretty spicy overall). 

Website: https://www.scottybonsgrill.com/

Snacks & Food @ C&C Supermarket

Aug 25, 2020

The Cherry Blossom flavour Lan Fong Yuen milk tea was on sale a few weeks ago at C&C, but I didn't find it until much later at another Chinese grocery store. 

 

Sakura Flavour

The drink was kind of flowery, but it wasn't immediate when you smelled it. The milk tea was smooth and super sweet - it was really sugary (I probably wouldn't get it again unless they make a no-sugar version). 

August 18, 2020

Near the end of the day, the sushi at C&C Supermarket goes on sale. I managed to pick up a black dragon roll for $3.99:

Pretty good for the price since it had lots of eel with a yummy sauce and the roll had fake crab, fried shrimp and a lot of avocado. 

Also picked up some fried sesame balls with red bean (which were okay, but they lost their shape and were a little dry), youtiao (which were pretty good despite it being part of their end of day sale), spring rolls (skip that - they weren't very good) and Shanghai noodles with vegetable and meat (not that great since the flavour wasn't very strong). 

August 5, 2020

After watching a ton of historical Chinese dramas, I've really wanted to try their pretty flower cake snacks. Luckily C&C Supermarket was having a sale on their Osmanthus and Taro rice cake snacks for $1.68 per box - so I thought this would be a good opportunity. 

Osmanthus flavour and Taro Flavour (and what it actually looks like)

This is definitely a case of buyer beware - the pictures were definitely different from the actual rice powder cakes inside. It was super powdery, not pleasant tasting and had a weird grainy texture. The osmanthus had a flowery perfume flavour and the taro had a weird lingering after taste - definitely skip this (it was terrible). 

We also saw this on sale from the famous Lan Fong Yuen Milk tea place in Hong Kong

$1.99 for a cup of their Hong Kong style milk tea

The milk tea was really sweet but very smooth and it worked out to about 2 cups worth when reheated with more water to dilute the sweetness. It has the classic Lan Fong Yuen super silky texture and excellent flavour. There was also the silk milk tea flavour (which was also really smooth and very sweet). 

July 15, 2020

I was wandering around C&C Supermarket when I saw this on sale for $3.99: 

Snack size baumkuchen! 

The Marukin baumkuchen cakes were pretty good! They were sweet, buttery and still a bit moist with the baumkuchen layers like circular tree rings.The layers kept their shape as opposed to other pre-packaged baumkuchen which is usually just pound cake. I was pretty happy with this snack from Japan at the supermarket!

Burrito Boyz

August 25, 2020 - 789 Warden Ave

Skip the Dishes gave me a $10 coupon code, so I used it towards a pick up order for Burritos! (it worked out to pretty much BOGO)

 

Massive Small Chicken Burrito $10.47 with white tortilla, beans, cheese, rice, lettuce, coleslaw, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, corn, salsa, burrito sauce and a little spice

The chicken burrito was really good - super tasty and toasted so well. Delicious!

The store also gave me free chips and salsa (which were delicious!)

Small Steak burrito $10.77 with whole wheat tortilla, beans, cheese, rice, lettuce, coleslaw, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, corn, cilantro and chipotle salsa

The chipotle salsa added good heat, but it was spicy! The burrito was pretty yummy with all the ingredients stuffed inside and toasted outside.  

October 3, 2018 - 74 Dundas St. E

Massive "small burrito"

Beef

There was a super long lineup, but the wait was worth it. 

The burrito was packed with tons of beef and all the toppings I wanted. Then it was all grilled together to make all the ingredients warm and melt the cheese. 

For other burrito posts, see here: https://peachgirlblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/burrito-bandidos-vs-chipotle.html

Website: https://www.burritoboyz.ca/

Bakery Nakamura

 J-Town is a great place for all sorts of Japanese treats and Bakery Nakamura is located in a prime spot right inside the tiny indoor mall. 

Mango Coconut Cake

Nice light cake with fresh mango chunks on top and coconut cake. 

Keropi Melon Bun

Really cute! Not a lot of melon flavour though, but quite nice and fluffy inside. 

Website: http://bakerynakamura.com/

Snacks @ T&T Supermarket

August 21, 2020 @ 9255 Woodbine Ave, Markham 

In my search for 'Chinese drama cakes' (aka the desserts the actors eat in the historical Chinese dramas I've been watching lately), I found these frozen mung bean cakes with red bean inside at T&T and thought these might be good. 

Around $10-$15 for the box

Wow, I did not expect them to be so tiny and with one red bean inside. The mung bean cake was okay (if a little grainy and powdery), but overall this was super disappointing compared to the advertised picture on the box.