Andros Taverna, Greek restaurant, 2029 Yonge Street
I know I haven't had time to blog at all with the full time job this past, what 6 or 8 months, but I had to make a quick post about this restaurant. With a lot of little choices - you know when you've exhausted all your work lunch take-out options - one gets excited about a new place. Well, in our case, we had dropped by Mesogio a few times and found it to be both delicious and of good value. We've tried the chicken breast salad, and trio of dips lunch special (I think it was $8.95) and had a tender 4 or 5 oz of meat on a fresh salad of crisp greens with a generous sprinkling of feta. Well, that was then.
The place is under new management now, along with being renamed and although we were promised the same menu, the quality of the food has suffered greatly. Although the price has dropped to $7.50 (pre-tax), they gave a measly amount of lettuce much like a handful of after thought for the chicken salad; although no real complaints about the chicken itself and a thumbs up for decent quality olive oil. However, the accompanying pita was burnt and the pork souvlaki "tasted funny" and was tossed out, unable to be finished.
What a disappointment - looks like Sobey's Urban Fresh around the corner is even a better bet for a Greek salad (under $4) and you can get a nice piece of panko-crusted breast at the deli, charged by weight.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
TOMI-KRO Restaurant
After sunset, with candlelight casting interesting shadows in a monochromatic room, and the deep bass of a house dance track playing, Leslieville's TOMI-KRO certainly feels more like a lounge than a resto. Add to the mix arty-looking servers table hopping, and it feels like a night out even though we're here to eat.Read the rest of my review.
Asian Legend
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Witches' Table
Previously "Soban" (which is what my receipt print out said), now "Witches' Table" (the name itself says so much more clearly my attempt to evoke it's K-popness) - this is why I'd recommend against eating the Korean dishes - but look at this picture - one of the tastiest, plumpest, and most colourful spicy salmon rolls EVER.
My full review.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Lady & Son Butchery
I had a great time interviewing the "lady" of Lady and Son Butchery. Here's the shop profile. MMMMM meat
Lean Cuisine Grilled Panini
What I'm loving now...
Working full time really does kill my desire to cook let alone slap a sandwich together, so with lunch I've turned to eating frozen food. For about a month with Michelina's on sale for $.99 I've been eating a mix of their regular and lite meals. From that I realized that when they take out the fat, they pump up the sodium and sugar content so with no fiber and minimal protein, I was always hungry. Also a steal were the No Name pasta meals (for $.95) I grabbed from No Frills which were a bit bigger in portion size and just as low in fat & calories but also high in sodium, but they went back up in price.
Now I've gotten into Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Grilled Panini. Although I can't stand the commercials, after reading a lot of good press in American Diet & Fitness mags (especially that fun book "Eat This, Not That" - yeesh no wonder I was never able to eat a whole Chipotle Grill burrito at +1000 cal), I decided to try them.
For how low in calories, they are suprisingly filling and really yummy. The whole toasty bread thing doesn't quite work, but it's pretty damn good for microwave food. I didn't like the one philly cheese steak I tried from the Bistro line and prefer the Lean version; seems like whatever they use to make the sauce creamy and cut out the fat also helps it stay together and not ooze out in a mess.
So far I totally dig the chicken, mushroom & spinach.
Below is nutritional info from the American website as well as a photo:
Fat - 7g
Calories - 320
Vitamin A - 8%DV
Calcium - 25%DV
Vitamin C - 10%DV
Dietary Fiber - 20%DV
Looks like the Canadian version is only 270 calories ... hmmm...
Working full time really does kill my desire to cook let alone slap a sandwich together, so with lunch I've turned to eating frozen food. For about a month with Michelina's on sale for $.99 I've been eating a mix of their regular and lite meals. From that I realized that when they take out the fat, they pump up the sodium and sugar content so with no fiber and minimal protein, I was always hungry. Also a steal were the No Name pasta meals (for $.95) I grabbed from No Frills which were a bit bigger in portion size and just as low in fat & calories but also high in sodium, but they went back up in price.
Now I've gotten into Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Grilled Panini. Although I can't stand the commercials, after reading a lot of good press in American Diet & Fitness mags (especially that fun book "Eat This, Not That" - yeesh no wonder I was never able to eat a whole Chipotle Grill burrito at +1000 cal), I decided to try them.
For how low in calories, they are suprisingly filling and really yummy. The whole toasty bread thing doesn't quite work, but it's pretty damn good for microwave food. I didn't like the one philly cheese steak I tried from the Bistro line and prefer the Lean version; seems like whatever they use to make the sauce creamy and cut out the fat also helps it stay together and not ooze out in a mess.
So far I totally dig the chicken, mushroom & spinach.
Below is nutritional info from the American website as well as a photo:
Fat - 7g
Calories - 320
Vitamin A - 8%DV
Calcium - 25%DV
Vitamin C - 10%DV
Dietary Fiber - 20%DV
Looks like the Canadian version is only 270 calories ... hmmm...
Dynasty Chinese Cuisine (Dim Sum)
After Tim email that my review was up, he mentioned that I'd make a couple of typos & posting errors which he fixed. Then I noticed that the pictures were all wrong! oh well (here's the missing pic) ...
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