Kamasutra

Hello hello! For today's blog, I will be reviewing an Indian restaurant and wine bar called Kamasutra. The restaurant is located along Bayview Avenue, south of Eglinton. I actually ate at Kamasutra 2 days ago, but I got a bit too indulged in my studying to post the blog, so sorry :(. C and I had planned dinner together after he got off work that night, but I actually had no idea where we were going because he wanted to 'surprise' me. When we arrived at Kamasutra, I was really excited to try it out because I had told him a couple days ago that I was craving Indian food! One of C's friends had told him about this place and apparently he had wanted to google it, but didn't want any provocative images to pop up on his laptop (kamasutra...karmasutra..).

kamasutra; image taken from Google

When I entered the restaurant, I was slightly stunned by the decor inside. To your right, you see a dimly lit bar with a large, wooden shelf and a huge sign with the name of the restaurant. To the left were the seating arrangements consisting of dark wooden tables draped in white tablecloths, and matching dark-wood seats. My favourite part of the restaurant's decor were the big fabric drapes that were looped in between the black-painted and inconspicuous air ventilation tubes on the ceiling (talk about double functioning!).The set-up, lighting, and wine-red color theme, gave off a very cozy, yet sophisticated feel.

We were offered a bound menu that had all the food choices placed behind a plastic cover, as if you were looking into a photo frame. The menu was divided into a bunch of subsections in which different dishes were placed according to some system. There were also mini chilli symbols ranging from 1-5 to indicate the level of spiciness. For dinner that night, we ordered 4 dishes.

Complimentary garlic-butter naan
As the title says, this was the complimentary naan given to us for the night (yay!). Since we ordered two types of naan for the night (we ordered a plain one and the garlic-butter one), I think I'll review both of them here. For starters, naan is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread. It is created in a tandoor, which is basically a large and heated contraption that resembles a metal well. The naan dough is smacked onto the side of the 'well', where it is cooked under extreme heat. Though I've eaten better naan before, the one from Kamasutra wasn't bad at all. The naan had a crispy exterior, and a very doughy interior. At times it could be a little too doughy, but considering that I am a fan of doughy foods, I didn't mind (C on the other hand prefers his naan slightly crispier). Though both naan had the same crispy-doughy texture, the tastes did differ. The garlic-butter naan was certainly  more savoury and had a herby taste to it, whereas the regular naan didn't really have any flavour at all.               
Onion Bhaji ($5.95)
This was the appetizer (or sampray-yogika as they called it) that C ordered. They were sliced onion rings that were covered in a batter comprised of Indian herbs and spices. The dish was accompanied with tamarind chutney, as well as freshly sliced ornamental carrot strings. The onions in the rings were thickly sliced, and had a natural sweet taste to them, whereas the batter was very crispy yet doughy, simultaneously. The tamarind chutney that accompanied the rings was basically a slightly viscous and lumpy deep brown sauce that had a sweet and ' Indian spice' taste to it. The onion rings  by themselves were yummy, but were not spectacular, even if the batter had Indian herbs and spices inside. But, combined with the tamarind chutney, the rings had an overall unique taste.



Butter Chicken ($12.95+$3.00) 
Since this was our first time eating here, C and I both wanted to try their butter chicken curry, a dish that we are both familiar with and enjoy eating. The curry itself cost $12.95, but with the addition of three more dollars, the curry was made into a 'dinner', and was served with a bowl of basmati rice and your choice of any naan bread from the menu. Seeing that we had to order naan bread anyway, C paid the extra cost.The sauce of the butter chicken had a tangier taste than others that I have tried before, thus making it also slightly sweeter. Though the picture may lead you to speculate otherwise, the sauce was actually quite viscous and stuck nicely onto the naan bread. The chicken in the curry were not sliced or bite-size, but rather they were large chunks that both C and I had to individually scoop onto our plates and slice to eat since it didn't fit on the naan bread. Though the chicken pieces were indeed tender, I felt they leaned ever so slightly on the dry side, leaving my mouth with a grainy and stringy feel. Since C and I wanted our dish to be spicier, we asked the waiter for some chilies. Instead, he gave us a red, oily sauce that was apparently spiced chili extract. The heat of the chili extract was accumulative and gave our mouths a slight burning sensation the more we ate it. The extract also gave the curry a sweeter taste, which both C and I feel, improved the dish. Overall, though the dish was delicious and could easily beat other restaurants, it itself can also be beaten.

                                                                Saag with Tender Lamb ($13.95+$3.00)
Just like the butter chicken, we were given the option to upgrade the dish into a dinner with the addition of three dollars. The dish, though, differed from the butter chicken in the fact that you had an option on which type of meat/fish you wanted to add inside. The selections were chicken, lamb, king prawns, fish, and veal. Since we already had a chicken dish and I wasn't feeling for any seafood, we settled on ordering the lamb. The base of the dish was a very rich and creamy  dark-green spinach sauce that was sauteed with garlic and green chilies. I have eaten saag before in other restaurants and usually they are quite stringy due to the spinach, but at Kamasutra, the sauce was more like a homogenous lumpy and thick mixture, which made it easier (and more elegant) to eat in my opinion. The saag had a very nice savoury and creamy taste that really suited the basmati rice that was served with the meal. The lamb, like the butter chicken dish, was served in chunks, though slightly smaller. The texture of the lamb was very tender and required little effort to chew. It harbored the distinctive sweet aftertaste that was nothing short of perfect. This was my favourite dish of the night and the quality of the ingredients used were extremely apparent.
Ras Malai ($4.95)
This was the dessert dish that C and I ordered at the end of the meal. It was basically cream cheese flatcakes that were soaked (literally) in a sweet milk syrup and garnished with mini pistachio crumbs. The 'flatcakes' as they called it, were not flat and were actually quite thick and heavy. I wasn't very fond of the dish and the reasoning behind that wasn't because the taste was bad, but rather the texture of the dish was what turned me off. The milky syrup that the cakes were dunked in actually tasted quite nice and it was very light and cool, and had a very nice creamy taste. The round 'flatcakes', on the other hand, possessed an odd moist and spongy texture that somewhat stuck to my mouth, but at the same time, managed to leave my mouth with a grainy feel. I did suspect that the grainy feel could be a result of the pistachio crumbs, but after eating more of the dessert, I decided that there just wasn't enough little crumbs to create such a substantial grainy texture. I've never eaten this particular type of dessert before so it's hard for me to determine whether the texture was due to an incorrect cooking procedure, or if the dish is just supposed to feel that way. Regardless, it was indeed a very odd combination....

the basmati rice that came with the dinner. it had the dry texture that you expect from basmati (VERY different from chinese rice). i assume that the chefs used a stone-pot because of the random pieces of crispy and golden brown rice. the crispy rice grains created a great contrast in texture when you added curry to it. was very nice.

our dishes

while trying to take a picture of the bar from our seats, C decided to strike a pose...

another pose...of him facing a wall

    conclusively.  .   . .. .

food: 8/10
atmosphere: 8.5/10
service: 8.5/10 (very kind waiter, was very nice)
portion: moderate, filling
 price: slightly pricey (<$20/dish)

happy eating!

xoxo,

-A

   

Johnny's Hamburgers

Now that the majority of my exams are complete, I'm pleased to be able to update this blog more often with recent food ventures. 

The place I'll be reviewing about today is called Johnny's Hamburgers. Located at the intersection of Victoria Park and Sheppard, this humble burger shop is hard to miss. It's covered in bright orange paint, and has an equally bright orange sign that lights up at night. The whole store is surrounded by nothing but flat and seemingly barren land all waiting to be leased, so it really sticks out like an orange, sore thumb. Since I live relatively close to the area, I happen to pass by the place quite often and would always wonder how it could still possibly be open seeing that all the other stores around it were closed. After eating one of their burgers though, my recurring question was answered. 

C and I had spent the day downtown at Robart's studying for exams...well actually it was just me studying for exams, he was mostly on his mac reading Reddit/Imgur (I think) and keeping me company (♥). Anyhow, when it came to eating time, C knew exactly what he wanted; a Johnny's burger. Apparently he had been craving it ever since he passed by the place on his way home from work, so up we went to go satisfy his burger craving.

Turning into the large cement parking lot, I was shocked to see how many people were inside. There isn't any real sitting areas in the store, only one long wooden bench located along the window pane. The moment you walk in, you are embraced with the deep scent of delicious burgers being fried over charcoal, and a slight feeling of nostalgia. It felt as if you walked into a time portal and walked out into an old-school fast-food burger shop. The menu is located over the counter, and has the same set-up as a fast-food joint, except Johnny's had less pretty pictures to look at. All the staff wore the same uniform; orange polo, royal blue apron, and a white diner hat. I actually found this quite endearing, especially the man who greeted us. He had a husky aura that you'd stereotypically expect of a burger chef.

MOVING ON...I apologize for going off onto tangents! Both C and I wanted something light to eat so we only ordered one cheeseburger and onion rings. The burgers were grilled right in front of us on a simple charcoal grill. Since the place was busy, C and i waited about 10-15minutes before our order was called out. Located on the left side of the restaurant were a couple of bowls that contained condiments and additional burger-luxuries such as tomatoes, chopped onions, pickles, red/yellow peppers... you know, the works. C and I asked the chef to put all of the luxuries (I'm not sure why I call them luxuries...) in, except for the red/yellow peppers, and added both mustard and ketchup. After receiving our meal in a brown paper bag, both C and I walked out to his car, where we sat and ate (hahah I realize how lonely that sounds...but it was fun, really!) 

 Cheeseburger ($TBD..i forgot囧)
This burger was one of the best I've ever eaten...and I'm a really, really, really picky burger-eater. The patty was, to me, the perfect thickness. The meat wasn't at all chewy (like some patties are, particularly 'juicy' ones), and it possessed a very rich and savoury flavor that just kept my taste-buds craving for more. The bun was a little ordinary and had a slight undesirable 'crust-on-sliced-bread' taste, but that's no fault of the restaurant's cooking, but rather their bun-purchasing abilities. Besides the 'dry taste', the bun was what you'd expect for a burger; crispy on the outside, and soft and warm on the inside. Though delicious, the burger was quite difficult to eat since it was slightly too big for our mouths (or at least mine..). Juices were dripping and all the contents were slipping out. But really, there was no one to blame but ourselves for the mess since it was probably the result of our greed to add (almost) all the vegetables offered.Unfortunately,we also ran into the common burger predicament where the bun to patty ratio gets mixed up somewhere along the way and you end up with more bread than patty at the end of the meal (or vice-versa). 
Onion Rings ($2.10)
The onion rings offered at Johnny's were quite scrumptious. Though the rings were served with a heaping helping of hot and rich gravy, the onion rings still managed to maintain their crunch. The onion inside was very sweet, soft, and most importantly, thick, allowing you to actually taste it. None of that burnt and thin crispy-onion business here.The batter of the rings had a slight salty-seasoning. Together with the gravy I found it slightly too salty, but nevertheless very good. I'm even starting to crave for them as I write out this blog... 


Conclusively.  .  . ...

food: 9/10
atmosphere: 7.5/10
service: 9/10 
portion: moderate, a little on the small side
 price: reasonable (<$10)

happy eating!

xoxo,

-A

KOS Restaurant

hello hello! my sincere apologies for the lag in food postings...but on a brighter note, I've now completed the majority of my exams and only have one left! woot!


so for my new food venture! last week both C and I had appointments downtown, and with things just being so wonderfully coincidental, both our appointments ended at the same time and we were only 10 minutes away from each other. since we hadn't seen each other for awhile, we decided to go grab brunch in kensington market at a place he had recently read a good review on.


i rarely visit kensington market, but for all the times that i have, i can't help but feel that the vibrant district is like a little hidden gem. nestled in downtown toronto, it is bordered between college, bathurst, dundas and spadina street. though it's inbetween four major streets, once you enter kensington, it feels as if all the traffic noises dissipate, and you are suddenly embraced by soft murmurs and shoes clicking down the cement pathways. the market is filled with a mixture of food stores, bakeries, spice and dry goods, cheese shops, and many little stores that sell a variety of new and used clothing and accessories, so it really is a must-go place if you are visiting toronto, or even live in toronto :)


but i digress...

KOS is a corner-restaurant located at bellevue ave. the exterior looks very plain and not very aesthetically pleasing, and since their signs are not very large or catching, C and i actually missed it when we were walking (careful!). entering from a side-doorway, we were greeted by a waitress (i didn't catch her name) who told us we were able to sit anywhere we wanted. the restaurant was actually very spacious, with two separate dining areas, as well as an outdoor patio. the furniture was very simple; dark wood tables with matching dark wood seats or wine-red diner-styled booth seats. C and i opted for a seat beside the window facing the outdoor patio, mostly because i wanted to sit in the booth seat haha.
we were offered two menus; one laminated and one in a bound book (many places seem to do this, don't they?). the laminated one served the daily specials, whereas the book contained all the food options you could choose, whether they be dinner, lunch or breakfast.

Spinach Cheese Omelette ($7.95)
this was C's order, a large omelette stuffed with creamy feta cheese and soft spinach. the dish was served with four slices of buttered toast (whole-wheat or white, dependent on what you prefer), a medley of  cool and crisp fruits, and what seemed to be a bunch of fried cubed potatoes. C found that, though the omelette did taste delicious, the feta cheese was too overwhelming and the texture of the egg and cheese weren't as complimentary as they could've been if mozarella or cheddar cheese had been used.



Blueberry Pancakes ($6.95)
seeing that i promised C that we'd eat pancakes since february, i felt that it was time that the promise was to be fulfilled. the menu offered the classic pancake, and you were given options on different fruits in which you could add into the batter. C and i opted for blueberries, since we both enjoy blueberries (especially in muffins ^u^). the dish came with 3 moderately sized and golden-brown pancakes, all sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. the pancakes weren't very thick, but the width didn't in any way affect the immense flavor or compromise on the ideal fluffiness that people expect from pancakes. the blueberries were not pureed (as i predicted them to be) but rather they were tossed into the batter as a whole. this was a great addition because whenever you bit into a pancake piece that contained a blueberry, the sweet fruit would literally explode with juice. the batter of the pancake itself possessed a subtle and creamy sweetness that seemed to float in your mouth. a thin crispy layer was on the outer surface of the pancake and gave you a bit of a crunch. the slight crispness and interior fluffiness combined to  create a wonderful contrast in texture.

Egg Salmonnie ($7.95)
this was my order from KOS, since i was craving smoked salmon and something relatively healthy. seeing that the large portion of the meal was poached eggs, i opted on this since there's no oil or fat in the preparation of poached eggs,only water. the dish was comprised of 3 poached eggs ontop of a bed of 2 large whole-wheat english muffins, slightly sauteed spinach and smoked salmon, all covered in a creamy opaque sauce. the eggs were accompanied with a small portion of sweet and fresh fruits, as well as some cubed potatoes. the sauce used was called Hollandaise sauce, which is basically an emulsion of egg yolk and butter, and is considered notoriously difficult to make (since egg yolks tend to scramble with the application of heat). i was extremely satisfied with the result of their sauce since it didn't have any signs of separation at all, and the texture was wonderfully creamy and had a slight tangy taste. the eggs were slightly inconsistent, since one of them didn't have the yolky interior (a sign of a well-done poached egg), but nevertheless, the flavor and silky texture of the eggs were great. the smoked salmon served with this dish was cold-smoked since the texture was rather delicate and not flaky, and though the taste wasn't as smokey as i would have preferred, it still possessed that 'oaky' taste. the only complaint i'd have of this meal is that the juices from the fruit leaked out and made my potatoes all soggy.

a close-up of the egg salmonnie

C's special pancake for me;
a blueberry pancake slice soaked in
maple syrup with a huge chunk of butter

    
     conclusively.  .      . .. 
food: 8/10
atmosphere: 7/10
service: 7/10 
portion: moderate
 price: reasonable (<$10)


happy eating!


xoxo,
-A

Pastel: crêperie&dessert house

hello hello! its been a while since i've last posted a blog, which truly saddens me because i really do wish to update this as often as possible :(

anyhow, after completing our study quotas today at Robart's, S (new food buddy!) and i met up with C and we went to eat a simple dinner. with time to spare and craving something sweet, we decided that we'd try a new crêpe place that opened up in north york recently. for people unfamiliar with the dessert, a crêpe is a very thin type of pancake orginating from france that is comprised of flour, eggs, milk, butter and a bit of salt. crêpes come with a variety of textures as well as a relatively neutral taste, making them a very flexible dessert to eat. depending on their egg to flour ratio, a crêpe can be either pliable and slightly crispy, or pancake-like. in this sense, a crêperie can be of 2 settings;  a take-away restaurant that serves crêpes as a sort of 'fast-food' delicacy, or a formal sit-down café.

located along yonge  and close to finch, the dessert house has a very simple exterior design consisting of sage green neon lighting and a honey-oak-on-maple wood backdrop, and pops out quite distinctively from the surrounding dull-silver stores. the interior is also designed and furnished quite aesthetically, with its high ceilings, honey-oak-on-maple wood cupboards and tables, as well as stark white walls and seats. pastel's simplistic yet cozy approach on design makes it a versatile setting to be either a comfortable place to simply sit around and chat over a warm beverage, or a suitable romantic after-dinner destination for lovers on a date.

there were two menus present, the laminated one and one in a cover-bound book. i didn't really bother looking into the pretty book, considering that the simple laminated one provided me all the choices of food i wanted to eat.

pastel offers 2 types of crêpes; savoury and sweet. you also have the option of switching the sweet crêpe with a fluffy waffle, if you are willing to pay the additional minimal cost of $1. considering we were here after eating dinner, we opted on  2 types of sweet crêpes:

Brownie Crêpe ($7.59)

C and i shared this crêpe, and ordered it mostly because i was secretly craving soft and doughy brownies all day. the dessert consisted of a large crêpe filled with whipped cream, banana slices, and mini brownie chunks. two moderately-sized scoops of cookies n' cream icecream and a swirl of whip cream accompanied the crepe, and the whole dish was sprinkled with confectioner's sugar and warm chocolate drizzle. the humble-sized crêpe arrived warm and actually quite filled, showing that the owners didn't skimp out on giving their customers what they pay for. both the cookies n' creme ice-cream and whipped cream were quite standard and clearly grocery-store quality, but nevertheless good. though it was satisfying, i personally found the crêpe a little too leathery for my liking. the reason behind the leathery-texture could possibly be due to either over-mixing the batter, or not giving the batter sufficient time to settle in the refrigerator (the common time ranging from a minimum of 2hours to 2days).

Nut Crêpe ($8.59)

this second crêpe was ordered by S, since she just had to satisfy her chocolate craving. this crêpe was comprised of a thick layer of rich hazelnut nutella-spread smeared inside the crêpe, along with whipped cream, and chopped walnuts. accompanying the crêpe were 2 (yet again) moderately sized scoops of what tasted to be cappuccino flavor ice-cream, and a singular swirl of cool whipped cream. the cappuccino ice-cream was a great addition, and tasted better than many places i've tried it before. though it was still store-bought quality, the cool taste of it was rich and invigorating and had the perfect fusion of creaminess and caffeine. the crêpe was also covered in confectioner's sugar and warm chocolate drizzle. though i admit that i only tried the ice-cream and not the crêpe combination myself, from S's reaction (aka her fast eating, satisfied nods, etc..) i have reason to safely conclude that the nut crêpe was a success!

additional photos for your aedificare...

when C went to the washroom, i asked him if he could take a photo of it for me to see how it looked. he came back with this.

 conclusively .. . .  .   .
food: 8/10
atmosphere: 8/10
service: 10/10 (the staff were incredibly kind and attentive, as well as impressively clean utensils)
portion: moderate
 price: reasonable (<$10)


go check out pastel: crêperie& dessert house :)
happy eating!


xoxo
-A

北の家: Guu Izakaya

 this is my first food blog, and i must admit, im a tad bit excited to share my food adventure with you! first on the list is Guu Izakaya, a japanese franchise restaurant from vancouver. Guu has been publicized so much recently so yesterday,  C and i went to Guu to check what all the hype was about. we arrived there at 5:30pm, 30 minutes after opening. usually i eat dinner in the 6-9pm range, but we went early to avoid the huge lineup that forms after 6pm.

the moment we entered the restaurant, we were loudly greeted by all the staff yelling some phrase in japanese. i'm not exactly sure what it was, but i think it was irashaimase, which means welcome to the store. we were greeted by a hostess named Galaxy, who wrote down how many seats we wanted and the name of C. the wait was about 20 mins until lovely Galaxy returned to seat us.

the gigantic wooden door of guu! it made me feel as if i was entering a badass japanese bar

walking through the gigantic door, you feel as if you've entered a little secret world where everyone is always smiling and you cant help but feel super loved because of the (very) loud greets from the friendly staff. the layout of the place was quite tight, and the wooden tables resembled the picnic ones you see in the park. C and i were seated by the bar, which was basically a wrap-around table surrounding the open-concept stainless steel kitchen. i actually wanted to be seated by the window at my own table but being at the bar was actually better, because we got to see how the chefs made the food, which they hand-delivered to us (^0^). there were only 2 bad things about being situated at the bar. first was that the chairs were nailed to the floor, so if i had to go to the washroom,  C had to slide out of his seat so i could leave. second, since the chefs have the most amazing and enthusiastic lung power i have ever been exposed to in a restaurant, i felt as if my eardrums were being abused every time customers walked in.

the restaurant offered us two menus, one paper and one laminated, and both were overwhelming  to see because they were plastered with huge, 'brush-stroke' japanese writing. after much observation and scrutiny, C and i decided on a few dishes: 

gomaae, $3.50

Gomaae
 the picture on the left was ordered by C and was the first dish we received. i honestly thought it was unappetizing since it looks like a little seamonster, but after trying it, it was surprisingly good! the dish was called Gomaae, a common japanese appetizer that can be translated to 'black sesame' dressing. there are many gomaae dishes, but ours was comprised of a peanutty-black sesame sauce over what was seemingly boiled and lightly 炒-d (i really don't know the english word...) and salted spinach. the sweet and graininess of the sauce is what hits you first, and the saltiness of the soft green leafy vegetable comes shortly after. a perfect opening dish to make you hungry.

takoyaki, $5.00

Takoyaki
the second dish we received upon my order. takoyaki is basically deep fried puffy-batter balls with a solitary piece of octopus in the middle. the dish is drizzled in 2 sauces; mustard mayo and tonkatsu sauce. tonkatsu is translated to pork cutlet and is commonly found in many japanese and korean restaurants, served with rice and a very distinctive sweet red sauce. on top of the balls are bonito shavings, that curled due to the heat and looked super cool! the taste of the flakes are relatively neutral, but tend to stick to your mouth when combined with your saliva. the only other place i've ever tried takoyaki is at the annual Nightmarket event in toronto, so in comparison this was much better and much more satisfying. 

soba  meshi, $8.00 

Soba Meshi

this dish was ordered from the paper menu, unlike all the other dishes we ordered from Guu which were from the laminated one. the dish was placed in a hot stone bowl, and was comprised of sauteed red peppers+ green onion, rice, and what seemed to be egg noodles, all covered in a 'spicy' sauce (as they say). i was fairly disappointed with the dish because the flavours were all very generic and there was nothing really distinctive of it. also, i very much like spicy things, in which this was not spicy at all.  end of that.

                                                               Kakimayo

kakimayo, $6.80

this was probably my favourite dish of the whole night. the dish was comprised of boiled soft oyster with garlic mayo and melted cheese ontop, and sprinkled with seaweed shavings. it was served inside a warm oyster shell, so i assume the dish was also baked after the savoury oyster-garlic mayo mixture was poured inside. i usually don't enjoy oyster due to the chewy texture and the cheap-fishy taste that sometimes comes with it. the oyster at Guu was completely different than what i expected for the oyster meat was not chewy, but very soft and fleshy and seemed to melt in your mouth after a couple of chews. the garlic mayo didn't really taste like garlic (which i don't mind) but rather was more buttery and super savoury. the cheese was still very warm when we received it and it had that super awesome 'cheesy' look that everyone loves, so the first scoop of the mixture from the shell looked extremely appetizing. definitely worth the price.

unagi doria, $8.80

 Unagi Doria    

my second favourite dish of the night! the only reason i loved it so much is because i love rice, especially when it has creamy cheese on top. this dish  was comprised of soft BBQ eel pieces, mixed mushroom fried rice, chopped green onions, melted cheese and seaweed strips. the whole dish was delicious to eat and had an amazing distinctive flavor. the eel was done great, and had the weird yet oddly appealing slimy texture to it, showing that they legitimately grilled it, and didn't fry it like what many other places mistakingly do. the rice was soft (and not hard like some places that make fried rice...). the dish is a little pricey, but i found it worth it and would definitely order it again.

banana tempura, $6.00

 Banana tempura
both C and i feel that no meal is complete without dessert :)
this was just a simple sweet dish ordered by C, because he thinks i have an obsession with the banana fruit. anyhow! it was as it seemed, deep fried banana in tempura batter, with chocolate and mango drizzle and a single scoop of coconut ice-cream. i particularly liked the crunchiness of the exterior of the deep-fried banana, and the sudden softness of the banana underneath. the coconut ice-cream was also quite delicious because for non-coconut lovers like me, the coconut taste wasn't very apparent and was actually more creamy. another great addition was that there were little small coconut pieces in the ice-cream. though i do love mango, i felt that the drizzle wasn't complementary with the sweetness of the banana and coconut, and actually created a rather sour taste.

funny chef! he actually posed twice but i kept messing up the photo so i caught him like this haha

our view from the bar seats

conclusively...

food: 8/10

atmosphere: 8/10

service: 7/10

price: quite pricey, but definitely worth it

go check out Guu located at 398 Church St. :)

happy eating!

xoxo,

A

blog one

hello (•ᴥ•)/

welcome to my blog, foodSpot! i know, sounds lame..but i really couldn't think of anything more appealing and i wanted to be somewhat cunning and play with the name of the site since it's called blogspot...haha yeah? yeah? well it was either foodSpot or Little Vittles....

anyhow. thank you in advance for reading this and i hope you do follow through :)

what i intend to do with this blog is to document all the restaurants i go to, meaning that this blog page will soon by adorned with a plethora of tasty food pictures and reviews and recommendations!

i hope you enjoy what you see, and that this blog may help you in your food-searching endeavours :)!

xoxo,

A


ps. i changed the name to foodQueen..but i wanted to keep this post anyway because i oddly found it amusing to read