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Monday, May 21, 2007

Mon, 21 May 2007 21:24:53 GMT

Eggplant

We went there for a friend’s birthday, a little restaurant on King Street East. The restaurant décor is very modern and stylish. They have a bar and patio area on the main floor and dining area on the second floor. The atmosphere is relatively nice, a little dark for the dine area but great for the bar and patio.

The wine selection was very good, they had a full menu on all sorts of wine and the server even gave us a few different wines to taste before ordering it. As usual we ordered a bottle of wine before dining. The wine that was recommended by the server was good and it was just what we wanted.

The menus had a limited selection. The appetizers and the entrée were both overpriced, so we decided to go cheap and ordered only the entrée. When the entrée came we were surprised of how small the portion is since it cost over $20. The food was too salty. All in all, nothing much to say about this restaurant. The food too pricy, too small and too salty, it’s just bad for your pocket and bad for your health. I will not recommend this restaurant but only warn you about this restaurant. It should be called “salty” eggplant.

Eggplant

236 King St. E.
Toronto, ON
M5A 1K1

Monday, May 21, 2007

Mon, 21 May 2007 21:01:43 GMT

Quince

I recently went to Quince restaurant on a weeknight. It was rather a spur of the moment and I didn't make a reservation. It was a little past eight so luckily we were able to get a table for two. The restaurant itself is relatively small with about 30 tables. When we got there, it was already packed with a mature crowd. The atmosphere in the restaurant was elegant and modern, it's like a modern wine and dine restaurant. We ordered the wine before dine...haha it rhythms. =P Okay back to wine.....the restaurant had a wine menu that had a wide range of selection. We actually ordered the Merlot before our meal as it was recommended by the server. However, the wine wasn't exactly what we asked for. The wine was a bit too dry for our taste and didn't have the rich wine texture/taste to it.

The menu has a lot of exotic entree selection, ranging from rabbit meat to quail. I decided to go with the quail entree and it was definitely a surprise. The quail was de-boned, perfect for lazy people like me. The meat was marinated and juicy. The sauce is light and flavorful. I really liked it. We also had steak and frites. The steak was average but they did prepared it like what I asked for (medium rare)

As for dessert, we had a chocolate molten cake with vanilla ice-cream. Two words, simply delicious. The cake was rich and flavorful, yet not too sweet for our taste. The cake was warm while the ice-cream mixed with it was a very good fusion/combination.

Overall, this restaurant is above average and cost wise, its relatively affordable. A dinner for two with wine and dessert is approximately $100. For it's price/food quality/atmosphere it is worth trying, definitely a go back restaurant. Recommend it for casual dinning and/or special occasions.

Quince
2110 Yonge Street Toronto Ontario

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:23:40 GMT

It's been a while since my last entry.....

From now on I am going to dedicate my blog on food, wine and dine. The reason that I have this idea is because I recently discovered a few restaurants in Toronto that are affordable, nice and the food is de-li-cious!! Summer is around the corner and it's time for good food and wine. Time to get together and enjoy nice meals and enjoy the variety of cuisines in T.O.

Smalltalk Lunch, Brunch + Dinner

I went there for dinner last Saturday. It was a bit of an unplanned visit. My friend made the reservation only 2 hours before dinner. The restaurant is relatively small with not a lot of tables. It has modern causal decor, a nice atmosphere to it, warm and welcoming. It's one of these places where you want to enjoy a nice causal dinner with friends. From where I was sitting, I was able to see the chiefs preparing in the open kitchen.

The menu is alright, nothing special and not a lot of selection. I decided to go for a 3 course meal. For appetizer I had the Romanian heart Cesar salad with crispy bacon. It was one of the best salad I ever had in my life. The dressing on the salad has a roast garlic flavor to it, it's not too rich. My main course was a 10oz Sirloin steak with roasted winter veggies and mash potato. The Steak was a big disappointment. The barbeque sauce on the steak just overpowered all the meat flavor. The steak was a little dry. For dessert, I had the chocolate souffle and creme brulee. The creme brulee has a hint of ginger, kind of an Asian twist to it. The chocolate souffle was rather bland and doughy.

For those who like to go for brunch, I will recommend this restaurant.

Smalltalk Lunch, Brunch + Dinner
1580 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, ON
M4G 3B7

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:23:59 GMT

i had such a bad day at work today!! work sucks!!!! i am so exhausted from the overtime. i leave the house, the sky is dark when i get home the sky is dark lor. when do i ever see daylight?!! i have no time to study, no time to do anything. stress level to the max!! i need my sleep damn it! i feel like a am a walking corpse. work just dehumanized me. i want to quit!

today is definitely one of the days that i want to scream and simply just walk out from my job... it was absolutely insane. I HATE MY JOB!!

on the good side i only have 2 more days until the weekend....just suck it up giana, you can do it!

Friday, September 29, 2006

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:17:46 GMT

每一天都過得很快, 但回頭望又好似覺得過得很慢咁~

不過快也好慢也好, 真係好開心!

當我失落無助嘅時候佢總會係我身邊鼓勵我, 令到我好感動.

就算係好差嘅時候都感到快樂甜蜜~ 嘻嘻

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:13:07 GMT

View from the top...Beautiful isn't it??

嗰晚好surprise, 好開心! 因為我咁大個女都未去過啲咁高級嘅餐廳食晚反. 原來高級餐廳貴得有道理, 由52 層樓望落多倫多嘅 downtown係唔同啲. 係頂樓睇日落真係好靚. 從高處可以望到 Lake Ontario. 日落時望到個天同個湖慢慢咁轉色, 一路飲吓cocktail一路食吓嘢談吓心嗰 feel 真係好好. 就有如夢似幻咁. 就咁睇嗰 view 都直回票價. 雖然多倫多嘅夜璟無香港咁靚, 不過我都好滿足, 真係好開心. 我好多謝佢俾我嘅surprise. 因為我知道佢用心去学細心啲, 去細心咁聽我講嘅嘢. 嗰晚佢真係用心咁plan每一個細節, 令我好感動啊.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:04:59 GMT

無工翻嘅日子真係好悶, 依係屋企好似度日如年咁...成個人呠啤曬, 好似無乜人生目標咁. 見到啲friend 個個都揾到嘢做而我又揾唔到嘢做, 我覺得自己無乜用囉, 成個人down 咗. 加上依身體唔好,成日敏感, 做嘢又提起勁, 提唔起精神, 百無了賴. 媽咪都開始哦我快啲去揾嘢做. 我依十分明白雙失青年嘅感受, 因為我都感同身受!!

好采我有嗰好好嘅friend 話佢間工司好似請人佢話可以幫我keep an eye on any job openings, 佢好幫得手嘅, 所以我好希望快啲有工做...wish me luck la

各位未揾到嘢做嘅朋友們, 唔好灰心, 我哋要努力下去, 我哋一定會揾到工嘅!!! ADD OIL MY FRIENDS!!

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:11:31 GMT

点解我啲敏感又翻嚟....点解!!! 我好痛苦呀. Last night 食完反翻到屋企啲手腳己經出咗粒粒, 之後個咀開始瘽... 食咗啲敏感藥好咗啲咁啦. 啲手腳無咁啲粒粒, 但依個咀仲瘽, 今日都費是出街囉, 都怕見到人. 到依我都唔知自己敏感啲乜, 簡直惨到爆......我唔要再敏感!!!!!

Friday, September 01, 2006

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:16:40 GMT

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Greece trip: me, vivi and kitty~

Kindergarten friends: Yvonne n Pinky (known them since the age of 3)

Primary school friends from St Paul

Monday, August 21, 2006

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:15:20 GMT

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