Rice Holic

Each of these giant mango mochi is filled with half a mango and they are delicious. It’s like mango overloaded. The price is depending on the size of mango and is ranging from $4 to $6.

Car’s Dessert

The Hong Kong style mango mochi is made with large chucks of mango topped with whipped cream and wrapped in super soft and stretchy mochi dough. I find having the whole mochi in one go is super satisfying.

While I was lining up for ramen at Denman I was looking at a poster with soup dumplings in rainbow of colors. I was so curious about if the fillings are different in each color. I went in to find out.

They called it Signature Magnificent Seven and the fillings are different for each color. I like mushroom and classic.

There is also a giant one called Supersize Xiao Long Bao.

There is always a huge line up outside this Greek restaurant and the reason is pretty clear. Every dish is well made and the portion is big.

My favorite dish is roast lamb. These are fork-tender slow roast leg of lamb. The platter comes with roasted potatoes, salad, veggie briami (roasted veggie) and pita bread.

Photo
1, 2, 3: Roast Lamb
4, 5: Saganaki (Fried Cheese)
6: Calamari
7: Barbecue Chicken

*Excuse the photo quality as the place is dim as candle light 😬

If you like Thai soup based noodles, you would probably know a place in Chinatown called Fat Mao Noodles. The place is a little cramped but the food is very good.

They recently opened another location on Helmcken Street near the Thai Consulate. I tried Nham Ngeaw which is exclusive to the downtown location. The soup looks red but was not spicy as it tomato soup. The toppings were pork ribs and pork blood (fear factor moments for some) on rice vermicelli. It was very flavorful.

A new Japanese sando joint has just opened 2 weeks ago and they are just so cute!!!

I tried them all and I like tamago sandwich the most.

Some quick translations
Tamago = egg
Pork Katsu = pork cutlet
Ebi = prawn

TGIF and what’s better than starting a warm weeknd with a Hong Kong style dinner.

We ordered the ling cod dinner special with an additional dish @yue_restaurant

1. Seafood stir fry
2. Steamed ling cod (they put some jalapeno in the soy sauce and it is plesant touch)
3. Ling cod and greens stir fry
4. Curry beef brisket (Hong Kong style curry is usually sweeter and less spicy than Indian curry)
5. Diced beef tenderlion and egg plant
6. Black truffle chicken
7. Seasame pastry (dessert)
8. Mung bean and kelp sweet soup

Some banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) and drinks I had at Banh Mi Saigon.

There are 10 banh mi choices on the menu so far I have tried 5 banh mi and 2 specialty drinks. They are all very impressive and I like marinated pork patty the most.

Banh mi

1. Marinated pork patty
2. Shredded pork
3. Lemongrass pork
4. Chicken
5. House special (ham & cheese with assorted picked vegetablees)

Drinks

1. Pennyworth drink
2. Grass jelly and chia drink

Havent been to Hitoe Sushi for a while and the experience is still very satisfying!

The taste is as amazing as they look and there are so many levels of details in each dish.

What makes them different from many other Japanese restaurant is they use real wasabi from Japan which enhances the flavor of the sashimi. The soy sauce is also served chilled during summer time.  These little things separate this sushi joint from the rest.

Aburi Don (flame-seared seafood on rice). The lightly grilled sashimi melts to the mouth 😋

Gomae (spinach salad with sesame dressing). The thin sesame cracker on top is a special touch 🥰

The Rainbow donut box is just phenominal 😋

Their twist sausages have a crispy crust and reminds me of Korean corn dog.

Be sure to order ahead online as they sell out quick.