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Service 7.75/10 Food 7.75/10
With some friends up from Calgary who were hankering for some authentic style Chinese food, we headed to this little hole in the wall on Stony Plain Road. Its a little spot with old school laminated picture signage and family run - as evidenced by some of the kids doing homework at empty tables during the slow times. If you have friends that speak Mandarin, you're set - if not, you can randomly pick items off the menu. We did a combination of both since our friends spoke Mandarin fluently, while me and my boyfriend did not... other than "Xie Xie" for thank-you. Everything was served family style - everything is made as the chef feels like it and served on a single platter for everyone to share at the table. Now onto the fooood!
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Service 9/10, Food 7.75/10 After a weekwend packed full of running errands, we swung by Milestones to grab some drinks, a quick bite to eat and unwind since we were in the area. We lucked out, found a spot in the bar area and had the same plucky waitress we had last time. Its just as noisy if not more in the dinning area which was packed, so sitting in the bar area was no biggie.
Less yappie, more food! So while I got my usual belinni, you can see pics from our previous visit here (I was too lazy and sipped on it before snapping a pic), my boyfriend went with the Chocolate mores martini. We were looking forward to a chocolate martini served with whimsical toasted marshmallows. Unfortunately, the marshmallows were probably left over from the last camping trip as they were incredibly, dry, chewy and generally unpalatable despite us trying to rehydrate it in the martini. Thankfully, the martini was tasty even if the marshmallows were far from.
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Now onto Part 3.. Part 1 here, Part 2 here! We had to sit back and digest a bit to make more tummy room after the yummy steak, garlic seared toro, and the excellent sushi nigiri earlier in part 2, not to mention the Spicy Neghihamachi tartare, oysters and tasty sashimi in part 1! And we had to save room for dessert!!
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Its that time of year again.. Calgary Stampede, this time its the 100th anniversary. Along with the rides, the chuckwagon races, and the games, there's the food!!! This year's new food items include battering up and deep frying: veges, pickle slices, wagon wheels, butter chicken sausage, and even deep fried koolaid! There's also pulled pork poutine, beef bacon sandwiches, jalapeno corndogs, cotton candy cupcakes, warm corn salad, Loukoumathes (think Greek timbits with nuts and honey) to compete with tummy space with favorites like mini donuts, jumbo smoked turkey legs, double smoked bacon and fried cheese making a come back from last year's Stampede! There's also a new take on funnel cakes with the additions of red velvet funnel cake and bacon sundae funnel cakes. Yes... bacon!!
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Rating 9/10, Service 9/10
This little gem has been around for years, with the dessert artist Dennis Yurkiwsky travelling almost yearly to Europe and Italy to hone his craft. Its tucked away in Oliver Square across from Vision Med and just to the right of Safeway if you're facing south. With a focus on natural and quality ingredients, and open ears to customer feedback, Dennis has changed the face of gelato in Edmonton... for the better!
