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Rating Service 6/10, Food 7/10
Been looking forward to this Calgary bubble tea franchise to head up to Edmonton for whiles. Located close to the University campus in the Garneau area, its a good go to place for the ubiquitous bubble tea, and surprisingly a wide variety of desserts to boot. Its located beside Sweetspot (the badminton store) as its signage got blown away recently and they haven't had a chance to replace it. Decor is minimal - black tables and seating, a bright red counter flanked by grey walls, and bustling with students when we dropped in.
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Rating Service 8/10, Food 9/10
With our new camera in hand (this is one of the times we actually remember to bring it along) we head to our favourite Japanese family run sushi joint in town, and we're not disappointed. The place is a bustling despite our late arrival 20min to last call, and service is efficient despite being short one waitstaff and we notice the kitchen is short the chef's daughter, who is usually seen expertly cutting sashimi, or dashing back and forth between tables and the kitchen. We sit back and enjoy some fragrant green tea with roasted puffed rice as Japanese murmurs intermingle with the background noise of patrons chatting in the small and cozy restaurant, with the family occasionally calling out "Arigatou Goziamasu" or "Sank-you!" to customers leaving the restaurant.
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Rating Service 7/10, Food 8/10
To celebrate Eatyourcity.ca being #2 on Urbanspoon - Thanks for the love everyone! (And we really were looking for an excuse to eat out), on a hot summer night, we head to Bistro La Persaud for dinner, with hopes that we'll have time to hit up the Fringe after. Just a stone throws away from the Faculty St Jean, this restaurant uses the mall's arresting and bold red, metal and glass architecture and sunken courtyard to its advantage. The sunken courtyard is framed by the malls circular shape - lending it an amphitheater feel with bright red patio umbrellas to shade the embossed metal tables and black wicker chairs. Seating inside has dark tables with white linen framed against deep red walls. Service was bilingual and a bit spotty, as they were short staffed with the hostess busing tables alongside the one harried waiter.
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Rating Service 7.5/10 Food 7/10
After hearing some food, er.. good things about this vegetarian place, and having spotted its fun colorful signage many times as I pass through the area, we gathered up some friends willing to have a meal sans meat... that's right, no chicken, beef, pork, fish, milk or eggs, as this restaurant specializes in not only vegetarian food.. they only cook a blend of Chinese/Indonesian/Thai/Indian vegan fare. Well, technically, you can have chicken, beef, pork, shrimp and fish.. they are all incorporated into dishes as tofu imitators... soy protein is created (and disguised) into chicken and beef slices, pieces of shrimp.. and even slices of black cod. Settling into some funky wooden chairs and benches, we peek at the menu in the midst of the brightly light restaurant with a wooden Buddha in the corner, lots of fresh greenery and light golden hued tables.
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Rating Service 8.5/10, Food 9.0/10
This post has been long in the making.. mainly because I was dragging my feet in translating and matching the food pics with the menu items... my grade 5 French teacher would be rolling her eyes at me lol! Late is better than never right? Especially for a little gem like L'Escargot Montorgueil... it is not a place you want to pass up if you're in Paris. Its hard to miss with its giant golden snail at the entrance, and its been a go to place for Parisians to eat the tender and sweet delicacy - escargots since 1832... they were a grocerystore where you could buy them and cook them yourself before they changed into a restaurant in 1874. The food is made with attention to detail, fresh ingredients and classical flavors in a beautiful historical building fit for a king... and plently of fanciful snail decor amidst the warm brown wood panelling. Servicewise, they're friendly *gasp!* and eschew the haughty snobby attitude you will find at 99.9% of all restaurants in France. They treat you like you don't have atrocious French and butcher their beautiful language everytime you open your mouth... and they have waitstaff that communicate in English rather than pretend they do not understand. Trust me, you'll understand what I mean after you hit up a few higher end restaurants and brasseries.
Rating Service 6/10, Food 7/10
