Thai One On

Hey all,

Some quick Thai food was had on Friday night down on Queen st East.

Went to the Friendly Thai on Queen East and I am pretty sure that it is a chain (Still not sure check this out http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2009/12/the_mystery_of_the_friendly_thai/).

The first thing that happened when we walked in was that someone gave up their seat to us even after a lot of insisting on our part. It was a very nice start to the night.

I started with an avocado spring roll which was very unique and different but I wish there was a little less other tastes so it would not overpower the avocado as much as it did.

Moving on, I love Pad Thai. So whenever I am going to a new place I try it. It was great. there was a great amount of peanuts on there as well as a sauce that was neither thick or soupy. It was a perfect consistency. For a $10 Pad Thai meal it could have been for 2 people. This thing was massive. I would hit it up for some good and fairly cheap food but you are not going to get anything different than a regular Thai menu which is good enough for me.

Off the Hook

Many of you might think that I made up this clever title for a post about Fish and Chips becasue I am amazingly witty........ not really. It is actually the name of the restaurant.

Off the Hook is located just south of Danforth on Broadview (conveniently only about 2 blocks from my house). It is small and it is fairly new but boy do they cook some good food.

Looking at the menu I knew they did not fool around. It was simple. Choose a fish, choose a side and choose a sauce. there were some other menu items but they were shifted off to the side and not very prominent.

4 types of fish on the menu: Halibut $12, Red Snapper $10, Sea Bass $12 and Mahi Mahi $10.
6 sides: Fries, cajun fries, onion rings, Sweet potato Fries($1), mixed greens ($1), poutine($2).
7 sauces: Tartar, Go go Pesto, Lost in the sauce (not sure what that is), the sizzler XXX, walking wasabi, chipotle mayo, curry mayo (if you want extra sauce on top of the 1st one it is $1)
Batter: Organic house, organic cajun, Gluten Free, or grilled
Everything comes with homemade coleslaw too.

I went very standard as i wanted the base on my 1st trip. Halibut fries and tartar sauce.

AMAZING!!!!!!

I think they double fry the fish dip it in the fryer and then batter it. it was crisp but not too much batter for the amount of fish in there. It is all made fresh right in front of you and the fries are nice and crisp. The tartar is homemade and perfect with the fries and you can choose creamy or vinegar slaw (I got creamy).

Definitely one of the top fish places in the city. I will be going back a bunch and checking out all of the dishes.

Golden Pizza

Hey all.

It is pizza time. I ordered some pizza last week from a place around the corner. It is not a new place and I actually played on the hockey team they sponsored about 10-15 years ago.

You can order online. Not sure why more places don't have this option because it is awesome and convenient. Might be a cost thing. I went for the family meal. it was about $36.

Got a large 3 topping pizza, 2lbs of wings, large Caesar salad, 4 cans of coke.

Lets start with the salad. the Caesar was pretty big and had a great ratio of dressing to lettuce to croutons. It had some nice garlic mix in there.

The wings had med sauce on them and were pretty standard. Nothing special, not too bad either. decently crispy with some standard sauce.

Pizza was awesome. Good toppings, thick dough, large pizza but the cheese.................... mmmmmmmmmmm. The cheese was fried and baked to perfection on the top of the pizza and was some of the best I have ever had. Almost as good as the cheese curds that are melted at Danforth Pizza. I would say a top 5 cheese on a pizza I have ever had.

Pretty average for price. I will be ordering again though.

Beer Bistro

So on Monday night I was sitting in the Beer Bistro on King having a beer and watching the baseball game, and I felt a little twinge of hunger. Now I know what you are going to say. "How can you be hungry at all after you had 2 turkey dinners along with leftovers every day for lunch over the weekend?" Well I was so I took a look at the menu.

It is a solid menu with a bunch of different options at different hunger levels.

I chose the "Spicy Kobe Beef Tacos" and what a choice it was.

They were amazing with vienna lager chili, aged gouda, grilled vidalia, onions, sour cream & lettuce in a nice crunchy shell. They were spicy but they didn't have the killer that kills all taste buds and doesn't allow taste to linger. There were only 2 on the plate but I will tell you that it was plenty enough and I was very full after.

One of the best things about the menu at Beer Bistro is that they have a suggested type of beer for each of their menu items. For this one it was a bold IPA and so that is what I got.

If you like beer this is the place for you. You have to pay a decent price but it isn't unfair for what you get. I got the Muskoka Mad Tom IPA and it was amazing. GO HERE AND DRINK GOOD BEER AND EAT GOOD GOOD. It should be their motto.

One of my fav places in the city

http://www.beerbistro.com/