Zuuchini

Bilboquet – Laval

June 5, 2012/ by zuuchini/ in food, Montreal, restaurant review/ Comments Off

This is the Bilboquet at Laval.

Choco-Lacte

That evening, I was torn between having cake and ice cream. Guess what? Hit 2 birds with one stone! Choco-Lacte was perfect – it was like having ice cream cake in a corn. It was really good 🙂 I made everyone wanted Choco-Lacte instead of what they chose… kekeke

The menu

But if I could again where to get my ice cream in Laval, I would choose La Paysanne. I feel that La Paysanne has much choices to offer and it’s much more colorful. More choices that are more up to my taste. 🙂

Zuuchini.

Los Planes

June 4, 2012/ by zuuchini/ in food, Montreal, restaurant review/ 4 Comments

It was my first experience with pupusas (Salvadorian cuisine). When I first stepped into the restaurant, I was greeted with the nice host/waiter. Since I told him it was my first time at the restaurant (and the menu was basically all in spanish…), he was very patient and thorough at explaining the menu.

Funny thing, we had to use Urbanspoon to locate the restaurant, so Mr.Butter had the page on on his Iphone when we were at the table. We thought it may be because that the host saw the screen that he was so friendly.

So friendly that he offered us nachos while we waited for our food.

Tamarind and coconut cinnamon drinks!

I really enjoyed my coconut cinnamon drinks.

Pupusas!

I regret not bringing a proper camera….My phone camera really doesn’t give the food much justice. We ordered 4 different kinds of flavors. My favorite one has to be the cheese one 🙂

Some kind of corn made “cake” with salty cream

I was so disappointed with this dish…because when I looked at it, i thought it would taste sweet… But no! I got deceived by the look! It was actually salty due to the cream. It was just weird…I didn’t expect that. Not that it tasted bad…my brain just wasn’t accustomed to the taste. It’s something nice to try…but i wouldn’t order again.

Plantains, cream and beans

Also a disappointment….the plantains were bland…and I did not enjoy the beans nor the salty cream.

Overall, it was a nice experience in the sense of trying new cuisine. I think I only liked the pupusas. Even then, I was not crazy over them.

Zuuchini.

Yang’s – all you can eat

May 25, 2012/ by zuuchini/ in food, Montreal, restaurant review/ Comments Off

I have mentioned a while ago that I’m not very fond of all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant. There are various reasons. Whenever I see “all you can eat”, my mind shifts to “must make my $$$ worth it!”. so i would simply stuff myself as much as possible…instead of enjoying every bite. Plus, in the end, the amount I ate is similar to A la carte… A la carte just serves much better quality…

They definitely have nice decor

Anyway…my firm was celebrating the end of tax season (yes…this was a while ago. I’m so behind…) and decided to go to Yang’s.

If I didn’t go to Toronto the last weekend, I may have a different opinion of Yang’s. But Toronto’s experience totally changed my view of Yang’s.

At first, I really wasn’t impressed with Yang’s….their sushi was mediocre. Much of their other non-sushi dishes were too oily. However, their steak was surprisingly very delicious.

However…after my Toronto trip, I realized that Yang’s do offer a great varieties of sushis and other meals. and how much better they tasted than Toronto. Therefore, it sort of really skewed my opinion of Yang’s now.

As a All you can eat sushi place, I think Yang’s is really not bad… But like I said…quality over quantity.

I was only able to capture 10% of what we ordered… we were all hungry beasts at that time, and honestly devour every plate served to our table…

The gyozas are actually better than most Japanese restaurants I had gone to.

Although they do have many varieties, I find whenever they have the spicy salmon as filing, the rolls end up tasting all the same. The spicy salmon taste is overpowering.

Their rainbow rolls are nicely executed. Very neat and tasty! Again, couldn’t take a picture of the whole roll…i quickly grabbed a piece before everyone else finished it.

Oh and…do not take their sushi pizza…it’s not good at all…way too oily.

and yes…the service isn’t the greatest…which is why my firm was smart enough to pre-send our orders before arriving there.

Zuuchini

Le Gros Jambon – Got me hooked!

May 23, 2012/ by zuuchini/ in food, Montreal, restaurant review/ Comments Off

I’ll keep it simple. I wanna go back to Le Gros Jambon. I love their concept and obviously, THEIR FOOD.

Their dessert display which i had such a hard time choosing which one to take!

The Coca-cola burger with poutine

The burger is slightly above average…nothing too spectacular. However, their poutine was crazy good! The sauce is the perfect mix, and the fries are not overdone!

The duck confit mac n cheese- THE HIGHLIGHT!

Seriously…this mac n cheese was soooo delicious. The pasta wasn’t not soggy, nor the sauce was not too cheesy. And they give you a generous amount of duck confit. I can’t wait to come back and eat this again!

Cookie – white and milk chocolate

Same quality as Felix et Norton cookies, just not as soft as them (which is good, cuz i find the Felix et Norton overly soft sometimes that it breaks up too easily).

I can’t wait to try their other desserts!

Definitely a highly recommend spot 🙂