天之雨素食料理

There used to be a shanghai restaurant that sucked at the corner at Commerce Gate. It got replaced by a vegetarian restaurant. As usual, my mom wanted to go give it a try.

I personally think their lunch specials are not worth it. Or maybe it's because I'm not a fan of rice, so I feel like the portion is too small and not enough. Lunch specials were around $10, no drinks included.

fake Eel with rice.

This dish was fail. The piece of fake eel was SO rough and hard to chew. I would have literally needed a knife to cut it into smaller pieces. If anything, anyone would think the texture of fish would be soft and easy to chew, but I suppose I shouldn't have expected that for the fake one.

fake BBQ Pork with rice.

I think this was the best dish taste-wise.

fake Peking Duck with rice

This dish was a rip-off. So the so called "peking duck" was basically a fried crunchy piece, there wasn't even any fake duck meat attached to it. So basically if you were to order this dish alone, it would be cried pieces with rice = = what a lunch huh?

Ham and Cheese wrap, an appetizer (around $6?)

This tasted pretty good, but then again it was simple. The best part of course was the "酥皮" (pastry wrap). It was really flaky, and the fake ham actually tasted like ham.

fake beef noodles. (牛肉炒河)

This dish was normal, no comment. Can't really go wrong with noodles. But this dish definitely wasn't worth $12.

Food: Alright.

Service: Alright

Price: a bit above average compared to other vegetarian restaurants.

Atmosphere/Decoration: like any normal restaurant, nothing special.

Overall: I would not go back. If you really do want vegetarian cuisine there are better places, and considering the portions and price is just not worth it. I would rather spend the money eating at 素聞千里.

天之雨素食料理 Senwell Vegetarian Cuisine

505 Highway 7 East, Unit 98-99 (Commerce Gate)

Shisho Tree

It's been a long time since I updated my blog! Went on vacation to Hong Kong, and was just busy when I got back. But no worries, I'm back. I would never give up on blogging about yummy food :)

My best friend was going back to HK for good, and we decided to have our one on one farewell dinner here at Shisho Tree. She told me it was pasta made in japanese style. Sounds interesting huh?

Pastas come with Salad. Very ordinary, nothing special. 

However if you added $4 to your pasta,  you would get soup and a slice of cake too. I believe the cakes are from J-Town supermarket, which are good as well.

I ordered the Okonomiyai Pasta, seemed special so I had to give it a try. ($16)

It really had the okonomiyaki tasted to it. First time having this flavour of pasta, it was really good. I would definitely recommend trying this.

My friend ordered the "Smoked Salmon a la creme Vokda" pasta.

The vodka taste wasn't heavy and could barely taste it.

Food: Pretty Good. 

Service: Good.

Price: If you want to try the special types of pasta, then you should expect the price to be 15+ for a dish. If not, the pastas from the menu start at $9.

Atmosphere/Decoration: The place is kind of hidden, not really a noticeable place. It's quiet, a good place to bring someone if you want to chat. The decoration isn't fancy or anything though.

Overall: The place is really nice and I think the food is quite special, at least first place I know that serves pasta Japanese style. I would like to come back and try their other pasta flavours, and if it wasn't because I ate icecream before going, I would have ordered their set and have a slice of their cake. :P

Shisho Tree, Pasta & Cafe

3160 Steeles Ave E, (Inside J-Town Plaza)