First was at Okonomi Bites. We ordered the seafood okonomi poutine and fried pork poutine. (1 or $10, 2 for $18).
I thought the okonomi was very battered, I don't see or taste any seafood. At least put some shrimp bites in or something. The cheese curds were not melted and feels "rubbery" and had that strong cheese taste I don't like. If it was melted I think I would have liked it more. I liked the sauce, it was tangy, salty and spicy. The fries, I thought it could have been crispier.
The pork was flavoured and that poutine had the same sauce.
Overall, it was worth a try but I won't try again. It wasn't really poutine to me. It would be better with more sauce and melted cheese.
Next, I got the lightbulb from Rainbulb. I got the purple, strawberry raspberry ($6). I've always wanted one of these lightbulb bottles, yay. Now I can make things and put it in.
Anyways, I thought the packaging was nice and I can turn off the light if I want to. The taste, it's like pop, I believe they put in club soda and some flavouring. I couldn't really taste strawberry and raspberry but it was fruity in a way. After awhile it had no taste left.
Overall, I think the bottle is worth the price but the drink wasn't. I won't go back.
Next, Dumpling King, that guy that works there was loud lol. We got the rainbow mixed dumpling ($8). It comes with 2 black truffle pork, red kimchi beef and green veggie vegan.
They will ask you what sauce and toppings you want. I picked spicy mayo. I wonder if you can gave 2 sauces because I also wanted sweet chili. I picked bonito as topping and he said the fried garlic is good too so I said sure. I actually wanted seaweed too lol. He also asked if I wanted vinegar. Just give me everything next time hehe, jk.
I thought it was pretty and all coloured. However, the toppings covered it and couldn't really see the colour of the dumplings.
Taste, I started with the veggie one, it tasted like normal veggie dumplings to me. The kimchi one had a light spicy taste but not overly spicy. The black truffle didn't taste like truffle to me. It didn't have that weird taste to it. This truffle reminds me of a Chinese dish, steam mushroom pork.
Overall, it was ok. The most memorable was the black truffle. I'll come back if they have other interesting flavours.
Last but not least, Milk Cha, I had their sharing cup last year and this year they came up with a baby bottle. Someone like me will for sure get it. I got the ginger milk ($8). I thought it was just $7 but the guy asked if I was it hot, I guess they charge $1 to make it hot... He didn't notify me or I would have said no, cold is fine.
Cute packaging but I think I'll only use it at home. The drink, I thought it was not bad, very ginger but I think they used ginger powder and not real ginger. But I understand, real ginger's flavour will change after time but powder won't change as much.
Yes, I will go back if they have some new ideas next year.
There was one more drink place I wanted to try but maybe next year, if it will open again.
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