Thai Basil Review

A friend told me this place was not bad but I never had a chance to try it. We came here because the place we wanted to try was closed.

The place isn't very big but there were quite a few people in there. There were a few take outs as well.

We ordered the pad thai ($10.95) and eggplants & basil with beef ($10.95) plus small rice ($1.75), thanks.

Everything were quite good but I thought the portions were quite small. Someone thought so too, especially for a guy. 

Pad thai was not bad. They used the thinner type of flat rice noodle. It taste and looked a bit different compared to other pad thai that I have tried. Someone thought the shrimps were done quite nice. To me the shrimps didn't have much flavour, just shrimp taste. I put 2 in someone's curry so maybe it tasted better? The tofu had a harder outer skin to it. I guess so it doesn't fall apart? The taste was kind of different, it had a tangy taste to it but it was not bad, quite good. I forgot but I think it had a kick to it?

The eggplant basil was quite good as well. The curry was ok spicy and very flavoured, it goes really well with the rice. The eggplant didn't really taste like normal eggplant to me. They said it's Japanese eggplant, not sure what is the difference between them but it was pretty good. My dish had raw bean sprouts so I had to put it into the curry to cook it up and it did.

Overall, pretty good but the size could be bigger with that price. Yes, I would go back again.

Rocky Point Ice Cream Review

We were heading around this area so I looked up ice cream places. I've never tried this place so decided to go. I've actually seen their food truck in a few events but never tried them. It was empty in there. I guess because it's cold nowadays so people don't eat ice cream. I can eat it anytime of the year.

I tried 2 flavours and they are quite good, hokey pokey and double chocolate raspberry. Someone tried the brown butter pecan.

We ended up getting my flavours because someone said hokey pokey tasted better than the pecan one. 2 scoops were $6.

The hokey pokey was vanilla ice cream with butter honeycomb or something. The guy there said taste kind of like salted caramel and it did. It was very creamy.

The chocolate raspberry, like the name, don't really have to describe. There weren't a lot of raspberry taste to it though. I'm not sure why but part of the texture gave me a feeling that there were nuts or coconut in there. I'm guessing it was the chocolate chips?

Overall, not bad for the price. Taste was not bad too. I would have gotten it in a waffle cone but it's hard to share and eat with a cone. You also have to add money if you get waffle cone. They also have doggy cone, which is a doggy ice cream. I asked if human can eat it, he said yes but the kibbles might be a bit hard to eat.

Gyo-O Review

We wanted to try this place on a weekday but it opens at 12. Decided to come for dinner since we were running out of places to try. It still looks the same as years ago. Not very big in there, service was ok. I don't like how it's cash only.

We ordered the seafood miso ramen ($11.80) and the nabeyaki style udon ($12 something).

The portion was alright. I thought my miso ramen was lacking toppings. There were a lot of ramen which was ok. There were only 3 clams, 2 octopus rings and 2 shrimps. The flavour was not bad, enough flavour. The miso tasted different, it tasted like it had alcohol in it or something.

The udon was pretty good. The udon soaked up the soup flavour. The soup flavour was very light and it had a tobiko taste to it. The sashimi was not bad but I only took a bite. The tempura shrimps had a light crisp to it and super soft inside. The chicken were pretty good, crispy and very flavoured.

Overall, not bad. Still pretty good since years ago. I don't think they had ramen before but it's not bad. I may go back to eat again. Don't like how it's cash only.

Catch Kitchen and Bar Review

Friend picked this place so decided to come. It's ok nice up there, you get to see the water. We were seated near the more quiet place which was nice. We could talk better.

Service was ok. One thing I didn't like was I dropped one of my giraffe dolls and left and the waitress didn't pick it up. She knew I dropped it and when I went back she walked us back to the table and it was still on the floor... I think she said she forgot but at least pick it up and put it on your counter. What if it was an expensive jelewry, someone could have stolen it. But it was my fault as well for dropping it and not look around before I leave.

Anyways, I ordered the crispy cod burger ($17.50). Friends got the fish and chips ($15) and egg benny's ($13).

I thought my burger was ok pricey for that size. Most caucasian restaurants are ok expensive so I guess it's normal. The bun was ok big, had to eat them separately or I'll make a mess. The cod wasn't crispy, I guess because of the tar tar sauce. Cod was ok small for the price. The curly fries didn't look that curly to us, they were in small pieces but some were really long and curled up. It had a nice spice to it which I like.

Overall, it's ok. I may or may not come back, nothing else I want to try. When someone picked me up and we went back to find gariffe, someone said it's not bad inside.

BBT Cafe Review

Someone picked this place so we decided to go try. The place is ok size. Not very bright in there, I guess nice for dates? Service was alright, quite nice.

We ordered the fish thick soup noodle ($11.95) and salty chicken nugget noodle ($12.95).

Both looked quite good, portion was big but both were very bland in taste. I wish they added more salt. My fish noodle had this thickish soup. The taste of the soup was interesting. After a bit I realize it's some kind of satay sauce (sa cha sauce). The noodle was a yellow noodle and it was not bad. There were a lot of veggie pieces and stuff. The fish had a light crisp but very bland as well. If it had more salty taste, it would be really good. The fish was very soft though.

The salty chicken noodle used a white noodle, it was not bad as well. The soup was bland. We both thought the chicken was not bad, at least it had taste but still lighter than most places.

Overall, not bad but can be better on the flavour. No, don't think I would come back again. I would if they had a better flavour. Maybe they are going down the healthy line?

Rice Noodle Review

Heard about this place from a friend so decided to try. We were seated for not long, this woman came to us and spoke in mandarin. We don't understand but I said not ready, she walked off. She came again saying something in Chinese. We don't understand and she screams out someone's name and said speaks english. I'm like... This girl and guy came and I said she was saying something to us but we are not ready yet. Then they walked off.

One part of the menu were all in Chinese so if you don't know how to read, you will have no clue what it is. I know basic so I knew what it was.

We ordered the tomatoe one ($13.75) and the chicken noodle plus spam and spare ribs ($7.99+1.50+2). Thanks!

My tomatoe one was not bad but I think these noodle places can give more toppings than that. One slice of different meat, like seriously? I really like those kind of noodle, very soft and good. The bowl was super huge but we had free refill of noodle. I thought it wasn't enough for me. I was kind of starving around 11pm which is not normal.

The chicken noodle doesn't come with any meat, the waiter said. Uh, so why do you name it chicken noodle then??? So we had to add toppings ourselves. What a rip off! The spam, 2 slice but technically it's one slice chopped in half. I can buy a whole freaking can for $1.50, cheap much!? The spare ribs were ok but can also put more in for the price! The spare rib had this spice to it, not spicy but some kind of spice. That bowl was a bit plain to me. The noodle were thin noodle, I didn't like that much.

Overall, never again. Service was yea... Food was good but would be nice if they gave more than just that for the price. Like how much does it costs? Normally, these types of restaurants are try once and never again. Too many out there.

Kokoro Ramen Review

Wanted to try this place for awhile but never had a chance. Either they were closed for maintenance or we had other plans. The tables were interesting in there. I think the middle big table took up a lot of space, weird shaped too. The place got busy as we ate. Service ok I guess? When we were done, took them awhile to realize. When they took our bowls away, you would expect them to bring the bill but no. We sat there for a bit and someone had to ask for it.

Anyways, we ordered the umami ($14.50) and kokuton ($13.50), thanks.

The size was ok. Umami was a miso base so quite flavoured. When I tried it and while eating, the flavour wasn't that strong. When I was done and trying the soup again, I thought it was too salty. The noodle was good. I like how they deep fried the chicken, some places give chicken breast pieces. It was still crunchy but the part that was in water was a bit soggy. The flavour was quite good, chicken was still very tender. I didn't like the long pieces of onions or leek? It was so strong and I feel like that taste was still there after a long time. The meat paste on top was a bit spicy. I didn't want to mix it in with the noodle because I know it will be all gone but I decided to stir it after eating a bit of it. It gave the whole bowl a kick which was good.

The chasui from kokuton was normal, wasn't really flavoured to me like some places. The soup had a light garlic taste to it.

Overall, it was okay but most likely won't come back again.