A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Went to this place for pre-dinner drinks (it is attached to the Moma, but not in the museum itself).
You can show up, and there is a chance you can get a lounge table at the bar (it’s a first come first serve).
We only tried the boneless chicken bucket (which comes with fries). Would get it again.
For drinks, tried a variety of drinks. From a whisky sour to a pisco sour to an espresso martini without simple syrup.
Usually we come to this place just for the stand up portion. However decided to try out the restaurant.
The clutch move about eating here before the show is that you get 10% off the food bill, and they save your seat at the show itself (which is usually downstairs( if you are not yet done eating. We started eating at 9pm, so we went the route of them saving our seat.
For drinks got the espresso martini without simple syrup.
For food, we ended up getting the shrimp cocktail, the porkchop, a steak, and the tagliatelle pasta all great options.
(FYI you can order all these at the actual show as well, but I liked eating them before the show).
We were at the King West area trying to find a bar that had a good vibe and served drinks. This definitely was both.
They have a variety of espresso martinis, even a Nutella one! My friend got a decaf espresso martini since it was 10pm, and I thought it was reasonable. I stuck to whisky’s (they had a good assortment). Only complaint is that for one of the servings we specified two oz. But they only served a single oz.
I will say that the mozerella sticks were also not that great (would not order that again).
(FYI below is not my photo)
We visited this place for after dinner drinks. I liked the loungey vibe.
Ordered a whisky based cocktail, and their version of an espresso martini. They also had Jell-O shots ( it base alcohol was furnet…which was actually ok!).
Also the food hall downstairs would be good to visit during the day (a range of various cuisines, and I like the modern industrial look)
Grabbed Saturday brunch with some friends from New York at this place.
Got an espresso martini without any sweetener plus an Aperol spritz. Both were great.
For food, got the pesto pasta, the pappardelle verde, potatoes, French toast, and mushroom sausage pizza. All of it was great, and would get them again.
This place is a chain with locations through New York. This location gets Hampton people going to it apparently.
Note: didn’t take any photos for some reason, so all the below pics are from yelp.
A friend took me to this speakeasy in King West Toronto. He said they have the best espresso martini, and he was not wrong (I didn’t even ask for it without sweetener).
To get to it, you need to go to Cafe Renee, and go through the unmarked black door on the second floor.
Tried this place for after work drinks. I like the loungey type vibe, but will say I would try and get another drink than the one I ordered. I ordered an espresso martini without the sweetener (and it was not that good). There were other cocktails that seemed interesting for next time.
So this rooftop was on top of the hotel I was staying at (The Bisha Hotel). Got breakfast and dinner (plus drinks).
For breakfast (which $60 per day was covered by the hotel since I booked through Amex), got their breakfast special. I will say the scrambled eggs were a bit more runny than I wanted, so I would get it again, but tell them to make it less runny.
For dinner + drinks, got an expresso martini which was great (asked them to put no sweetener / simple syrup). Also got macallan 12 (actually got a bunch of them because at the time, the LCBO was on strike!). For dinner just got the bread plate and tacos (tried both the beef and chicken). Will say that I would probably try something else instead of the tacos next time.
Also, as you can see from below the rooftop view was great. So will be coming back.
We ate here for our last night at Edinburgh. Would come back here in a heart beat.
First started off with an espresso martini. Not the greatest but would still get it again (told them to remove their custom sugar syrup from the drink, which probably affected the taste). Then got a Cragganmore 12. Slightly peaty, but nit more than an Oban.
For appetizers, got the asparagus with crab meat, and the scallops. Hands down would get all of them again.
For the main, we got the see food platter (warm version). Would get it again as well (but you need a friends to be able to eat the oysters and mussels first you). It came with clams, mussels, crab, lobster, a baby lobster, razor blade clams (which are amazing).
Ended off with a cheesecake. Also really great.
For our second day at Edinburgh, we decided to try this Michelin star restaurant for lunch.
The menu is fairly simple, and they mentioned we should order 2 to 3 dishes per person.
We ended up getting the North Sea crab, the trout temaki, arbroath smoke croquettes, and the okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake).
I would say the first two items I would get again. For 3rd, it was too salty, and the 4th I didn’t like the ginger.
For drinks got an espresso martini. That was good. And for desert got the chocolate ice cream (hidden inside is a lava cake) and strawberry hibiscus meringue (hidden inside is the strawberry sauce you put on waffles). The deserts were amazing.
Overall I would come back, it probably replace the last two dishes with others.
