Restaurant # 37 - Vito's - march 23rd 2012

We went to eat at Vito's. Most people got pizza, I got gnocchi. The sauce was good and not so good at the same time. It was nice and spicy, but there were no spices besides some hot sauce, no oregano, basil anything that reminds me of Italian pasta sauce, so I was disappointed with that, but my meal wasn't bad though.

 

 

Restaurant #36 - Golden Thaï and Sushi - March 16th 2012

We went to the Golden Thaï and sushi/all you can eat that just opened up in the old Morton pub. There was Stephan, Stephane, Darren, me, Erick and Mireille. This is a new restaurant that just had their grand opening the weekend before. It's a bit of a funny place for a thaï/sushi, but that might just be because I am used to it being the Morton pub, and possibly because even if they changed some of the decorations, there was still a commemorative plaque for a football team hanging on the wall. The concept is fun though, it reminded me of sushi168 in the Ottawa region (http://168sushibuffet.com/ottawa/main2.asp). They have a normal menu, or you can choose the all-you-can-eat option. If you go the latter route, the people that chose this option get an order sheet and a menu, and you place one order for the whole table using the order sheet to decide on the number of each items you want. You can send in as many order sheets as you want, they just have to be one at a time, and one for the whole table (or the people doing the all you can eat).

We were a bit confused by this at first, not knowing how we'd recognize our food and such, so we all wrote it down on our placemats (they were paper), and Erick and Mireille ended up moving to a new table so they wouldn't have to share a sheet with us. We finally managed to hand in our first sheet, then the fun began.

When they bring your food, it's not always the same waiter, and they don't always say what the food they're bringing is, unless you manage to ask them quickly before they leave. Because we had everything written down, we knew what we ordered, so when we started getting food, we noticed right away that they had brought a few things that we didn't order, and we didn't get everything that we ordered... For the stuff that we were still looking to try, we just ordered it on a second sheet. Also, on our second sheet, we pretty much embraced the idea of sharing all the dishes, so we weren't as worried as to who ordered what.

As for the food, Stephan said that it was the best batter on the chicken that he's tasted. I also found that it was tasty, but with our chicken balls, it was more of a batter ball with a tiny atom of chicken hidden inside. Overall, I found the food ok. I enjoyed the concept of all you can eat sushi/thaï and of just ordering a bunch of things and just sharing them all together. Just don't expect them to get all your food order right, but if you're going there to try a bunch of new things, who really cares right? If you didn't get the specific item you wanted to try the first time around, order it again, or as a last resort tell the waiter/waitress what you specifically wanted (which we did, and we got it in the end).

 

 

 

Restaurant #35 - Maverick's - March 9th 2012

We went to Maverick's. There was Pierre, Stephane, Stephan, Darren and me. They had all you can eat ribs for 19.99$. We all took the ribs except for Pierre (Filet Mignon). The plates of ribs that the waiter brought out were enormous! You definitely get your money's worth.. or maybe the restaurant does, because none of us ordered a second plate, which makes me wonder if most people do. I definitely recommend the ribs for someone that is looking for a lot of food for a reasonable price (especially when comparing the price to all the other items on the menu).

I also got to listen in on a big football discussion, which I found interesting, but also funny at the same time, because (to me) it was comical to see how much the guys remembered about all the football players, the stats, what happened throughout the years to the teams/players/coaches/etc.

 

Restaurant #34 St. Hubert - February 24th 2012

We went to St. Hubert, there was Erick, Mireille, Stephane, Stephan, Darren and me. Supper was good. I got a big salad, and it was very tasty. Most people got the Table d'Hote. I did find out that St. Hubert uses no nuts at all in all their meals, which I didn't know, and the server finally told me after I asked the second or third time if something had nuts. I find it actually pretty nice that they do that. Besides that, there was some pretty interesting (well, I found it interesting) conversations about the differences between men and women and how we react to situations.

 

 

Restaurant #33 Pizza Hut - February 17th 2012

We went to Pizza Hut. There was Darren, Erick, Stephan, Stephane and me. The premise of going to Pizza Hut was that they had the stuffed crust pizza that came with bites all around the pizza and Stephane wanted to try it (he did). Hearing stuffed-crust pizza made me salivate, as I was remembering those commercials where they make the pizza crust look delicious and gooey with all that extra cheese, so I was excited about going. Then we got there. I'm not against chain restaurants, but I think that I just expected that since this was a pizza restaurant that they'd make their own crust. A pizza is pretty much nothing if the crust tastes like cardboard. I understand that they probably want the pizzas to taste the same from restaurant to restaurant, but couldn't they just use the same crust recipes? And having pre-made crusts not available in all sizes is a bit odd too... Needless to say, I was disappointed with my pizza, and not even all the extra processed cheese that was stuffed into the crust could make up for it.

 

 

Restaurant #32 Relish - February 10th 2012

Stephane, Darren, Carine and I went to Relish. The burgers were good, the sides were good, but the one thing that gets old really quickly is the staff yelling at the customers "welcome to Relish!" and "what do you relish?" especially if you're in there for about an hour/hour and a half and there were probably at least 20 different customers that came in..

Also, it happened to be Pierre's birthday, so we gave him a shout-out in the pics :)
We all hope you had a good day Pierre!

 

 

 

On a somewhat unrelated note, here is a list of other restaurants in and around Moncton that we haven't tried yet:
Cafe Maelstrom
Mooser's
Igloo
*Morton Pub (this seems to have changed to another restaurant, Stephane is in charge of checking it out and getting back to me about it, he said he thought it was a sushi or a korean place..)
Pizza Delight
Pizza Hut
China House (the chinese buffet pretty much across from Lily's - I want to go to at least one chinese buffet, I don't care too much which, as long as it's good)
Bistro 33
Chef's Bistro
McGinnis Landing
Maverick's
Mexicali Rosa's
Sports Rock
Mike's
Silvery Moon
Kwongs
Five Bridges Bar & Grill
Jean's
Pastalli
Zen Garden
Vie tapa's lounge
Catch 22 lobster bar (a few non-seafood choices on the menu)
Petit Cavalier
Vito's
Jungle Jim's
St. Hubert
East Side Mario's
Swiss Chalet
Kichi sushi (it's new and in Dieppe)
M.I.C. (this one's in Dieppe too)
Giermindl's (it's a bit far, but delicious German food)
The Shediac restaurants:
Tait House
Green House on Main
Targett's Fried Chicken (Is this still open, or is it my wishful thinking? - it's closed, but you can still visit the giant chicken!)
Captain Dan's (With this list, we'll probably make it to the summer, so we can go)

Food Court at the mall (this one is more or less in the list for Stephan R.)

Restaurant #31 Blue Olive - February 3rd 2012

Today we're going to the Blue Olive, there's Erick, Stephan and me (as far as I know..)

That was everyone for Blue Olive. It was really tasty. I had the Mediterranean chicken that came with couscous and a choice of 3 salads. Stephan had the same and Eric had the other special (I think it might have been pork??)