Restaurant # 40 - Mike's -April 13th 2012

We went to Mikes. I got a table d'hote, with a bbq chicken pizza that was good, except that I found there was a bit too much sauce on it, but besides that it was quite tasty. Also, Darren's birthday was the day after, so later on in the evening, we had cake (but it was from Superstore, not Mike's).

 

 

Restaurant # 39 - The Sports Rock - April 6th 2012

The guys went to sports rock. I was told that it was good, normal-style pub food. There was Darren, Stephane, Stephan and Pierre. There was a picture of them outside the restaurant, but due to technological+human errors, that picture no longer exists.

 

Restaurant # 38 - Cafe Maelstrom - March 30th 2012

Bye Bye Maelstrom!

This restaurant is now closed, the night we went was their last night. I always liked this place (others will disagree). I find that it has tasty sandwiches, soups, desserts and good pasta for supper. I think everyone enjoyed their food and the place was quite busy as usual, and there was a steady stream of people waiting to be seated. All in all, a good place by my standards and I'm sad to see it go.

 

 

 

 

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.