Restaurant #74 - T-Bones - February 1st 2013

Darren, Stephane, Stephan and I went to T-Bone's for supper. T-Bone's is the restaurant in the Crown Plaza  hotel downtown. I liked the decor, but the lights were some kind of dim or a different shade of off-white which I found cast a weird glow (but definitely not as bad as it was at Fisherman's Paradise).

The menu looked good, Stephan started with a mushroom tart and the rest of us got a potato bacon (and some other ingredients) soup. Darren and I really enjoyed the soup, Stephane still couldn't give it a hand-holding rating (I think Darren did though). Stephan's tart looked really interesting and he said that it tasted good also, so all was good so far.

When it came to the main courses, Darren got chicken with roasted red peppers (I might be wrong on the red peppers, might have been tomatoes), Stephan got steak and Stephane and I got ribs. Out of the four, Darren's meal looked best and he said it tasted good also. Stephan said his steak was also good, but Stephane and I didn't really like our ribs. It just tasted like a big pile of meat. There was a little bit of sauce (the sauce was good), I guess I found that there wasn't enough or that it wasn't properly distributed over the ribs, leaving large pieces just tasting like boiled meat. Overall, I think it got our lowest score yet, 7 thumbs up.

 

 

Restaurant #73 - Bistro 33 - January 25th 2013

Tonight, we're going to Bistro 33. I like this restaurant and have been a handful of times, my biggest complaint though is that all their pasta dishes are cream based and I would like it more if there was at least one that was tomato based.

Since the last time I've been to the restaurant, they painted (looks really nice), made some furniture updates, added tablecloths and generally just updated the place to make it look more upscale. I find that it looks very nice and the changes are all for the best. When it comes to the food, the sandwiches/burgers are now only available at lunch (it probably has been this way for a while, but I liked it when they were available for supper also), and they still only have cream based sauces for the pasta. Everyone enjoyed their food, Erick and Stephan both got mussels as starters and said they were both delicious (they had different flavors, Erick's was the special, Stephan's the regular on-menu kind). Stephane and I had the soup as starter and we both enjoyed it, but it wasn't "hand-holding" good for Stephane. Darren had chicken rouladen and they looked good, and he approved them too.

For our mains, I had the pasta with chicken and Erick and Stephane also had the pasta. After talking it over with Erick, I came to agree with him that we both found that the cream sauce overpowers all other flavors in the dish and it almost feels like you're eating cream and noodles. Stephane didn't seem to mind his pasta, so I guess it depends on your taste buds. Pierre had gotten a steak and said it was good also. I don't remember Darren or Stephan's mains, but I do remember that Darren said that the vegetables were cooked to perfection because they still had a bit of crisp to them and weren't mushy. I'll add what they ate when I put up the pictures.

 

 

 

 

Restaurant #72 - Igloo - January 18th 2013

We went to Igloo. Typical, middle-of-the-pack pub food. It was quick to sit down, and the food was brought out very quickly. We were sitting in the upper section, and every time someone would leave by that little door, it was absolutely freezing!

 

Updated Restaurant List

Here's an updated list of restaurants that we haven't been to yet.

Egg roll King
Zen Garden
Norm's Pizza
Vie
Rouge
Moncton Ale House
Delightfully Delicious Sushi
Zio's
McSweenies
Wild Rose Inn
L'Idylle

Pisces
Tran's Place
Catch 22 Lobster Bar
Petit Cavalier
Oh Samosa
Kim Long
1755 - turns out they don't serve food, or more precisely, they only serve food out of a vending machine
Kichee Sushi
Thanh's Palace (Thaï Restaurant in Dieppe, will be open again in February)
Chan's House
An's Cafe and Restaurant
Bistro 33
T-Bone

Shediac Restaurants
Maison Tait
Cafe Paris
Auberge Gabriel
Bistro 358 (open?)
Green House on Main
Four Seas

Salisbury Restaurants
The Pizza Mill, 3160 Main St
Gold Medal Restaurant, 3135 Main St
Big Dog Lounge, 2718 Fredericton Rd

Restaurant #71 - Acadie Donair and Pizza - January 11th 2013

Than's House is closed until February, so we make our way to Acadie Donair and Pizza. Don't let the name of this place fool you, they serve pizza and Korean food. I really enjoyed this place. I had some Korean food and it was delicious. I tried Kimchee for the first time too. I realized I don't like it cold, so I just mixed it into my meal and it tasted fine. The staff was very nice to us also, they even gave us free date cookies that were made just for us, and were still hot when we got them. Definitely lucked out with two good restaurants in two weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

Restaurant #70 - Little Louie's - January 4th 2013

This week, we went to Little Louie's (Oyster Bar). There was Stephane, Stephan, Darren, Erick and I. It was my first time ever going there before. The location of the restaurant is a little weird, it's in a more industrial/commercial part of town, on the second floor of a building that, if my memory is correct, also has a pet feed store. The inside of the restaurant was very nice and the food.. the food was absolutely amazing! I think that this was probably one of my most enjoyable gastronomic experiences. Windjammer was quite fun, but more because it was snooty, this was just delicious tasting, the pairing of the vegetables, sauce, spices, everything was delicious.

They started by giving us an amuse-bouche, it was something with fish, but because I had an allergy, the chef prepared a celeriac soup in a little mug for me. (They were very accomodating with allergies, and had even asked when the reservation was made if anyone had food allergies). After that, Darren and I got ceasar salad as an appetizer and Erick and Stephan had some soup. The portions are not huge, and not too small, they seem just right. For the main meal, Darren and Erick had the lamb 3 ways and Stephane, Stephan and I had the meal of the day, which consisted of a bunch of little things but was mainly beef with some vegetables. At the end of the meal, we all had dessert too. Other little particularities of the restaurant were that the waiter would describe all the different elements in a dish and there was a piano player (!).

Overall, it was an amazing experience for me, and if I ever have a special occasion that I would like to celebrate, this place would definitely be top of my list!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restaurant #69 - Red Leaf Grill - December 28th 2012

This is another newer restaurant in Moncton. It's located at the old Voodoo on Mountain Road. There was Stephane, Stephan, Pierre and Darren. The rundown of the restaurant was that they were the only four people there in the whole place and the kitchen staff managed to screw up all four sides.