Yunaghi *.

❤ Happy May ❤
Happy two years pbb!! 
May 1st marks our two year anniversary :)

Pbb and I came to Yunaghi to try out their 9 course omakase. 

There is a choice of $80/$100 - we chose the latter since we wanted the toro. 

I like the special touches on our paper crane :D except these fanciness doesn't make up for the quality of food hahaha -_-

Service was excellent.

So the pictures below are VERY NICE but the taste? Not so much haha!! 

We were pretty disappointed with our food experience here. :*( 
We will probably go to Miku again next time hahaha

Here are the 9 course menu:

The items with *asterisk* were the ones that made the $20 difference between the $80 / $100 omakase.

DRINKS:
* Honey Yuzu (me)
* Sapporo (him)

SAKIZUKE (2/5)
[Mountain yam and Almond Snap Pea]

The mountain yam was infused with wasabi flavour; I give this +2 points.
The peas had no taste.

The display of this dish is so cute! 

HASSUN (3.5/5)
[Mountain Vege, Bottarga Sushi, Octopus, King Fish, Fiddlehead, Salmon Sakura Sushi, Burdock Root, Sweet Cherry Tomato, Zuke Maguro*]

The sweet cherry tomato was good. The maguro, I expected it to be more fresh. Everything else on the platter was okay.

WANMANO (1/5)
[Shinjo, Carrot, Parsnip, Edamame, Pistachio]

I give this dish a 1 because it was lukewarm when it came out ?_? 
Is it supposed to be a hot / cold dish? The taste was off too.

HIYASHI BASHI (3/5)
[Asparagus, Dashi, Rutabaga, Celery Root]

The interesting thing about this dish is that the salty mochi (sticky rice) was asparagus flavoured. 
Pretty cool :O

MUSHIMONO (2/5)
[Egg, Clam, Rapini]

This was disappointing because I love Japanese steamed egg custard (chawanmushi). 
There was not enough taste to this, too bland for my liking :(

YAKIMONO (1/5)
[Cod, Shio Koji, Red Pepper, Jerusalem Artichoke, Calamari*]

Biggest disappointment of the night D: 
I don't recall ever not liking any codfish dishes.. but this codfish had no tasteeee lollll

NIMONO (2/5)
[Pork, Ginger, Red Cabbage, Daikon, Pearl Onion, Beef Pâté*]

The +2 points all goes to the beef pâté. Both my boyfriend's and my dish's pork chunks were raw. 
We actually returned both our dishes to our waitress lol

SHOKUJI (3.5/5)
[Sea Bream, Konbu, Sakura, Toro*]

We were so happy that something we had was actually sizzling hot!! *finallyy*
This was good - rice + soup mix together with the sea bream.

KANMI (2.5/5)
[Yogurt Mousse, Hojicha, Rhubarb, Raspberry, Strawberry]

Very creative with the plating and decor of the dessert but the ingredients that they chose to mix together for this dessert doesn't seem to blend well together.

We will not return -_-" 

And here's our snap from the weekend :D 
#coachella moods

Yunaghi

$$$$  Japanese, Asian Fusion

538 Manning Avenue
Toronto, ON M6G 2V9

Hey Lucy *.

Came to Hey Lucy for Karen's birthday. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL~

My best shot of the cake - haha more on snap.
Karen and I established that this place is good for a date where you're JUST getting to know the person because it is LOUD here; the awkward silences you might have will be - well, less awkward hahaha

WOOD FIRED ROSEMARY CHICKEN PANINI (3/5)
(roast chicken, balsamic roasted onion, basil pesto & tomato) 

The kale salad that I ordered as the side was really good. The panini was good but could be better if they marinated the chicken slices more. I would've liked it better if there was more sauce.

PB ordered the STEAK FRITES (3/5)

Service was great but we didn't know there was a plating fee for birthday cakes until the bill came (be waaarned!).

My one and only tribute to Karen:
#photography

Then we finished the night off at Second City - pretty funny :D 

It was the Hotline Bling theme LOL

Hey Lucy

$$  Bars, Italian, Pizza

295 King Street W
Toronto, ON M5V 1J5

Moji Japanese Eatery - update *.

Whaaat :( My second visit here and came with Fefe for girls talk hahaha 
I felt Moji went downhill! On the plus side, I took pretty photos of my food :]

[or maybe it's the company.. LOL KIDDING FEHO]

Service was great but unfortunately, the food quality wasn't.

ICED MARSHMELLOW CHOCOLATE (1/5)

This was pretty bad; there was a huge chunk of whipped cream that covered most of my chocolate drink. It was also too sweet, I can only taste sugary-water and no chocolate flavour. The positive part is that it looks really cute for pictures haha.. My friend, Feho, was saying how he was very glad he didn't order my drink because it screams calories, GREAT for his abs challenge bwaha

CURRY CHICKEN DON (rice) (2/5)

This dish came in room-temperature D: The chicken bits were marinated separately from the curry sauce so there were 3 different choppy flavours to this rice bowl: curry sauce with veggies without curry flavours, chicken strips, rice. Will not order this again.

I hope they improve their quality of food soon! 
The first visit I had was great, don't know what happened now :(
We had a good time chatting since the place looks so cute but that's the only positive note from that night lol D:

Moji Japanese Eatery

$$  Japanese

8362 Kennedy Road
Markham, ON L3R 9W5

Patria *.

P and I had a spontaneous date night at Patria because we were both craving paellas :P 

Patria has a romantic and dim ambiance.

I liked their wine selections in particular ❤

Service was okay.

BOMBAS CON SALSA BRAVA (3/5)
(Chorizo, aioli, spicy piquillo sauce)

I think this is what we ordered, can't really remember the name - we did not expect the dish to come out as a flatbread.. 

PAELLA DE BOGAVANTE (4/5)
(Lobster, gulf shrimp, chorizo and peas)

Definitely satisfied our paella cravings with this order :) 
Loved the lobster - it was in big chunks! 
The portions of rice and seafood were perfect.
We would order this again. The portion size is for two people, which worked with us.

Patria

$$$  Spanish, Wine Bars, Tapas Bars

480 King Street W
Toronto, ON M5V 1L7

Sweet Jesus *.

My new favourite ice cream place! 
P and I visited Sweet Jesus twice now - the other time we went for a double date :) 

Expect to wait in line because both times that we've visited here, there's always so many people. 
The wait isn't bad though!

Here are the flavours that we've tried:

CAMPFIRE S'MORES (4/5)
(Burnt mashmellow & chocolate twist, graham crackers, chocolate sauce, vanilla soft serve)

We liked this a lot because it wasn't just the soft serve ice cream that was good; it's the combination of the crackers etc. gives it more texture.

BANGING BROWNIE (3/5)
(Dark chocolate brownie chunks, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, chocolate soft serve)

It tastes better than it looks... hahaha Loved the chocolate soft serve; but the combination of the other things made it too sweet.

(didn't take a picture of this, we ended up putting it in a cup to eat haha)

COOKIES & CREAM (4/5)
(I think there's another name for this ice cream... it's the one with oreo!)

My favourite out of the ones we've tried so far.. I liked the oreo cookie crumbles the most :D

Sweet Jesus

$$  Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt, Coffee & Tea

106 John Street
Toronto, ON M5H 1X9

Miku Toronto *.

We came to Miku restaurant for Pbb's birthday.  

❤ Happy birthday PBB  ❤

Miku is now our new favourite Japanese restaurant in Toronto :D Service was excellent. The quality and portion of food was perfect. 

We started our birthday adventure with Little Mermaid's Musical in the afternoon.. it was perfecttt omg I loved it. We watched Beauty and the Beast earlier this year but I think Little Mermaid's musical performance was better. Beauty and the Beast won in terms of production though :) 

Miku's interior is very spacious; a modern Japanese resto-feel.

I wouldn't mind sitting at the bar area actually, but I would prefer the table seats rather than the sushi bar because you cannot see the sushi chef make sushis due to the design of the bar.

We ordered the KAISEKI four course menu which was the perfect portion [for Piggy K].

DRINKS:
* Paua Bay Sauvignon Blanc [White] - Mine
* Otokoyama Tokubetsu Junmai [Sake] - His

First off - the appetizer! What a cute display :)

* 1 - COAL HARBOUR PLATTER 

(fresh oysters, oyster shooters, mussels, clams, jumbo prawns, poke, and scallop ceviche with kale gomae)

This was so fresh and delicious. 
We noticed the chefs really like to use daikon to pair with their sashimi. 

It was soo good :) Rich in flavour and did not take away the freshness of the seafood. Loved it!

* 2 - MAIN DISH 
(we chose the Prime ribs and Sablefish)

My sablefish plate ❤

P's prime ribs (medium rare)

My sablefish choice was better than PB's prime rib choice :P 
This happened so many times already LOL.. I loooved the marinated sablefish! 
It was sweet and soft - perfect. I will order this again when I re-visit Miku.


* 3 - ASSORTMENT OF FLAMED-SEARED SUSHI

❥ It's too geeewwwddd - how'd they make the rice so rich and creamy?!

Definitely one of the best highlights of our meal. 
So delicious - I loved all of the assortment of sushis.
One of the best picks of our assortment was the rolled tuna sushi and also, the pressed sockeye salmon in Miku's signature sauce with jalapeno. 

* 4 - MATCHA OPERA CAKE (Dessert)

The matcha opera cake consisted of 7 layers: matcha butter cream, hazelnut wafers, chocolate ganache and azuki ( アズキ) bean cream. There was also matcha ice cream on the side. 

❣ Birthday boy and his green tea cake ❣ 

I was super full by the time our desserts came so Pbear nommed the rest of my dessert for me, lucky him haha. 

^ Look at my attempt to hide the waiter LOL.. D:

We loved our experience at Miku and will definitely return to try more things on the menu.

Miku Toronto

$$$  Japanese, Sushi Bars

10 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5J 2R8

Initium Cafe *.

Came to the cafe part of Initium with my friends because we saw a lot of cute IG posts of their coffee art. The interior is dim-lit and cozy. The cafe part of Initium is on the left side of the salon.

HOT WHITE CHOCOLATE w Baymax coffee art (3/5)

The baymax coffee art is so cute! +1 
The drink was okay - it wasn't hot enough for my liking. 
The sweetness level was good though.

Dom ordered the TOASTED MARSHMELLOW LATTE (decaf), which apparently wasn't decaffeinated at all because he couldn't sleep at night hahaha..

HAM & EGG THICK TOAST 

I didn't order this either, was too stuffed from dinner. My friends said it was yummy though!

Initium

$$  Hair Salons, Cafes

8241 Woodbine Avenue
Markham, ON L3R 2P1