The Chef Thai Fusion 王泰軒
其他 (other), 飲食 (m-food) August 29th, 2006
Friday Lunch - The decision was quick since there was a new Thai restaurant just opened up nearby our area. This Chef Thai Fusion is on Hwy 7. If you are driving from the East, you will see it on your left hand side once you drive pass Time’s Square, etc. Don’t know if it’s me or what, I find there are more and more Thai/Viet or S.E. Asian restaurants opening up in Toronto. Still remember quite a few years ago, there were only handful of restaurants like that. One of them were the Spring Rolls. Then, there was the Salad King, etc… Also, as you can see, I’ve been going to quite a lot of these Thai /Vietnamese /Malaysian restaurants up north, such as the Restoran Malaysia (which has been there for quite a long time - established), Rex Saigon, Woodstone (which I still haven’t written about my bad experience there - well I tend not to bad-mouth any restaurant, but the customer service was just not good), etc… for the listing, you may wanna check out my kitchen.
So, on a Friday afternoon, six of us came to this place. By 12:30pm, there were quite a lot of customers - I guess the demand for new restaurant is just quite high given all the offices up here in Richmond Hill. We were given 3 menus - 1 BIG one with all the items in English on one side and in Chinese on the other side; 1 small menu for the lunch specials, and another menu for the drinks.
Looking at the drink menu, all the drinks were quite appealing. So, I asked for recommendations - since I couldn’t decide which one I should try. The server recommended the Iced Honey Citrus to me. Looked around, many people also ordered that. Had a first sip - I found out that it was actually the same Korean Citrus/Yuzu Concentrate (柚子茶) that I used to buy from the supermarket. For about 5 bucks, you get a whole jar of concentrates that can make more than 20 cups of citrus tea. Well… I felt a bit ripped off. (This Iced Citrus Tea costed about $2.95) Anyhow, it’s ok… My colleagues ordered the…
(1) Mango Juice
(2) My Iced Honey Citrus
(3) Blackcurrant Soda
(4) Grapefruist Soda
The coincidence was that all the ladies ordered the Pad Thai lunch combo.
The lunch combo comes with … Lemon Vegetable Soup. It was so-so. Hot and sour… with the lemongrass and pineapple taste. Found it a bit salty - couldn’t finish it.
There were 4 dishes of Pad Thai in total. However, JW’s Pad Thai (left) looked very different from the rest of ours (right), which was quite unusual. I finished the vegetarian spring roll first. It was quite good. But I just couldn’t finish the Pad Thai - partly because I didn’t have good apetite, and partly because it wasn’t that good (kinda disappointed!).
Had a bite of the Lemongrass Chicken - it was quite tender. (I discovered that KL likes to order Lemongrass Chicken.) Didn’t try the Yellow Curry Beef (RS’s favourite!) - it came with papaya salad. Well, according to RS, this place just can’t be compared with Restoran Malaysia. I agreed. The deco of this place was nice and simple, the service was ok. Nothing to complain about. Location is good. I know there are more items on the dinner menu, but didn’t have a chance to try those.
Perhaps, I will give it a try again next time, for dinner (if it happens that some of my friends want to go). The price was about $13 per person for this lunch combo + drink + T&T. Overall the food there was so-so. The drinks do look good - just don’t order the Iced Honey Citrus coz it isn’t worth the $2.95.
Took their take-out menu and some business cards - very well-designed and i.e. higher costs.
Chef Thai Fusion (王泰軒)
115 Times Avenue, Unit B2 & B3, RMH, ON. L3T 0A2
Tel: 905-882-1110
Open: M-T: 11:30am-3:30pm; 5:00pm-10:00pm
F-S: 11:30am-3:30pm; 5:00pm-11:00pm
隨想
有感 (m-thoughts) August 28th, 2006
星期一的晚上，通常格子是不會這麼的感性．
但今天晚上，很想打一些東西．
每一個人，每一天，每一個想法、念頭、決定．
冥冥中好像會起了一些作用．
很多事情，很不願意發生卻又一再發生．
那種無力感，很不好受．
當然，銀幣的另一面，
有些人與事，沒想到會碰到卻又會遇上．
那種偶然，在生活上灑了一點調味料．
跟朋友聊聊，聽了很多故事，才發現
原來自己已在不知不覺之間變得有點自閉．
在這片遊樂園裡，除了食物和音樂，
便好像甚麼都沒有了．
可能又是我想太多了吧．
The Denial Twist
音樂 (music/lyric) August 28th, 2006
If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
C’mon, you got it all wrong, man
And if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
If you think holding hands is all in the fingers
Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and
Make sure to never do it with the fingers
Cause I’ll tell everyone in the world
But he was thinking about the girl
Ya, but he’s thinking about the girl, oh
A lot of people get confused and they bruise
Real easy when it comes to love
They start putting on their shoes and walking out
And singing “boy, I think I had enough”
Just because she makes you feel wrong
She don’t mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy
Take a tip and do yourself a little service
Take a mountain turn it into a mole
Just by playing a different role
Ya, by playing a different role, oh
The boat ya you know she’s rockin’ it
And the truth well ya know there’s no stoppin’ it
The boat ya you know she’s still rockin’ it
The truth well you know there’s no stoppin’ it
So what, somebody left you in a rut
And wants to be the one who’s in control
But the feeling that you’re under can really make you wonder
How the hell she can be so cold
So now you’re mad, denying the truth
And it’s getting in the wisdom in the back of your tooth
Ya need ta spit it out, in a telephone booth
While ya call everyone that you know, and ask ‘em
Where do you think she goes
Oh ya, where d’ya suppose she goes, oh
The truth well you know there’s no stoppin’ it
And the boat well ya know she’s still rockin’ it
The boat ya you know she’s still rockin’ it
And the truth ya you know there’s no stoppin’ it
You recognize with your back in the back?
That it’s colder when she rocks the boat
But it’s the cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws?
’bout the proper place to hang her coat
So to you, the truth is still hidden
And the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but
You should know that the dark is one kitten?
She’s been singing it all along
But you were hearin’ a different song
Ya you were hearin’ a different song
But you were hearin’ a different song
Lotus Hall Chinese Cuisine 雲陽閣川粵菜館
中菜 (chinese), 飲食 (m-food) August 27th, 2006
It has been a gloomy week last week. Wednesday night. Put down my pen, turned off my computer, switched of the lights, locked the door and let office at around 7:10pm. HC called to confirm the address with me. He said, “it’s on 16th. & Spadina, i.e. between Leslie and Bayview.” Two years ago, if anyone mentioned this address to me, I would find it very far. So far that I couldn’t relate to that area. Now, it took me less than 10min to arrive. With a little bit of rain, I just felt like the color of the sky - grey. In that plaza, the only thing I could reckon was the hair salon (JP) that I went to about 3 years ago - recommended by RS. Time flies.
I was about 10 min early. Looking around, walking around, there wasn’t anything interesting. I don’t use BMO, I wasn’t getting anything from the convenient store/ supermarket. i.e. there was nothing I could do there but wait in my car. This restaurant was easy to spot. Once I saw HC and his bro JC, we went in the restaurant. Other people came eventually. While waiting for them, I enjoyed watching the TVB show (Gateau Affairs). It’s a drama about baking.
We ordered some appetitzers:
(1) The first thing that we spotted on the menu was this so-called “Strange taste chicken” (怪味雞)- direct translation from its Chinese name. It’s Chicken + cucumber cubes + chilli + peanut sauce + peanut. The taste wasn’t that strange, but it was quite spicy.
(2) Of course, we also ordered the (小籠包 & 蝦肉小籠包) - these little buns filled with meat soup are actually quite good.
(3) Also ordered the Jelly Fish (海蜇) - nothing spectacular, but I just felt like having those.
If you eat in, you can see their 2/3/4/5/6 person combos. You get to select 2/3/4/5/6 dishes from the list, and there are also 1 or 2 “house special dish” that come with the combo (e.g. half of a roasted chicken for the 4 person combo we ordered).
Here’re the 4 dishes picked by 4 guys:
(1) Braised Eggplants with Chilli & Garlic Sauce (魚香茄子)
(2) Braised Bean Curd with Vegetable (紅燒豆腐)
(3) Pork Slices with Hot & Spicy Sauce (回鍋肉)
(4) Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper Sauce (黑椒牛柳)
At the end, we had the Deep Fried Red Bean Paste Ball (高力豆沙)
Since this is a Szechuan/Cantonese restaurant (which we actually forgot when we were there), most of the dishes were quite spicy/hot. Unlike most of the time when the veggies are usually finished last, this time the tofu/veggies were gone fast! The taste was ok. The service was quite good. The lady, who I think might be the owner, and the server were polite. From observation, this restaurant should be a family-run restaurant. There was a elementary school kid (might be that lady’s son - LOL don’t take all these for real coz these are my guesses) that helps out too.
There was a cantonese soup that came with the combo - not bad. Overall, the food there was so-so. Not very impressive. I guess maybe we just haven’t ordered the right thing. I could see some other people enjoying the seafood there.
The price was about $15/person (after T&T).
FYI: Lotus Hall Chinese Cuisine 雲陽閣川粵菜館
#1 Spadina Road, Unit 21-23 Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3M2
(between Leslie & Bayview; on 16th Ave.)
Tel: 905-508-6389
10% Discount on Cash Pick-up Order over $20 (before tax)
Free delivery for Order over $20 (before tax)
Saturday 6:45am on Hwy 7
生活 (m-life) August 27th, 2006
Haven’t been partying a lot during the past year…
Felt tired but good on my way home after the Friday night’s shuffle party.
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